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Joseph Romare and Whiskey River on Vintage, Inc.
v.
City of Ankeny, Iowa and David Jones
Appellant
Joseph Romare and Whiskey River on Vintage, Inc.
Appellee
City of Ankeny, Iowa and David Jones
Attorney for the Appellant
Billy J. Mallory and Trevor A. Jordison
Attorney for the Appellee
Jason C. Palmer and Georgia R. Rice
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Paul D. Scott, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Tabor, C.J., and Chicchelly and Sandy, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, C.J. (6 pages)
A bar owner challenges the dismissal of his petition alleging the city manager violated the law by sending police to his establishment. The district court found the bar owner’s allegations too vague to meet the heightened pleading standard in Iowa Code section 670.4A(3) (2022). OPINION HOLDS: Like the district court, we find that the bar owner’s petition failed to “state with particularity the circumstances constituting the violation” and affirm its dismissal.
