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BRENDELAND v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 23-1356.

Merle D. Brendeland, Janis Brendeland, Megan Russell, and Joseph Russell, Appellants, v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed November 22, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Goodwin of Goodwin Law Office, P.C., Ames, for appellants.

Brenna Bird, Attorney General, and Shean D. Fletchall and Robin G. Formaker (deceased), Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

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

I. Introduction.

"Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends." William Shakespeare, Henry VI act 3, sc. 2, l. 33. Delays in a legal action may indeed have perilous consequences. This appeal centers on two delays.

Several individuals owned a tract of land abutting an east-west highway near that highway...

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