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Saturday, November 04, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Calumet Township Trustee v. Twp. Board disputes continue
On July 21st the Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Township Board of Calumet Township of Lake County, et al v. Mary L. Elgin, where the Court denied the Twp. Board's efforts to "micromanage" the expenditures of the Twp. Trustee.
Apparently all is still not amicable between the two entities. Yesterday, a story by Jon Sediel of the Gary Post-Tribune began:
Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin is trying to overturn a seven-year-old court ruling the Township Board has been using to hire its own attorney.In his motion to vacate judgment, filed in October, Elgin attorney Dock McDowell argues that a Lake Superior Court decision in August 1999 is not valid.
The decision was made after the Calumet Township Board sued the Calumet Township trustee in 1991.
McDowell states in his motion that the Township Board did not follow the law in filing its original lawsuit.
He also states that the court exceeded its authority in making the decision, and that the Township Board does not have the legal right to file a lawsuit.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 4, 2006 07:42 AM
Posted to Indiana Government