IN RE GIANFORTE

No. 06-1368.

773 N.W.2d 540 (2009)

In the Matter of The College Community School District Board of Directors' Consideration of the Recommended Termination of the Teaching Contract of John GIANFORTE. John Gianforte, Appellee, v. Richard Whitehead and College Community School District, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Hoskins, Marion, for appellant College Community School District.

Brian L. Gruhn of Gruhn Law Firm, Cedar Rapids, for appellant Richard Whitehead.

Douglas R. Oelschlaeger and Sarah J. Gayer of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee John Gianforte.

David W. Nelmark of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Association of School Boards.


CADY, Justice.

In this appeal from a district court order issued in response to a report by a school board of noncompliance by witnesses with subpoenas issued by the board in a teacher-termination proceeding, we are presented with two issues of prehearing discovery. First, we consider the use of a subpoena duces tecum by a teacher to obtain documents from the superintendent of the school district. Second, we consider whether the district court may order school...

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