SIOUX CITY TRUCK SALES v. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 20-0837.

975 N.W.2d 333 (2022)

SIOUX CITY TRUCK SALES, INC., Appellant, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Peterbilt Motors Company, Appellees, and Allstate Peterbilt of Clear Lake, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 3, 2022.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Goldstein (argued) of Goldstein Law Firm, PLLC, Washington, D.C., pro hac vice, and Anthony P. Lamb (until withdrawal) and Ryland Deinert of Klass Law Firm, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and Michelle E. Rabe (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Iowa Department of Transportation.

Stephen E. Doohen of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, and Mark T. Clouatre (argued), John P. Streelman , and Jacob F. Fischer of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Denver, Colorado, pro hac vice, for appellee Peterbilt Motors Company.

Joseph G. Gamble of Duncan Green, P.C., Des Moines, and John N. Bisanz, Jr. , of Henson & Efron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, pro hac vice, for intervenor Allstate Peterbilt of Clear Lake.

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


In this case, we consider the scope of the term "community" when the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) considers whether "good cause" exists to permit a franchiser to create dueling franchises in a geographic area under Iowa Code section 322A.4 (2021). The question boils down to...

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