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SONS OF UNION VETERANS v. LEGION POST 508

No. 00-0681.

641 N.W.2d 729 (2002)

The SONS OF THE UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, DEPARTMENT OF IOWA; Save Iowa Civil War Monuments Foundation, and Dennis Sasse, Appellants, v. GRISWOLD AMERICAN LEGION POST 508, Appellee, City of Griswold, Iowa, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald W. Feilmeyer of Cambridge, Feilmeyer, Landsness, Chase & Jones, P.L.C., Atlantic, for appellants.

James P. Barry of Otto, Lorence & Barry, P.L.C., Atlantic, and Richard J. Howard of Howard Law Firm, Atlantic, for appellee Griswold American Legion Post 508.

LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

The battle before us today is not one of life or death. It is not a battle for freedom. Rather, it is a battle to keep a symbol of those things—a Civil War cannon—in Griswold, Iowa. The historic Civil War cannon first arrived in Griswold nearly a century ago. When the Griswold American Legion Post 508 decided to sell the cannon, the plaintiffs decided to fight back. The plaintiffs lost their first battle in the district court...

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