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KOETHE v. JOHNSON

No. 67493.

328 N.W.2d 293 (1982)

Lemar KOETHE, d/b/a Carmel Heights Apartments, Appellant, v. Harold E. JOHNSON, Defendant, and Des Moines Water Works, Garnishee-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Michelson, Des Moines, for appellant.

John R. Mackaman and Barbara G. Barrett of Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, Des Moines, for garnishee-appellee.

Considered by LeGRAND, P.J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and CARTER, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

The district court dismissed a garnishment action by plaintiff creditor against the public employer of the debtor. This discretionary review in a small claims case involves the interplay between the Iowa garnishment statute, Iowa Code ch. 642 (1981), and restrictions on garnishment under the federal Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1671-77 (Supp. IV 1980). The basic issues raised by plaintiff Lemar Koethe, d/b/a Carmel Heights Apartments...

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