SHARKEY v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR DUBUQUE

No. 89-1707.

461 N.W.2d 320 (1990)

Dennis SHARKEY, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Naughton of Naughton, Stenlund & Reilly, Dubuque, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Bruce C. Kempkes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Fred H. McCaw, County Atty., for defendant.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Dennis Sharkey, has brought this original certiorari action to challenge a jail sentence imposed in a contempt proceeding for violation of an injunction. Upon considering the arguments of the parties, we annul the writ.

In September 1988, the district court enjoined Sharkey from storing vehicles or junk on his land and further enjoined him to abate the nuisance which existed as a result of that activity. On April 24, 1989, the court...

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