CLAY WIRT, IN “Dillion’s” Virginia Town & City, August 1988, vol. 24 number 8 , pages 13 to 15 describes the Dillon Rule in this way: NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES DEFINITION/DESCRIPTION OF THE DILLON RULE “Dillon’s Rule is derived from written decision by Judge John F. Dillon of Iowa in 1868. It is the cornerstone…