CITIZENS' AIDE/OMBUDSMAN v. ROLFES

No. 89-235.

454 N.W.2d 815 (1990)

CITIZENS' AIDE/OMBUDSMAN, Appellant, v. Sheriff Robert ROLFES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria L. Herring, West Des Moines, and Michael K. Elliott, Des Moines, for appellant.

Raymond Rosenberg of The Rosenberg Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

The Office of Citizens' Aide (Citizens' Aide), a state office under Iowa Code chapter 601G (1989), began an investigation of Robert Rolfes, sheriff of Osceola County, Iowa. Rolfes initially cooperated but later refused to respond to Citizens' Aide subpoenas unless he was given "contested case" procedural protections under Iowa Code chapter 17A. Citizens' Aide sought an order from the district court to compel compliance with its subpoenas, and Rolfes...

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