# Pfiffner v. Roth

> Supreme Court of Iowa · December 18, 1985 · 379 N.W.2d 357

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9658021

## Case

- **Full name:** Theodore A. PFIFFNER, Appellee, v. Arthur J. ROTH, as Director of the City Health Department, City of Dubuque, Iowa; Leo J. Frommelt, as Past License Officer Under Section 18-16, Ordinances of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and as Past Clerk of the City of Dubuque, Iowa; Mary A. Davis, as License Officer Under Section 18-16, Ordinances of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and as City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, Iowa; Ken Gearhart, as City Manager of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and City of Dubuque, Iowa, a Municipal Corporation, Appellants
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** December 18, 1985
- **Citations:** 379 N.W.2d 357; 54 U.S.L.W. 2417; 1985 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1189
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Schultz
- **Judges:** Reynoldson, McCormick, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding that court will not ordinarily give retrospective effect to an amendment when it has the result of taking away a right of recovery

## Opinion text

SCHULTZ, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent from Division III of the majority opinion. I would not allow the award of punitive damages against a city. See Dickerson v. Young, 332 N.W.2d 93, 105 (Iowa 1983) (Schultz, J., dissenting opinion). Otherwise, I concur.

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