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· 6/8/1977

Iowa Public Service Co. v. Medicine Bow Coal Co.

Citations

  • 556 F.2d 400
  • 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 769

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting \interim setbacks on interlocutory motions\ as immaterial to the determination of which party is the \prevailing\ party
  • rejecting “interim setbacks on interlocutory motions” as immaterial to the determination of which party is the “prevailing” party
  • applying Schaumburg to invalidate a statute imposing an expense limitation on charitable solicitations, and distinguishing National Foundation because of the exemptions in the ordinance involved in that case
  • \Courts confronted with motions to dismiss a suit for failure to join purportedly 'indispensable parties' properly approach the problem pragmatically.\
  • \standard of `good reason' is indefinite and does not comport with the constitutional requirement that discretion in public officials be specifically and narrowly circumscribed\
  • Dallas-Fort Worth airport's blanket prohibition of solicitation and distribution inside its terminals held overbroad because it unduly restricted First Amendment activity within a public forum

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Judges: Bright, Heaney, Henley

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