Town of Cedar Lake, Indiana v. Certain Cedar Lake 2014 Annexation Territory Landowners

Case Summary 1

Appellant-Respondent the Town of Cedar Lake, Indiana (“the Town”), appeals from the trial court’s setting aside of the annexation of approximately 2800 acres (“the Annexation Territory”) in Lake County. In 2014, the Town enacted an ordinance to annex the Annexation Territory, and Appellees-Petitioners Certain Cedar Lake 2014 Annexation Landowners (“the Remonstrators”) petitioned to set aside the annexation. The parties agree that the only issue of contention was whether the Town established that the Annexation Territory was “needed and can be used by the municipality for its…