STATE v. BAXTER CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, INC.

No. 89-680.

456 N.W.2d 371 (1990)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. Thomas J. MILLER, Attorney General of Iowa, Appellant, v. BAXTER CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, INC., and Talton K. Anderson, In His Corporate Capacity as President of Baxter Chrysler Plymouth, Inc., John Markel, Inc., and Timothy S. Markel, In His Corporate Capacity as President of John Markel, Inc., Dean Rawson Nissan, Inc., and Dean C. Rawson, In His Corporate Capacity as President of Dean Rawson Nissan, Inc., John Kraft Chevrolet, Inc. d/b/a John Kraft Chevrolet-Isuzu, Inc., and John E. Kraft, In His Corporate Capacity as President of John Kraft Chevrolet, Inc., Stan Olsen Pontiac, Inc. d/b/a Olsen Auto World and Olsen Family Discount Center, Metropolitan Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. d/b/a Olsen Auto World, Olsen Family Discount Center, and Metro Motors, Olsen Dodge, Inc. d/b/a Olsen Family Discount Center and Olsen Auto World, Stanley Olsen, In His Corporate Capacity as President of Metropolitan Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., and Stan Olsen Pontiac, Inc., and Ronald Olsen, In His Corporate Capacity as President of Olsen Dodge, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Cleland, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and William L. Brauch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Gregory G. Barntsen of Smith, Peterson, Beckman & Willson, Council Bluffs, for appellee Dean Rawson Nissan, Inc., and Dean C. Rawson.

James D. Sherrets and Mark A. Weber of Sherrets & Smith, Omaha, Neb., and Sheldon Gallner of Gallner & Gallner, Council Bluffs, for all other appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, CARTER, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

The State, ex relatione the attorney general (the attorney general), appeals from the dismissal of want of in personam jurisdiction of unlawful advertising claims brought against five Nebraska automobile dealers pursuant to the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, Iowa Code § 714.16 (1987). The ten defendants are automobile dealerships and their respective corporate presidents whose businesses are located in Omaha, Nebraska.

These five separate...

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