Keith Puntenney, Laverne I. Johnson, Richard R. Lamb, Marian D. Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc., and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, Appellants,
v.
Iowa Utilities Board, Appellee, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, Appellees, and Dakota Access, LLC, Appellee.
The district court denied petitions for judicial review of the Iowa Utilities Board’s (IUB) decision to grant a permit to Dakota Access, LLC, for the construction of a hazardous liquid pipeline pursuant to Iowa Code ch. 479B. On appeal, the petitioners argue the district court erred in affording the IUB the authority to define the term “public convenience and necessity” under Iowa Code § 479B.9 and in affirming the IUB’s determination that the pipeline would promote public convenience and necessity. The appellants further argue Dakota Access’ exercise of eminent domain violated the Iowa and United States Constitutions, as well as Iowa Code §§ 6A.21 and 6A.22.
Appellant
Keith Puntenney, Laverne I. Johnson, Richard R. Lamb, Marian D. Johnson, Northwest Iowa Landowners Association, Iowa Farmland Owners Association, Inc., and the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, Appellants,
Appellee
Iowa Utilities Board, Appellee, and Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition, Appellees, and Dakota Access, LLC, Appellee.
Attorneys for the Appellant
Wallace L. Taylor
Jason R. Lawrence
William E. Hanigan
Attorneys for the Appellee
Cecil I. Wright II
Benjamin J. Flickinger
(for Iowa Utilities Board)
Mark R. Schuling
John S. Long
Matthew C. McDermott
Espnola F. Cartmill
(for Office of Consumer Advocate and The Main Coalition)
Bret A. Dublinske
Brant M. Leonard
(for Dakota Access
Supreme Court
Oral Argument Schedule
25-25-5
Sep 12, 2018 9:00 AM
