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KNIGHT v. IOWA DIST. COURT OF STORY CTY.

No. 60980.

269 N.W.2d 430 (1978)

Rolland KNIGHT, Gary Thompson, Lou McCullough, John Mahlstede, Warren R. Madden, Denise Sofranko, John Arends, Donald A. Morris, Ralph Olsen, Ray Hagie, Roy F. Keller, Dahlia Stockdale, Ross A. Engel, Tracy L. Clark, Harold A. Cowles, and Gene A. Futrell, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT OF STORY COUNTY, Glenn C. Sedgwick, Magistrate, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Smith, of Smith, Nutty, Sharp & Ruigh, Ames, for plaintiffs.

Ruth R. Harkin, County Atty., for defendant.

Considered en banc.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This original certiorari proceeding requires us to determine, as a matter of first impression, whether our current open meetings law, ch. 28A, The Code 1977, is unconstitutionally vague and therefore cannot support pending criminal prosecutions against these plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs are members of the Iowa State University athletic counsel. By separate information each was charged with "holding a closed meeting of the Iowa State University...

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