RALSTON v. LAKE SUPERIOR COURT

No. 49S00-8906-OR-449.

546 N.E.2d 1212 (1989)

State of Indiana ex rel. Patrick R. RALSTON, Relator, v. The LAKE SUPERIOR COURT, Room No. 3 and the Honorable James Danikolas, As Judge Thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael Schaefer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for relator.

Gregory S. Reising, Gary, for respondents.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The Lake Superior Court held the director of the Department of Natural Resources in contempt for his efforts to limit commercial fishing in Lake Michigan. The director sought relief from this Court, and we entered an alternative writ of prohibition directing the Lake Superior Court to vacate its order holding the director in contempt and to cease from exercising further jurisdiction in the contempt proceeding. We now make that writ permanent...

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