PRUSS v. CEDAR RAPIDS/HIAWATHA

No. 03-1091.

687 N.W.2d 275 (2004)

Francis J. PRUSS and City of Cedar Rapids, Appellants, v. CEDAR RAPIDS/HIAWATHA ANNEXATION SPECIAL LOCAL COMMITTEE, City Development Board, and City of Hiawatha, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Pruss, Cedar Rapids, pro se.

David F. McGuire, City Attorney, Cedar Rapids, for appellant City.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Christie J. Scase, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees City Development Board and Special Local Committee.

James P. Craig, Randal J. Scholer, and Brenda K. Wallrichs of Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee City of Hiawatha.


STREIT, Justice.

A landowner, drawn to the charm of the bright lights and sewer services of Cedar Rapids, resists the annexing embrace of Hiawatha. A special committee of the City Development Board approved the City of Hiawatha's petition to involuntarily annex Francis Pruss's land, and denied a similar request by Cedar Rapids. Pruss and Cedar Rapids complain the Committee's interpretation of a state annexation law was wrong, because their request was not afforded...

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