BAKER v. WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA

No. 91-598.

487 N.W.2d 321 (1992)

Stacy BAKER, On Her Own Behalf and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. WEBSTER COUNTY, IOWA, Appellee, Iowa State Association of Counties, et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley A. Rice and Thomas A. Krause of Legal Services Corp. of Iowa, Des Moines, for appellants.

Carlton G. Salmons of Austin, Gaudineer, Austin, Salmons & Swanson, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by SCHULTZ, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This case concerns efforts by parents to secure county-based programming and services for their profoundly retarded adult daughter. It has been certified as a class action. As originally pleaded and tried, the plaintiff alleged both substantive and procedural due process deprivations. As the case developed, however, the district court ruled (and plaintiff now concedes) that the services demanded were not the county's duty to provide. Given this substantive...

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