Dawson v. Iowa Merit Employment Commission

McCORMICK, Justice.

The questions here concern jurisdiction over a petition for judicial review of agency action. The district court dismissed the petition on jurisdictional grounds because of petitioners’ failure to mail a copy of the petition to respondent within ten days of its filing. Upon petitioners’ appeal, we affirm.

Petitioners are nine special education teachers at the Woodward State Hospital-School. They were dissatisfied with adjustments made in their salaries and fringe benefits when their teaching year was extended from nine to twelve months. In previous grievance proceedings they…