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BD. OF WATER WORKS v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

No. 16-0076.

890 N.W.2d 50 (2017)

BOARD OF WATER WORKS TRUSTEES OF the CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Appellant, v. SAC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, as Trustee of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, and Calhoun County Board of Supervisors and Sac County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 2 and 51 and Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors and SAC County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 19 and 26 and Drainage Districts 64 and 105, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Lande , Richard A. Malm , and Colleen MacRae (until withdrawal) of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Michael R. Reck , Charles F. Becker , and Stephen H. Locher of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, and David Y. Chung of Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

James W. Carney of Carney & Appleby, PLC, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Drainage District Association.

Joshua T. Mandelbaum of Environmental Law & Policy Center, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Environmental Law & Policy Center.

This high-profile litigation pits one political subdivision of the State of Iowa against several other political subdivisions. The plaintiff is a municipal waterworks; the defendants are upstream drainage districts and their trustees. The plaintiff provides drinking water to central Iowans and is suing for money damages and other...

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