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· 5/19/1982

In Re Appeal of Elliott

Citations

  • 319 N.W.2d 244
  • 1982 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1382

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • mailing notice of appeal to district court for administrative agency insufficient where statute provided notice shall be “served,” thus requiring actual delivery
  • finding service by mail is not sufficient “to vest appellate jurisdiction in the district court” under section 400.27
  • “Historically district court review of civil service commission decisions first was obtained through certiorari. The appeal procedure ... was added by amendment to the civil service chapter....”
  • “[W]hen a statute provides a notice of appeal shall be ‘served’ there is required an actual delivery to the person to be served, not a delivery by mail.”

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Judges: Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp, McCormick, Allbee, McGiverin

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