IOWA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Appellant,
v.
CITY OF HAWARDEN, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Iowa.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 17, 1999.
February 17, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert F. Holz, Jr. and Steven L. Nelson of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.
Ivan T. Webber, Paul D. Burns and Elizabeth A. Grob of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.
William F. Sueppel of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, P.L.C., Iowa City, and Dennis Dietz, Iowa League of Cities, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa League of Cities.
Gordon Greta, Ankeny, for amicus curiae Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities.
Philip E. Stoffregen of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae MCI WorldCom, Inc.
James L. Abshier, Sioux City, for amicus curiae City of Sioux City.
Fred L. Dorr of Wasker, Dorr, Wimmer & Marcouiller, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae North West Rural Electric Cooperative.
Mark C. Thomas, Coon Rapids, for amici curiae Cities of Coon Rapids, Iowa, and Laurens, Iowa.
Scott G. Buchanan of Buchanan, Bibler, Buchanan, Handsaker & Gabor, Algona, for amicus curiae Algona Municipal Utilities.
John C. Larsen of Redfern, Mason, Dieter, Larsen & Moore, P.L.C., Cedar Falls, for amicus curiae Municipal Communications Utility of the City of Cedar Falls.
David J. Lynch of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for amici curiae Cities of Sanborn, Hartley, Paullina, and Primghar, and the Community Cable Television Agency of O'Brien County.
David J. Lynch of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, and James Baller, Sean A. Stokes, and Lana Meller of The Baller Law Group, P.C., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Public Power Association.
Considered en banc.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
TERNUS, Justice.
Appellee, the City of Hawarden, intends to provide land-line local telephone service to customers located within and outside of its municipal corporate limits. Appellant, Iowa Telephone Association (ITA), sought a declaratory ruling that the City was prohibited by statute from providing such service. See Iowa Code §§ 23A.2 (prohibiting government competition with private enterprise with certain exceptions), 384.81 (requiring cities...
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