STATE EX REL. MILLER v. PUBL. CLEAR. HOUSE

No. 99-0253.

633 N.W.2d 732 (2001)

STATE of Iowa ex rel. Thomas J. MILLER, Attorney General of Iowa, Appellant, v. PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE, INC., a New York Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Steve St. Clair, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

W. Don Brittin, Jr., Michael W. Thrall, and Stephanie L. Marett of Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

The consumer fraud division of the attorney general's office (attorney general) began an investigation of a sweepstakes program conducted by Publishers Clearing House (PCH). The attorney general believed PCH was illegally targeting vulnerable Iowans, particularly the elderly. When PCH refused to furnish some of the information requested, the attorney general served it with a subpoena and ultimately sought a court order compelling compliance. The district...

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