SOUTHEAST POLK SCH. DIST. v. PLEASANT HILL

No. 14-1362.

878 N.W.2d 252 (2016)

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF SOUTHEAST POLK SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, Southeast Polk Community School District Board of Education, Intervenor-Appellant, v. CITY OF PLEASANT HILL, IOWA, and the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Dickey of Dickey & Campbell Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant Concerned Citizens of Southeast Polk School District.

John E. Lande and Thomas D. Hanson of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant Southeast Polk Community School District Board of Education.

William J. Miller of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Des Moines, and R. Bradley Skinner of Skinner Law Office, P.C., Altoona, for appellees.


This case presents important issues relating to the use of tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development purposes. A citizens group and a school district have challenged a city's urban renewal plan. They claim the plan violates Iowa law because it (1) unlawfully extends the duration of a TIF area, (2) unlawfully uses...

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