Legal Opinion
City of Lawrence Utilities Service Board, City of Lawrence, Indiana, and Dean Jessup, Individually and in His Official Capacity v. Carlton E. Curry
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 2016No. 49A02-1506-CT-699PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*897BAKER, Judge.
[1] An Indiana statute clearly provides that a utility service board may terminate a superintendent for cause after providing an opportunity for a hearing. The question with which we are confronted is whether this is the exclusive manner in which a utility superintendent may be terminated. We find that it is not.
[2] The City of Lawrence (the City), the City of Lawrence Utilities Services Board (the USB), and Mayor Deán Jessup (collectively, the Government) appeal the trial court’s order, which granted summary judgment in favor of Carlton Curry on Curry’s wrongful discharge claim…
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- Bochnowski v. Peoples Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. International Business MacHines Corp.Indiana Supreme Court · 2012
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3Cited by2 opinions
- City of Lawrence Utilites Service Board, City of Lawrence, Indiana, and Mayor Dean Jessup, Individually and in his Official Capacity v. Carlton E. CurryIndiana Supreme Court · 2017
- City of Lawrence Utilites Service Board, City of Lawrence, Indiana, and Mayor Dean Jessup, Individually and in his Official Capacity v. Carlton E. CurryIndiana Supreme Court · 2017