Cedar Falls, IA - Jury Awards Defendant $106,000 For Taking Of Property

The City of Cedar Rapids sued JLL, Inc. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in property owned by the Defendant for public use as a roundabout on University Avenue.

JLL was awarded $524,000 but sought $2.3 million.... More...    $0 (11-17-2017 - IA)

Substantial evidence supports the following facts. In February 2006
Melisa Rollins and Heberer jointly manufactured methamphetamine in the
bathroom of a room registered to Rollins at a hotel. They caused a fire that
destroyed the bathroom and led to flames shooting out the windows. The State
obtained a search warrant and searched the car registered to Heberer’s brother
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On the evening of November 15, 2007, Lori Parr test drove a used SUV with Kevin Bryant, a salesperson at a Pat McGrath auto dealership in Cedar Rapids. Bryant directed Parr to drive down Edgewood Road so she could experience city driving in the SUV. Parr made an illegal left turn, and the SUV was struck on the passenger side by a car driven by Robert Rimrodt. Bryant hit his head and briefly los... More...    $0 (12-14-2015 - IA)

Hawkeye Land Company (Hawkeye) appeals from the district court ruling denying its application for a permanent injunction.1 Hawkeye seeks to prevent the city of Coralville, Iowa (Coralville) from constructing a street extension over railroad tracks in which Hawkeye claims an interest, and argues the district court erred in denying its application for injunction. Because we find that Hawkeye has an ... More...    $0 (06-12-2013 - IA)

Ted White challenges the district court’s finding he was in contempt of a domestic abuse protective order. He claims he cannot be held in contempt because the protective order was void. If not void, he claims the protective order had expired by operation of law and thus, was ambiguous. White also contends the district court erred in finding his conduct was willful and abused its discretion in im... More...    $0 (05-23-2012 - IA)

This case presents the court with a little utilized area of the law—private condemnation. The plaintiffs seek further review of a district court order granting the defendant’s action for private condemnation and selecting the defendant’s proposed route of condemnation. While not disputing the need for private condemnation, the plaintiffs challenge the selection of the route, asserting that t... More...    $0 (01-08-2010 - IA)

City of Muscatine brought this eminent domain actions against Stockton Realty to acquire land owned by Stockton for expansion of the Muscatine County Landfill. The City sought to pay $223,000 for the land that it condemned and Stockton claimed that the condemnation of its property caused it $900,000 in damages.... More...    $755128 (03-18-2005 - IA)

The plaintiffs, Joseph Gacke and Linda Gacke, sued the defendant, Pork Xtra, L.L.C., claiming hog confinement facilities operated by Pork Xtra constituted a nuisance. At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of Iowa Code section 657.11(2) (1999), which gives nuisance immunity to animal feeding operations. The district court ruled the statute effected an unconstitutional taking of priv... More...    $0 (07-06-2004 - IA)

Background Facts and Proceedings. Pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 6B (2001), the City of Kinross condemned a portion of property belonging to Marlowe and Iona Seitsinger for a wastewater sewer project. The compensation committee determin... More...    $0 (01-07-2004 - IA)