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· 8/20/1986

Hancock v. City Council of Davenport

Citations

  • 392 N.W.2d 472
  • 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1253

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing city’s authority to declare and abate nuisances under its police powers through enforcement of reasonable city ordinances
  • declining to reinstate claim for damages asserted in a certiorari proceeding, reasoning that “certiorari action was necessarily limited . . . to questions of jurisdiction or illegality of the actions complained of” (cleaned up)

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Judges: Wolle, Neuman

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