Young v. City of Des Moines

Decided February 22, 1978. Maurice E. Rawlings wrote the opinion for the court.

262 N.W.2d 612 · Cited 58 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Snyder v. Thompson · 134 Iowa 725
• Garske v. United States · 1 F.2d 620
• People v. Dixon · 222 N.W.2d 749
• Cave v. Cooley · 152 P.2d 886
• Coverstone v. Davies · 38 Cal. 2d 315
• Claude v. Weaver Construction Company · 158 N.W.2d 139
• House v. Ane · 538 P.2d 320
• Ware v. Dunn · 80 Cal. App. 2d 936
• Northrup v. Miles Homes, Inc. of Iowa · 204 N.W.2d 850
• Holden v. Construction MacHinery Company · 202 N.W.2d 348
• Stuart v. Pilgrim · 74 N.W.2d 212
• Commonwealth v. Gorman · 288 Mass. 294
• Sebastian v. Wood · 66 N.W.2d 841
• State v. Gorham · 206 N.W.2d 908
• State v. DelVecchio · 149 Conn. 567
• Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des Moines · 191 N.W.2d 780
• Fisher v. City of Miami · 172 So. 2d 455
• Fitzgerald v. Hale · 78 N.W.2d 509
• Brown v. Village of Deming · 243 P.2d 609
• Fierst v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 757
• State v. Stueve · 150 N.W.2d 597
• Lineberger v. City of Greenville · 182 S.E. 101
• People v. Dixon · 205 N.W.2d 852
• Stewart v. Feeley · 118 Iowa 524
• Rodman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 208 N.W.2d 903

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• Jackson v. Housing Authority of High Point · 326 S.E.2d 295
• Abbamont v. Piscataway Township Board of Education · 650 A.2d 958
• City of Gladewater v. Pike · 727 S.W.2d 514
• Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kimberly Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in Her Official Capacity Jeffrey Boeyink, Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in His Official Capacity Brenna Findley, Legal Counsel to the Governor of The · 898 N.W.2d 844
• Perry v. Maryland · 741 A.2d 1162
• Page County Appliance Center, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc. · 347 N.W.2d 171
• Pringle Tax Service, Inc. v. Knoblauch · 282 N.W.2d 151
• Henriksen v. Younglove Construction · 540 N.W.2d 254
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton Education Ass'n v. Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District · 282 N.W.2d 144
• Jackson v. Housing Authority of the City of High Point · 341 S.E.2d 523
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• Hiserote Homes, Inc. v. Riedemann · 277 N.W.2d 911
• Township of Bensalem v. Press · 93 Pa. Commw. 235
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• Dickerson v. Young · 332 N.W.2d 93

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