FUNDS FOR LAKE SUPERIOR COURT v. PERA

Supreme Court Case No. 18S-CB-442

122 N.E.3d 798 (2019)

In the Matter of MANDATE OF FUNDS FOR the LAKE SUPERIOR COURT; Lake County Council and Lake County Auditor, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. The Hon. John R. PERA, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed May 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS/CROSS-APPELLEES: Anthony W. Overholt , Maggie L. Smith , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS: Jeffrey C. McDermott , William J. Barkime , Krieg DeVault LLP, Carmel, Indiana


Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this mandate-of-funds action, the parties' only remaining dispute is over what attorney's fees and expenses the Judges of the Lake Superior Court should recover. The parties put this question to the Special Judge, who ruled that the Judges are entitled to recover $176,467.17. Having reviewed each side's challenge to that award, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Early in 2017, fourteen Judges of the Lake Superior...

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