STATE v. LAKE SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. 45S00-0405-OR-204, 45S00-0405-CV-224.

820 N.E.2d 1240 (2005)

STATE of Indiana ex rel. The ATTORNEY GENERAL of the State of Indiana, Relator, v. The LAKE SUPERIOR COURT and The Honorable Robert Pete, As Judge Thereof, Respondents. Governor of the State of Indiana, et al., Appellants (Defendants below), v. Miller Citizens Corporation, et al., Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Gary Damon Secrest, Joby Jerrells, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Relator in No. 45S00-0405-OR-204.

John S. Dull, Merrillville, IN, George Patrick, Crown Point, IN, Attorneys for Respondent and Appellee The Treasurer of Lake County.

Kenneth D. Reed, Harold Abrahamson, John P. Reed, Hammond, IN, Gregory S. Reising, Douglas M. Grimes, Gary, IN, Attorneys for Respondent and Appellee Miller Citizens Corporation.

Robert G. Berger, Highland, IN, Attorney for Respondent and Appellee Common Council of the City of Hammond.

Joseph Allegretti, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Respondent and Appellee Common Council of the City of East Chicago.

Stephen A. Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Gary Secrest, Joby Jerrells, Ted Holaday, Douglas Webber, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellants Governor of Indiana, Attorney General of Indiana, Department of Local Government Finance in No. 45S00-0405-CV-224.

Thomas Atherton, Ronald M. Soskin, David Suess, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant United States Steel Corporation.

Larry J. Stroble, Michael V. Knight, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant International Steel Group, Inc.

Jeffrey T. Bennett, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant BP Products N. America, Inc.

Francina A. Dlouhy, James H. Ham, III, Christopher A. Ruhl, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant Ispat Inland, Inc.

William Clyde Jones, Gary, IN, Attorney for Appellee Common Council of the City of Gary.


ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS AND PROHIBITION.

BOEHM, Justice.

In 2001, the General Assembly passed two statutes that applied only in Lake County and provided for countywide reassessment of property for tax purposes to be conducted by the Department of Local Government Finance and by private contractors selected by the DLGF. The plaintiffs are a group of taxpayers who brought an action in April 2004 in Lake Superior Court seeking a declaratory judgment...

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