Legal Opinion
Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 16, 2004No. 02-0417PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
The plaintiffs, Joseph Gacke and Linda Gacke, sued the defendant, Pork Xtra, L.L.C., claiming hog confinement facilities operated by Pork Xtra constituted a nuisance. At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of Iowa Code section 657.11(2) (1999), which gives nuisance immunity to animal feeding operations. The district court ruled the statute effected an unconstitutional taking of private property without just compensation, relying on this court’s decision in Bormann v. Board of Supervisors, 584 N.W.2d 309 (Iowa 1998). Denying the defendant the benefit of the statutory…
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