BRIBRIESCO-LEDGER v. KLIPSCH

No. 19-1397.

957 N.W.2d 646 (2021)

Nicole BRIBRIESCO-LEDGER, Appellee, v. Frank J. KLIPSCH, Mayor, and the City of Davenport, Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Davidson and Brett R. Marshall (argued) of Lane & Waterman LLP, Davenport, for appellants.

Michael J. Meloy (argued), Bettendorf, for appellee.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Christensen, C.J., and Mansfield, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., joined. Appel, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Waterman, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.


This appeal requires us to answer whether Davenport's mayor may remove an appointee from the Davenport Civil Rights Commission without cause. Mayor Frank Klipsch issued an order removing Commissioner Nicole Bribriesco-Ledger from the commission before her term had expired. Bribriesco-Ledger sued, claiming that without a showing...

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