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HUTCHESON v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 90-1921.

480 N.W.2d 260 (1992)

Kent HUTCHESON, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Hutcheson, pro se.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Bruce Kempkes, and Robert J. Glaser, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Michael P. Short, Co. Atty., for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

The issues raised in this action pertain to jurisdiction. If the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction, its finding of contempt in this case would be illegal and subject to challenge in this certiorari action. However, if the district court did have subject matter jurisdiction, then we must determine if we are deprived of appellate jurisdiction because the contemner did not timely challenge the finding. We conclude the district...

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