US Supreme Court declines to hear Des Moines franchise fee case

Yesterday the US Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of the city of Des Moines in its franchise fee case, blogged here.  The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in March that the city’s 5-percent fee on utility bills was beyond that allowable as reasonably related to the administration of electric and gas franchises, and that the excess must be returned to the people who paid it.

You can read the Des Moines Register article concerning yesterday’s action here.

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