BALDWIN v. CITY OF ESTHERVILLE

No. 17-1592.

915 N.W.2d 259 (2018)

Gregory BALDWIN, Appellee, v. CITY OF ESTHERVILLE, Iowa; Matt Reineke, Individually and in his Official Capacity as an officer of the Estherville Police Department; and Matt Hellickson, Individually and in his Official Capacity as an officer of the Estherville Police Department, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Phillips and René Charles LaPierre of Klass Law Firm, LLP, Sioux City, for appellants.

Jack Bjornstad of Jack Bjornstad Law Office, Okoboji, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General, Julia S. Kim , Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae State of Iowa.

Thomas M. Boes and Catherine M. Lucas of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Communities Assurance Pool.

Katie Ervin Carlson of Fiedler & Timmer, P.L.L.C., Johnson, Jessica Zupp of Zupp and Zupp Law Firm, P.C., Denison, and Joel E. Fenton , Law Offices of Joel E. Fenton, PLC, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Association for Justice.


After receiving citizen complaints about the operation of an ATV within city limits, police officers reviewed a video of the event, examined the city's ordinances, and concluded an ordinance had been violated. They sought and obtained an arrest warrant from a magistrate and arrested the ATV operator. An Iowa district court later...

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