State Ex Rel. City of New Haven v. Allen Superior Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Relator, the City of New Haven, Indiana, sought to invoke original jurisdiction for a writ of mandate. The writ would compel the respondent Allen Superior Court and its referee Robert Schmoll to dismiss a number of complaints for traffic or other infractions which the court scheduled for hearing. We denied the City’s petition and now record the basis for that denial.

This matter is before us on the City’s request for relief in one traffic infraction case, City of New Haven v. Charles Schindler, Cause No. 02D04-9710-OV-3672. For purposes of clarity, we set forth the…