· 5/25/1977
Luse v. Wray
Citations
- 254 N.W.2d 324
- 1977 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1052
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an equal protection challenge to a general assembly election contest was justiciable notwithstanding the authority conferred by article III, section 7 to each house to determine such matters
- holding that an equal protection challenge to a general assembly election contest was justiciable notwithstanding the authority conferred by article III, section 7 to each house to determine such matters
- holding it is for the judicial branch to determine whether another branch of government has exceeded its constitutional limitations
- holding it is for the judicial branch to determine whether another branch of government has exceeded its constitutional limitations
- “Iowa courts have power to adjudicate substantial claims of deprivation of federal or Iowa constitutional rights by the houses of the Iowa General Assembly in the exercise of the houses’ election contest powers.”
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Judges: Uhlenhopp
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