LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL v. ALLEN

No. 45S03-8802-CV-237.

524 N.E.2d 771 (1988)

The LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL, Lake County, Indiana, Appellant (Plaintiff below) v. Dozier ALLEN, As Calumet Township Trustee, of Lake County, Indiana; and Edison Thuma, Kenneth Kobe, William Long, Donald Blinzenger, and James Gutting, As the Calumet Township Trustee Management Committee, Appellees (Defendants below), and Earline Hunt; Lula Hayden; Northern Indiana Public Service Company; Gary-Hobart Water Corporation, Appellees (Intervening Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Bishop, Greco, Pera & Bishop, Merrillville, Ray L. Szarmach, Kowalski, Szarmach & Fernandez, East Chicago, for appellant.

Frederick F. Eichhorn, Jr., Charles W. Webster, James K. Morse, Eichhorn, Eichhorn & Link, Hammond, Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., James R. Green and Terry G. Duga, Deputy Attys. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellees.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause was originally docketed in the Court of Appeals. On February 17, 1988, this court granted appellees petition for an emergency transfer pursuant to Appellate Rule 4(A)(10) finding the case demands a swift determination by this court of a substantial question of law of great public importance.

The issue presented for review is the finding by the trial court that poor relief is ultimately the responsibility of the county and thus...

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