SOO LINE R. CO. v. IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 93-853.

521 N.W.2d 685 (1994)

SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and the City of Spencer, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Nugent of C.P. Legal Services, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn J. Olson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee Iowa Dept. of Transp.

Donald J. Hemphill of Hemphill Law Office, Spencer, for appellee City of Spencer.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

This case is an appeal of agency action pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 17A (1991). The Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo Line) appeals from the district court's decision on judicial review. The district court upheld the Department of Transportation's (DOT) grant of the City of Spencer's request for an additional grade crossing. Soo Line argues that (1) the DOT unconstitutionally delegated its decision-making authority; (2) the DOT failed to explain the...

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