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CITY OF ASBURY v. IOWA CITY DEVELOPMENT BD.

No. 05-0818.

723 N.W.2d 188 (2006)

CITY OF ASBURY, Iowa, Appellee, v. The IOWA CITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, Appellant. and City of Dubuque, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Michael H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant Iowa City Development Board.

Frank Murray Smith, of Frank Smith Law Office, Des Moines, and Barry A. Lindahl, Dubuque, for appellant City of Dubuque.

Thomas Henderson, John F. Fatino, and Karin M. Sinnard of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

When does a carrot become a stick? Competing for common ground, the City of Asbury objects to the tactics the City of Dubuque used to voluntarily annex land. After the City Development Board1 (CDB) approved Dubuque's annexation application, Asbury appealed to the district court arguing Dubuque's application should have been dismissed because Dubuque coerced property owners into consenting to the annexation by offering...

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