Legal Opinion
Grove v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 27, 1979No. 62903PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal involves the legality of proceedings for issuance of municipal revenue bonds to construct a parking facility and to refund outstanding bonds previously issued to construct other parking facilities. We refer to defendants collectively as the council.
Following approval by the electors of the home rule amendment to the Iowa Constitution, the legislature adopted a comprehensive home rule act relating to cities. The portion of the act having to do with city finance comprises chapter 384 of the Code of 1977. Division III of that chapter relates to general obligation…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Security Trust & Safety Vault Co. v. City of LexingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Daboll v. HodenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Huston v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- Seymour v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hamilton v. City of UrbandaleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- Stanfield v. Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- In the Interest of N.M.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- Knopke v. KnopkeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
- Interchange Partners, L.L.C. v. City of West Des MoinesCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2018
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