State Supreme Court / Iowa

Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des Moines

Decided November 11, 1971. W. Ward Reynoldson wrote the opinion for the court.

191 N.W.2d 780 · Cited 60 times

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Turner v. United States · 248 U.S. 354
Gorman v. Adams · 143 N.W.2d 648
Huey v. the Town of Cicero · 243 N.E.2d 214
Silver v. City of Minneapolis · 170 N.W.2d 206
Florey v. City of Burlington · 73 N.W.2d 770
Nicholson v. City of Des Moines · 60 N.W.2d 240
Strong Ex Rel. Strong v. Town of Lansing · 179 N.W.2d 365
Motyka v. City of Amsterdam · 15 N.Y.2d 134
City of Chicago v. Sturges · 222 U.S. 313
Steitz v. City of Beacon · 64 N.E.2d 704
Boyer v. Iowa High School Athletic Association · 127 N.W.2d 606
Calwell v. City of Boone · 51 Iowa 687
Newton v. City of Grundy Center · 70 N.W.2d 162
Wheeler v. City of Fort Dodge · 131 Iowa 566
Fetters Ex Rel. Fetters v. City of Des Moines · 149 N.W.2d 815
Hill v. Electronics Corporation of America · 113 N.W.2d 313
Hall Ex Rel. Estate of Hall v. Town of Keota · 79 N.W.2d 784
State v. Flack · 101 N.W.2d 535
Bauman v. City of Waverly · 164 N.W.2d 840
Henderson v. City of St. Petersburg · 247 So. 2d 23
North Iowa Steel Company v. Staley · 112 N.W.2d 364
Bushnell v. Superior Court of Maricopa County · 428 P.2d 987
Everding v. Board of Education · 76 N.W.2d 205
Boyle v. Burt · 179 N.W.2d 513
Moore v. Murphy · 119 N.W.2d 759

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