GROVE v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 62903.

280 N.W.2d 378 (1979)

Eula GROVE, Robert Willis, Virgil Douglas, William Cook, Gloria Richardson, Sheila Schmitz, Lloyd Belt, and Donald Washburn, Appellants, v. CITY OF DES MOINES and City Council of the City of Des Moines, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Mercer of Mercer & Mercer, Des Moines, for appellants.

Phillip T. Riley, Corporation Counsel, City of Des Moines, and Kenneth H. Haynie and Richard G. Santi of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the legality of proceedings for issuance of municipal revenue bonds to construct a parking facility and to refund outstanding bonds previously issued to construct other parking facilities. We refer to defendants collectively as the council.

Following approval by the electors of the home rule amendment to the Iowa Constitution, the legislature adopted a comprehensive home rule act relating to cities. The portion of the...

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