Iowa Supreme Court Hears Case About Land Access

(Radio Iowa)

Attorneys for a Hardin County landowner and for the company seeking to build a carbon pipeline argued the case before the Iowa Supreme Court Tuesday night. A district court judge ruled Kent Kasischke did not have the right to refuse to let surveyors for Summit Carbon Solutions on his property. Kasischke’s attorney says it’s unconstitutional to give a private company the right to invade someone’s property against their will for the mere convenience of looking around. The attorney representing Summit says surveyors for private companies plotting out projects have had the right to survey Iowa land since 1851.