State ex rel. Town of Cedar Lake v. Lake Superior Court

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Relators petitioned this Court for a Writ of Prohibition and Mandamus to compel the respondent court to lift a temporary restraining order the latter had issued. The trial court’s order forbade the Board to enact any ordinances revoking or otherwise impairing the temporary business license of Great Oaks Outdoors, Inc. (hereinafter Great Oaks), an outdoor movie theater in Cedar Lake featuring adult movies. We granted a partial writ to prohibit the respondent from interfering with the legislative process of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Cedar Lake.

Great Oaks had been…