PEABODY COAL CO. v. INDIANA DNR

No. 77S01-9605-CV-315.

664 N.E.2d 1171 (1996)

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Appellant (Respondent Below), v. INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellee (Petitioner Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Joest, Henderson, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Attorney General, Myra P. Spicker, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

In classic administrative law, the chief executive officer or the board of a government agency makes final decisions for the organization, based on the recommendations of subordinates and evidence presented to a hearing officer or an administrative law judge (ALJ). Aggrieved parties outside the agency may seek review of these final decisions in the courts.

This appeal presents a question decidedly outside that traditional framework...

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