BRUNER v. VARLEY

No. 86-826.

411 N.W.2d 150 (1987)

Charles BRUNER; David Osterberg; Community Action Research Group; Iowa Ratepayers Association; New Davenport Caucus; Iowa Public Interest Research Group; Osterberg & Sheehan, Public Utility Economists; and Office of Consumer Advocate, Appellants, v. Andrew VARLEY, individually and in his capacity as Chairperson, Iowa State Commerce Commission; the Iowa State Commerce Commission; and Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Colton, Boston, Mass., for appellants Charles Bruner, David Osterberg, Community Action Research Group, Iowa Ratepayers Ass'n, New Davenport Caucus, Iowa Public Interest Research Group, and Osterberg & Sheehan.

James R. Maret and David R. Conn, Des Moines, for appellant Office of Consumer Advocate.

Susan Allender, Patrick J. Nugent and Dean F. Stonner, Des Moines, for appellees Iowa State Commerce Com'n and Andrew Varley.

William K. Schaphorst and Richard W. Hoffmann, Des Moines, for appellee Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Considered en banc.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Iowa State Senator Charles Bruner and State Representative David Osterberg, along with five public interest groups who shall be collectively referred to as "petitioners" have joined with the Office of the Consumer Advocate in this appeal from a district court decision dismissing their petition in equity under Iowa Code chapter 22 (1985), Iowa's examination of public record statute. The object of the controversy is a consumer research report commissioned...

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