Polk County District Court Case No. CVCV060840 / Appeal Case No. 21-0696
Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief filed October 14, 2020, regarding challenge to adoption of Iowa Code § 478.16, granting right of first refusal to build transmission lines.
Court Filings:
Original Notice
Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (large file; for assistance, contact the IUB at 515-725-7300)
Defendant Motion to Dismiss
ITC Midwest LLC Answer
ITC Midwest LLC Application to Intervene
ITC Midwest LLC Joinder in Motion to Dismiss
MidAmerican Energy Company Application to Intervene
MidAmerican Energy Company Answer
MidAmerican Energy Company Joinder in Motion to Dismiss
Defendants Resistance to Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Injunction
Order Setting Hearing
LS Power Motion to Strike
LS Power Resistance to Applications to Intervene
LS Power Motion for Extension to Reply to Motion for Temporary Injunction
Order Granting Temporary Injunction
ITC Midwest Reply in Support of Application for Intervention
MidAmerican Energy Company's Reply to Plaintiffs' Resistance to Application to Intervene
Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
MidAmerican Energy Company's Reply to Plaintiffs' Resistance to Joinder of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
LS Power Reply
LS Power Exhibits
Order Setting Hearing on Motion on All Remaining Motions
Motion Setting Hearing on Application for Intervention
Order Granting Intervention
Appearance of Counsel for Intervention Application MidAmerican
MidAmerican's Resistance to LSP Request for Temporary Injunction
Appearance of Counsel for ITC Midwest
ITC Resistance to Plaintiffs Injunction
Affidavit of Jeffrey Eddy
Combined Reply to Intervenors MidAmerican Energy Company and ITC Midwest's Resistances to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Injunction
Exhibits to Combined Reply to Intervenors Resistances to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Injunction
Order Continuing Hearing
ITC/MidAmerican Reply to Intervenors' Resistance to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Injunction
Order Concerning Maintenance of Exhibits
State's Supplemental Brief
ITC/MidAmerican Sur-reply in Opposition to Temporary Injunction
Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Temporary Injunction
Order on Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Temporary Injunction
Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration
Enlargement or Modification
Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Motion for Reconsideration, Enlargement or Modification
Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Amend Petition
Plaintiffs' First Amended Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider
Intervenor Affidavit in Support of Resistance to Motion for Leave to Amend Petition
Intervenor MidAmerican Energy Company's Resistance to Motion for Leave to Amend Petition and Joinder in Resistances to Motions to Reconsider
Intervenor ITC Midwest's Combined Resistance to Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider and Motion for Leave to Amend
Order Denying Motion to Reconsider and Motion for Leave to Amend (Dismissed by District Court)
Plaintiffs' Notice of Appeal filed May 20, 2021
Resale Power Group Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief
LS Power’s Proof Brief
Order Granting Motion to File Amicus Curiae Brief
MISO Customers Motion for Leave to File a Brief of Amicus Curiae
Brief of Amicus Curiae Coalition of MISO Transmission Customers in Support of Plaintiffs
Resale Group Final Brief
Appellees Joint Application for Extension to File Proof Brief and Designation of Appendix
Order Granting Extension
Order Granting Amicus Status to Coalition of MISO Transmission Customers
Proof Brief of ITC Midwest LLC
Proof Brief of MidAmerican Energy Company
Proof Brief of Appellees
Appellees’ Joint Designation of Additional Parts for Appendix
Intervenors-Appellees’ Proof Brief
Order Enlarging Time
Unresisted Application for Extension to File Proof Reply Brief and Appendix
Plaintiffs’-Appellants’ Proof Reply Brief
Appellants’ Additional Designation of Appendix
Appendix (large file; for assistance, contact the IUB at 515-725-7300)
Intervenor-Appellee MidAmerican’s Final Brief
State’s Final Brief of Appellee