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Co op Burial Associations Win Iowa Supreme Court Victory
After twelve years of legal battles starting in 1934 in Fremont Iowa, the Cooperative Burial Associations of Iowa won a unanimous decision in the Iowa Supreme Court on May 7 1946. The case covered articles of incorporation licenses and legislative attempts to restrict co op burials and affirmed their right to bury their own dead while lowering funeral costs.
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Cooperative Burial Associations
State of
Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Cooperative Burial Ass’ns
Fremont
Oskaloosa
Supreme Court
Pella Coop
Burial Ass’n
Coop
Burial Ass’ns
Cooperative Burial Association
Polk County
Des Moines
Keystone
Vinton
Winneshiek County