SERGEANT BLUFF v. CHICAGO & N.W. TRANSP. CO.

No. 85-801.

383 N.W.2d 561 (1986)

CITY OF SERGEANT BLUFF, Appellant, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Ackerman of Eidsmoe, Heidman, Redmond, Fredregill, Patterson & Schatz, Sioux City, for appellant.

Kevin M. Soule of Gamble, Riepe, Webster, Davis & Green, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and WOLLE, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The city of Sergeant Bluff (the City) has been granted discretionary review of a district court decision reversing a simple misdemeanor conviction of the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (the carrier) for blocking a grade crossing for longer than permitted under a city ordinance. The misdemeanor citation had been tried before a district associate judge who found the carrier guilty. The appeal to a district judge was pursuant to Iowa...

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