Iowa Supreme Court · No. 24-1331
Eagle Rise Development, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v. Iowa District Court for Clinton County
Decided June 19, 2026 · appeal from Clinton County · Government
What the court decided
AI summary A development company and its managers challenged a court order that held them in contempt. They argued that the city did not properly notify them of the legal proceedings and that the court lacked the authority to hold them in contempt. The court granted the request to overturn the previous decisions, meaning the contempt order is no longer in effect.1
Result: Decision of Court of Appeals Vacated; Writ Sustained
The court’s own summary
Eagle Rise Development, LLC and its two member-managers petitioned for a writ of certiorari, challenging the district court’s order holding them in contempt of court. The petitioners argue that the district court lacked personal and subject matter jurisdiction to hold them in contempt based on the City of Clinton’s defective service of notice under Iowa Code section 665.7; that they were deprived of due process of law; and that their alleged failure to comply with the district court’s order in the underlying municipal infractions proceeding was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Holding: Parties who were held in contempt of court by a magistrate seek a writ of certiorari. Decision of Court of Appeals Vacated; Writ Sustained.
Judges
- Written by Justice Dana Oxley
Iowa Code it cites
§232.45§232.8§364.22§4.1§631.13§665.2§665.7
Each links to the bills that change that chapter.