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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Riley Drive Entm't I, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 20-1510, slip op. (Iowa Feb. 18, 2022, amended Apr. 7, 2022)
- Issued
- 2022-02-18 Feb. 18, 2022
- Effective
- n/a (opinion) (read as 2022-02-18)
- End
- n/a
- In force
- Feb. 18, 2022 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureAlcohol and barsOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses (licensed bars in Polk and Dallas Counties; by the order's terms, all bars, taverns, wineries, breweries, distilleries and night clubs in six counties)
- Character
- adjudication
- Collection
- Standing duties: Iowa DUT-IA
Operative words
All six businesses were required to close temporarily as a result of the Governor's August 27 order.... Therefore, without reaching the merits of the plaintiffs' challenge, we affirm the district court's dismissal of this case as moot.
Penalty
n/a (the opinion records the compulsory character of the closure; enforcement is stated in DUT-IA-013, DUT-IA-009)
What it required
Judicial record that the August 27, 2020 proclamation (IA-023) 'temporarily required bars and taverns in six counties to close their doors,' that the plaintiffs' request for a temporary injunction was denied, and that the Polk County District Court held the pandemic a 'public health disaster' under § 135.140(6) and the closure a 'reasonable' and 'necessary' measure under § 135.144(3) ('It simply means that there is some connection between the Proclamation's restrictions and the disaster it is trying to address'); the Supreme Court affirmed on mootness alone. Character as recorded: adjudication (challenge to orders dismissed).
Retrieval noteThe Supreme Court did not decide the merits; the § 135.144(3) holding is the district court's, recited in Part II of the opinion (slip op. at 10). The opinion also recites that the August 27 order required bars 'located in hotels, casinos, movie theaters, or sporting venues' to close to the public. Use the opinion for what the courts recorded, not for a merits ruling.