SAND v. DOE

No. 20-0477.

959 N.W.2d 99 (2021)

Rob SAND, Auditor of the State of Iowa, Appellee, v. John DOE, in His Official Capacity and Unnamed State Agency, State of Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson (argued), Solicitor General, Christopher J. Deist , Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

John McCormally (argued), Chief of Staff/General Counsel, Office of the Iowa Auditor of State, for appellee.

Alan R. Ostergren , Des Moines, for amicus curiae Kirkwood Institute, Inc.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Appel, McDonald, Oxley, and McDermott, JJ., joined. Mansfield, J., filed a special concurrence in which Waterman, J., joined.


In this case a state agency (Agency) and a state institution (Institution) that the Agency oversees reached out to Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand (Auditor Sand) to discuss a potential transaction they were considering that was expected to create a multi-billion dollar obligation for the Agency. Following the meeting,...

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