Bridgestone Firestone v. Accordino

In Bridgestone Firestone v. Accordino, 561 N.W.2d 60, 62 (Iowa 1997)the court determined that the industrial commissioner's "short form" appellate decision satisfied the statutory mandate of section 17A.16(1). The Court stated: No purpose would be served by requiring the commissioner to duplicate the deputy's effort. We do not read the statute to require it. When the commissioner's affirmance rests on review yielding identical factual findings, and the commissioner's legal analysis mirrors that described by the deputy, no further recitals are necessary to satisfy section 17A.16(1) for purpose of judicial review. To read into the statute the necessity of a full opinion, as required by the district court here, exalts form over substance. (Accordino, 561 N.W.2d at 62.)