State ex rel. State Board of Tax Commissioners v. Marion Superior Court, Civil Division, Room No. 5

ORIGINAL ACTION

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This case arises from a mandate action in the Marion Superior Court in which the Respondent issued an order directing the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners to increase the ad valorem property tax rates for Lake County. On May 21, 1979, this Court issued a temporary writ of mandate and prohibition ordering the Respondent to expunge the order of mandate and prohibiting him from exercising any further jurisdiction in the case. We now make that writ permanent.

The Local Government Tax Control Board (Tax Control Board) is a state governmental organization…