Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac County Board of Supervisors, as Trustee of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, and Calhoun County Board of Supervisors and Sac County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 2 and 51 and Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors and Sac County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 19

Decided January 27, 2017. Thomas D. Waterman wrote the opinion for the court.

890 N.W.2d 50 · Cited 60 times

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• State Ex Rel. Iowa Employment Security Commission v. Des Moines County · 149 N.W.2d 288
• Voogd v. JOINT DRAIN. DIST., KOSSUTH & WINNEBAGO COS. · 188 N.W.2d 387
• Fisher v. Dallas County · 369 N.W.2d 426
• Wise v. Board of Supervisors · 242 Iowa 870
• Laurie Freeman, Sharon Mockmore, Beccy Boysel, Gary D. Boysel, Linda L. Goreham, Gary R. Goreham, Kelcey Brackett, and Bobbie Lynn Weatherman v. Grain Processing Corporation · 848 N.W.2d 58
• Foley v. Argosy Gaming Co. · 688 N.W.2d 244
• Gard v. Little Sioux Intercounty Drainage District of Monona & Harrison Counties · 521 N.W.2d 696
• Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C. · 684 N.W.2d 168
• City of Trenton v. New Jersey · 262 U.S. 182
• Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Company v. Calhoun County Board of Supervisors, Acting as Trustee for the Drainage District No. 86 · 816 N.W.2d 367
• Miller v. Monona County · 294 N.W. 308
• Wapello County v. Ward · 136 N.W.2d 249
• Clary v. Woodbury County · 135 Iowa 488
• City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. · 821 N.E.2d 1099
• Smith v. ADM Feed Corp. · 456 N.W.2d 378
• Polk County Drainage District Four v. Iowa Natural Resources Council · 377 N.W.2d 236
• State Ex Rel. Fick v. Miller · 584 N.W.2d 809
• Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh · 207 U.S. 161
• McElroy v. State · 703 N.W.2d 385
• Anne Hensler Vs. City Of Davenport · 790 N.W.2d 569
• McSurely v. McGrew · 140 Iowa 163
• Charles Hewitt & Sons Co. v. Keller · 275 N.W. 94
• City of Coralville v. Iowa Utilities Board · 750 N.W.2d 523
• Vogt v. City of Grinnell · 133 Iowa 363
• Maben v. Olson · 187 Iowa 1060

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