PUNTENNEY v. IOWA UTILITIES BD.

No. 17-0423.

928 N.W.2d 829 (2019)

Keith PUNTENNEY; LaVerne I. Johnson; Richard R. Lamb, Trustee of the Richard R. Lamb Revocable Trust; Marian D. Johnson by her Agent Verdell Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association; Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc.; and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, Appellants, and Hickenbottom Experimental Farms, Inc. and Prendergast Enterprises, Inc., Petitioners, v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD, a Division of the Department of Commerce, State of Iowa, Appellee, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, Intervenors-Appellees, and Dakota Access, LLC, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 31, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hanigan and Jason R. Lawrence of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants Richard R. Lamb; Marian D. Johnson by Agent, Verdell Johnson; Northwest Iowa Landowners Association; and Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc.

Wallace L. Taylor of Law Offices of Wallace L. Taylor, Cedar Rapids, for appellants Keith Puntenney, LaVerne I. Johnson, and Sierra Club Iowa Chapter.

Bret A. Dublinske and Brant M. Leonard of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Des Moines, for appellee Dakota Access, LLC.

David J. Lynch (until withdrawal), Cecil I. Wright II , and Benjamin J. Flickinger , Des Moines, for appellee Iowa Utilities Board.

Mark R. Schuling and John S. Long , Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee Office of Consumer Advocate.

Matthew C. McDermott and Espnola F. Cartmill of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee The Main Coalition.

David Bookbinder , Washington, D.C., and Scott L. Long of Long & Gilliam, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Niskanen Center.


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