In the Matter of Mandate of Funds for the Lake Superior Court Lake County Council and Lake County Auditor v. The Hon. John R. Pera

In this mandate-of-funds action, the parties' only remaining dispute is over what attorney's fees and expenses the Judges of the Lake Superior Court should recover. The parties put this question to the Special Judge, who ruled that the Judges are entitled to recover $ 176,467.17. Having reviewed each side's challenge to that award, we affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Early in 2017, fourteen Judges of the Lake Superior Court issued an Order for Mandate of Funds under Indiana Trial Rule 60.5. The order found that valuable court employees are underpaid, endangering the court's ability to…