CARSON v. LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

No. 16-3665.

865 F.3d 526 (2017)

Aaron CARSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Ronald Paulsin, Intervenor-Appellant, v. LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rappa , Attorney, Law Office of Michael J. Rappa, P.C., Merrillville, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael J. Rappa , Attorney, Law Office of Michael J. Rappa, P.C., Merrillville, IN, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Anthony W. Overholt , Attorney, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


During the recession of the late 2000s, Lake County, Indiana, experienced an emergency cash shortage. The County's positive cash flow declined from $51 million in 2007 to $9.9 million in 2008. By 2009, the County was operating at a deficit, and by 2013 its general fund was more than $1 million in the red. During that same...

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