Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, Inc. v. Elizabeth Bridgewater o/b/o Alyssa Bridgewater

DICKSON, Justice.

The authority of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission is limited to that delegated by statute. Here, in responding to allegations of discrimination arising from an intra-group squabble over the type of meal to be served to a group member’s allergic child, the Commission exceeded its authority because the alleged discriminatory practice did not relate to education, a statutory prerequisite for the Commission’s exercise of authority.

Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, Inc. (FACES)1 was formed in 2006 by two Catholic mothers. At the time this dispute arose, FACES was…