Counties of McLean v. State

OPINION

Sommer, C.J.

These nine counties have requested reconsideration of an order1 in which this Court pro-rated to them the amount of money remaining in the relevant appropriation and denied the balance of their claims for lack of appropriated funds. Because the legal issues in all nine claims are identical, we will select the first such claim, McLean County v. State (84-CC-3228), as an example of the factual scenario typical to these claims.

McLean County seeks an award for one hundred two thousand eighty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents ($102,088.32) as reimbursement pursuant to former…