ELR Citation: ELR 20495
No(s). 72-1514 (8th Cir. Apr 30, 1973)

The Eighth Circuit finds there is no right of annexation under federal law or the United States Constitution. Refusal to annex a residential area completely encircled by a city purely because of the poverty of its residents is not a denial of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, nor is it a deprivation of a constitutional right under color of state law within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. §1983.

Counsel for Plaintiff
J. Jane Fox
Hawkeye Legal Aid Society
225 S. Gilbert
Iowa City, IA 52240

Counsel for Defendants
John Sizemore
Donald Diehl
325 S. Clinton
Iowa City, IA 52240