CITY OF WATERLOO v. SELDEN

Nos. 59729, 59757.

251 N.W.2d 506 (1977)

CITY OF WATERLOO, Iowa and Leo P. Rooff, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, Appellees, v. Marvin SELDEN, Comptroller of the State of Iowa, and Howard F. Gibbs, Auditor of Black Hawk County, Iowa, Appellants. CITY OF AMES, Iowa and Lee Fellinger, Individually and as Mayor of Ames, Iowa, Appellees, v. The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR STORY COUNTY, Iowa, and Alvina McHone, Story County Auditor, Appellants, and State Appeal Board, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., John E. Beamer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., and Fred M. Haskins, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants Marvin Selden and State Appeal Board.

William S. Smith, and Victor N. Kennedy, Waterloo, for appellees City of Waterloo, Iowa, and Leo P. Rooff.

John R. Klaus, City Atty., for appellees City of Ames, Iowa, and Lee Fellinger.

En banc.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether 1976 legislation imposing budget limitations on cities with populations of more than 750 can be squared with the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution. We find it can be and therefore reverse the contrary decisions of the trial courts in these consolidated appeals.

The Sixty-sixth General Assembly, 1976 session, enacted senate file 1062 as a temporary property tax relief measure. In an effort to forestall...

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