State Ex Rel. Brune v. Vanderburgh Circuit Court

The relator William J. Bruñe, prosecuting attorney elect of Vanderburgh County, filed verified petition praying for the issuance of a writ of mandate against the respondent, the Honorable William H. Miller, Judge of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court. The respondent filed a verified return to said petition.

The Evansville Bar Association filed a petition requesting permission to file a brief amicus curiae in opposition to relator’s petition for writ of mandate, which was granted. An emergency hearing was granted and scheduled by this court for hearing December 21, 1970.

Thereafter the court, all…