STATE EX REL. COMMONS v. PERA

No. 45S00-1303-OR-209.

987 N.E.2d 1074 (2013)

STATE of Indiana ex rel. Glenn D. COMMONS, et al., Relators, v. The Hon. John R. PERA, as Chief Judge of the Lake Superior Court, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Cordell Funk , Crown Point, IN, Attorney for the Relators.

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Stephen R. Creason , Chief Counsel, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Kyle Hunter , Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for the State of Indiana.

Karl L. Mulvaney , Nana Quay-Smith , Briana L. Clark , Bruce A. Kotzan , Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for the Lake Superior Court.


PER CURIAM.

This Court has exclusive, original jurisdiction to supervise the exercise of jurisdiction of lower state courts. See Ind. Const. art. 7, § 4; Ind. Original Action Rule 1. Relators have filed this proceeding under the Indiana Original Action Rules, seeking a writ of mandamus and prohibition regarding the filling of the vacancy on the bench of the Lake Superior Court's Juvenile Division. For reasons explained below, we grant in part and deny...

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