Legal Opinion
Bechtel v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 22, 1975No. 2-57096PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
In this appeal we construe the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Iowa Constitution, which grants home rule to cities. We use the term “cities” to include towns. See 64 G.A. ch. 1088, § 2(1).
The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Section 1 of article III of the Iowa Constitution, relating to the Legislative Department, states, “The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Truax v. CorriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- City of Clinton v. Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Iron Workers Local No. 67 v. HartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
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