BECHTEL v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 2-57096.

225 N.W.2d 326 (1975)

Reuben C. BECHTEL et al., Appellees, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, its City Councilmen Richard Olson et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip T. Riley and M. A. Iverson, Des Moines, for appellants City of Des Moines and its councilmen.

Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for appellant League of Iowa Municipalities.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Asher E. Schroeder, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert W. Goodwin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant Iowa State Highway Commission.

Max Putnam, Des Moines, for appellees.

En banc.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal we construe the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Iowa Constitution, which grants home rule to cities. We use the term "cities" to include towns. See 64 G.A. ch. 1088, § 2(1).

The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

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