James W. Olinger and Larry C. Meyer v. Robert Smith, Walter Utman and Gaylord Pitt, Harrison County, Iowa and Utman Drainage District

James Olinger and Larry Meyer claim the Utman Drainage District Trustees violated Iowa’s Open Meetings Act (IOMA). Olinger and Meyer have appealed from a ruling by the district court claiming the court erred in ordering damages before ascertaining whether the Utman Drainage District’s Trustees’ violation on November 7, 2013, was made knowingly, erred in suspending those damages, and erred in failing to award Olinger and Meyer attorney fees or costs. Olinger and Meyer further contend the district court erred in failing to find an IOMA violation on November 14, 2013, arguing Iowa Code section…