MASON CITY CENTER ASSOC. v. CITY OF MASON CITY

Nos. 81-1249, 81-1302.

671 F.2d 1146 (1982)

MASON CITY CENTER ASSOCIATES and Beaver Farms, Inc., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. The CITY OF MASON CITY, IOWA; Kenneth Kew; Virgil DeVary; Dr. Stanley Romans; Marlys Shima; Roger Pedelty; Larry Jarvill; Harlan Johnson; Holmen Development Company; and The Ericson Development Co., Inc., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Richard Smith (argued), Edward W. Remsburg, Des Moines, Iowa, B. Michael Dunn, Mason City, Iowa, for the City of Mason City, Iowa, et al.; Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, Iowa, of counsel.

George F. Karch, Jr. (argued), Thomas J. Collin, Cleveland, Ohio, Gregory M. Lederer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Mason City Center Associates, et al.; Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Elwood, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of counsel.

Stuart L. Finney (argued), Fuller & Finney, Bloomington, Minn., Ralph W. Gearhart, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Holmen Development Co.

James L. Wahlfors, Thomson, Lovett, Wahlfors & Moran, Ltd., James W. Meunier, Bloomington, Minn., for Ericson Development Co., Inc.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Mason City Center Associates ("Associates"), and Beaver Farms, Inc., filed an action against the City of Mason City, Iowa, members of the City Council, and two corporations, alleging that defendants agreed, combined, and conspired to prevent appellants from developing a regional shopping center on the west edge of the City by refusing to rezone the property to commercial use. Appellants based their action on alleged violations of...

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