Legal Opinion

Shook v. CITY OF DAVENPORT, IOWA

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 24, 1993No. 92-810PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this civil rights action, the district court compelled production of materials gathered by the defendant city’s police department in internal investigations. The city and the defendant police officer filed an application for interlocutory appeal challenging the discovery ruling. We granted the application and now reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. Background Facts.

On March 18, 1991, Thomas Lynch was on duty as a Davenport police officer. That evening he noticed a pickup truck near the intersection of West Kimberly Road and Fairmount…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  3. Federal Trade Commission v. Grolier Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. In Re MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  5. SCM Corp. v. Xerox Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1976

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