CITY OF HAWARDEN, Appellant,
v.
US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellee.
Supreme Court of Iowa.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 24, 1999.
March 24, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ivan T. Webber of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.
Robert F. Holz, Jr. and Steven L. Nelson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, and David S. Sather of US West Communications, Inc., Denver, Colorado, for appellee.
William F. Sueppel of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, P.L.C., Iowa City, for amicus curiae Iowa League of Cities.
John R. Klaus, Ames, for amicus curiae City of Ames.
Gary N. Jones of Truax & Jones, Cedar Falls, for amicus curiae City of Cedar Falls.
James E. Walsh, Jr., Waterloo, for amicus curiae City of Waterloo.
Eleanor M. Dilkes, Iowa City, for amicus curiae City of Iowa City.
Michael R. May, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Rural Iowa Independent Telephone Association.
Julie A. Smith, Ankeny, for amicus curiae Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities.
Richard W. Lozier, Jr. of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae AT & T Communications of the Midwest, Inc.
James E. Gritzner and Joan Fletcher of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae GTE Midwest Inc.
Robert F. Holz, Jr. and Steven L. Nelson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, and Michael J. Shortley, III, Rochester, New York, for amicus curiae Frontier Communications of Iowa, Inc.
Robert F. Holz, Jr. and Steven L. Nelson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Telecommunications Association.
Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
NEUMAN, Justice.
This appeal concerns the legality of a Hawarden city ordinance that assesses a percentage-of-revenue fee for the use of public property, including utility rights-of-way. An affected utility, US West Communications, Inc., claimed the ordinance violates state and federal regulatory schemes governing telephone utilities, and the fee amounts to an unauthorized tax. The district court agreed with the utility...
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