MATHIS v. PALO ALTO CTY BD. OF SUPERVISORS

No. 18-1431.

927 N.W.2d 191 (2019)

Bertha MATHIS, Stephen Mathis, Tillford Egland, Thomas Stillman, Lois Stillman, Michael Reding, and Suzanne Reding, Appellants, v. PALO ALTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Appellee, and Palo Alto Wind Energy, L.L.C. and MidAmerican Energy Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace L. Taylor of Law Offices of Wallace L. Taylor, Cedar Rapids , and John M. Murray of Murray and Murray, Storm Lake, for appellants.

Sheila K. Tipton , Haley R. Van Loon , and Adam C. Van Dike of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville & Schoenebaum, PLC, Des Moines, and Peter C. Hart , Palo Alto County Attorney, for appellee Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors.

Bret A. Dublinske and Brant M. Leonard , of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Des Moines, for appellees Palo Alto Wind Energy, L.L.C. and MidAmerican Energy Company.


In this case we are called upon to review the decisions of a county board of supervisors approving a wind energy ordinance and a specific wind energy project. Although the challengers raise a number of well-presented arguments, in the end we conclude they were matters for the board of supervisors—not the courts—...

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