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WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS COURIER v. HAWKEYE CC

No. 00-1585.

646 N.W.2d 97 (2002)

WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS COURIER, Appellant, v. HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Willie Culpepper, Malcolm Mcgregor, Ruth Niemann, Luane Lorenzen, Mark Birdnow, Leroy L. Hoff, Harold Brock, Loren Steimel, and Ervin A. Dennis, Members of the Board of Trustees, Appellees. Saul Shapiro and Nancy Raffensperger-Newhoff, Plaintiffs, v. Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Correll of Correll, Sheerer, Benson, Engels, Galles & Demro, PLC, Cedar Falls, for appellant.

Michael A. Giudicessi and William J. Hunnicutt of Faegre & Benson LLP, Des Moines, for appellant and certiorari plaintiffs.

Matthew G. Novak and Thad J. Collins of Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

STREIT, Justice.

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