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GROCERY INDUSTRY v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 04-1914.

712 N.W.2d 675 (2006)

IOWA GROCERY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 14, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Godwin, Des Moines, for appellant.

John F. Lorentzen of Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

Arguments over government fees concerning liquor have swirled in a cocktail of political debate since the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.1 Iowa grocers complain the administrative fees being charged by Des Moines on liquor licenses are illegal. The defendant, the City of Des Moines, appeals from the district court's judgment declaring a municipal ordinance imposing administrative fees on liquor licenses and beer and wine permits...

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