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MASTER BUILDERS OF IOWA v. POLK COUNTY

No. 02-1005.

653 N.W.2d 382 (2002)

MASTER BUILDERS OF IOWA, INC.; Associated Builders and Contractors of Iowa, Inc.; Des Moines Construction Council; Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Meisner Electric, Inc.; Shaw Electric, Inc.; Bruce Peterson; and Ronald Wayne Stratton, Appellants, v. POLK COUNTY, Iowa and Board of Supervisors of Polk County, Appellees, Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council, Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected November 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Templer, Greg A. Naylor, and Jeffrey D. Ewoldt of Pingel & Templer, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellants.

John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Michael O'Meara, Assistant County Attorney, for appellees.

Nolden Gentry and Bruce H. Stoltze of Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze, Schuling & Levis, P.C., Des Moines, and Robert J. Henry, G. Gordon Atcheson and Charles R. Schwartz of Blake & Uhlig, P.A., Kansas City, Kansas, for intervenor-appellee.

Mark T. Hedberg of Hedberg, Owens & Hedberg, Des Moines, and Victoria L. Bor and Jonathan D. Newman of Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and Iowa State Building & Construction Trades Council.

Ralph Potter, Assistant County Attorney, Dubuque, Thomas F. Kintigh, City Attorney, Ottumwa, and Victoria Siegel, County Attorney, Ottumwa, for amici curiae Dubuque County, Iowa, City of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Wapello County, Iowa.

CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether a county may legally utilize a project labor agreement to effectuate the completion of a large-scale public works project. We conclude that the use of such an agreement is permissible under current Iowa and federal law and affirm the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The Iowa Events Center (Events Center) is the planned centerpiece of a series of public works projects meant...

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