LANDOWNERS v. SOUTH CENTRAL REG. AIRPORT

No. 20-1323.

977 N.W.2d 486 (2022)

Site A LANDOWNERS, Appellant, v. SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL AIRPORT AGENCY, City of Pella, and City of Oskaloosa, Appellees, and Mahaska County, Appellant. City of Pella and City of Oskaloosa, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Mahaska County, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler M. Smith (argued) of Smith Law Firm, PLC, Altoona, for appellant Site A Landowners.

Michael R. Reck (argued), Charles F. Becker , Kelsey J. Knowles , and Joseph H. Lubben of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant/cross-appellee Mahaska County.

Mark Weinhardt (argued) of the Weinhardt Law Firm, Des Moines, and Jason C. Palmer and Benjamin R. Erickson (until withdrawal) of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees/cross-appellants City of Pella and City of Oskaloosa.

Amy Beattie of Brick Gentry P.C., West Des Moines, and David T. Bower of Nyemaster Goode, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee South Central Regional Airport Agency.

McDonald, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all participating justices joined. Appel, J., filed a concurrence. Mansfield and McDermott, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.


Two cities and a county signed an agreement to jointly create an airport authority that would build and operate a new regional airport. Landowners at the site of the proposed airport objected to the plan, and a newly-elected slate of county supervisors opposed to the project sought...

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