STATE, INDIANA CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N v. INI

No. 49S04-9907-CV-371.

716 N.E.2d 943 (1999)

STATE of Indiana, INDIANA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, in its own right and on behalf of Joseph C. Belzer and Theresa Wright, Appellants (Plaintiffs Below), v. INDIANAPOLIS NEWSPAPERS, INC., Unknown Directors of Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., A.H.M. Graves Company, Inc., Unknown Directors of A.H.M. Graves Company, Inc., Sherry Hoyt, Shirley Morphey and Jacqueline D. Baker, Appellees (Defendants Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Thompson, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Appellants.

Jan M. Carroll, Mark J. Dinsmore, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellees Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc.

Karen I. Brogan, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Appellee A.H.M. Graves Company, Inc.

Brian J. Zaiger, Noblesville, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee Jacqueline D. Baker.


ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

The Indiana Civil Rights Law provides that the Commission "shall" file its petition in civil court within thirty days after a proper election by a party to have the claim decided in a civil action. We hold that a petition filed by the Commission after that time must be dismissed.

Factual and Procedural Background

Jacqueline Baker owned a rental house in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis. She hired...

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