Opinion
No. 14–0205.
2015-04-08
Monroe BRANSTAD, Petitioner–Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa ex rel., NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Respondent–Appellee.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Hancock County, Rustin T. Davenport, Judge. A petitioner appeals the district court's refusal to award attorney fees in his judicial review action against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. REVERSED AND REMANDED. Christine E. Branstad of Branstad Law, P.L.L.C., Des Moines, and James L. Pray of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville, and Schoenebaum, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant. Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, David R. Sheridan, Assistant Attorney General, and David L. Dorff, Assistant Attorney General Environmental Law Division, for appellee.