CITY OF IOWA CITY v. HAGEN ELECTRONICS

No. 94-1427.

545 N.W.2d 530 (1996)

CITY OF IOWA CITY, Iowa, and Iowa City Airport Commission, Appellants, v. HAGEN ELECTRONICS, INC., Appellee. HAGEN ELECTRONICS, INC., Clarence Hagen, and Kenneth Hagen, Appellees, v. The CITY OF IOWA CITY, Iowa, and Johnson County, Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick White, County Attorney, for appellant Johnson County.

William L. Meardon of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for appellees.

Considered by MCGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered for the landowner in an inverse condemnation action. Although the appeal raises multiple questions, our decision turns, ultimately, on the landowner's failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We, therefore, reverse.

I. Factual Background.

In 1972, plaintiffs Hagen Electronics, Clarence Hagen, and Kenneth Hagen (hereinafter "Hagen") purchased a tract of unimproved land southwest...

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