CHRISTENSEN v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

No. 63730.

292 N.W.2d 429 (1980)

Clayton CHRISTENSEN, District Governor 597, and Regional Office of Rotary International, Appellees, v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, and Evelyne Villines, one of the Members of the Said Commission, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Scott H. Nichols, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

P. L. Nymann of Jacobs, Gaul, Nymann & Green, Sioux City, for appellees.

Considered en banc.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the district court has jurisdiction of a nonagency party's original action to compel discovery in a contested case before an agency. The trial court held it does and consequently overruled respondents' special appearance in this case. Respondents appeal from default judgment subsequently entered. We reverse and remand for dismissal.

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