STEINBECK v. IOWA DIST. CT. IN AND FOR LINN CTY.

No. 2-57587.

224 N.W.2d 469 (1974)

James D. STEINBECK et al., Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR LINN COUNTY and William R. Eads, Judge, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Gray and Keith Stapleton, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiffs James D. Steinbeck and Wallace F. Johnson.

R. M. Fassler, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff Donald T. Rosdail.

William H. Carmichael, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff Darwin A. Ammeter, Sr.

Robert C. Nelson, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiff Kenneth Millsap.

James P. Hayes, Iowa City, for plaintiff Robert B. Manchester.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Garry D. Woodward, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John M. Heckel, Sp. Asst. County Atty., for respondents.

Heard en banc.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

These six plaintiffs were indicted by a Linn County grand jury which in the first half of 1974 conducted an intensive investigation of the Cedar Rapids police department and its personnel. Plaintiffs' motions to set aside indictments were overruled by respondent district court judge on August 20, 1974. On September 6, 1974, we granted plaintiffs' petition for writ of certiorari, accelerated filing dates, and ordered the case advanced for prompt...

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