Legal Opinion

Allen County Council v. Stellhorn

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 13, 2000No. 02A04-9907-CV-305PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*609OPINION

GARRARD, Senior Judge

Case Summary

The Allen County Council appeals the trial court’s order finding it in contempt for adopting an ordinance which permitted the county to use funds from the Allen County Food and Beverage Tax to renovate the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum after a former county council had allegedly agreed, pursuant to an agreed court order, that it would use the funds only for payment of a debt incurred during a renovation project conducted in the 1980s.

We reverse.

Facts and Procedural History

In 1986, the Indiana Legislature enacted the Allen County Food and Beverage…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1856
  2. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. RouseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  3. Mitchell v. StevensonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. Imprisoned Citizens Union Herbert Langes Milton Taylor Jack Lopinson MacKey R. Choice Richard O.J. Mayberry Frank Patterson Daniel Delker Harold A.X. Brooks Carline Coefield Thelma Simon Audrey Mason Sharon Wiggins Dominic Codispoti Philip Householder James Harbold Joseph Oliver Paul Lyons Robert Brown James Szulczewski Gerald Mayo Wesley Harris v. Tom Ridge, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, State Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Martin F. Horn, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections Donald Vaughn, Superintendent of Sci-Graterford David Larkins, Superintendent of Sci-Dallas Mary Leftridge-Byrd, Superintendent of Sci-Muncy Frederick Frank, Superintendent of Sci-Huntingdon Robert Myers, Acting Superintendent of Sci-Rockview and James Price, Superintendent of Sci-Pittsburgh, United States of America, Intervenor in District Court (d.c. No. 70-Cv-03054). Robert Ray George Spears Murry Dicterson Clarence Reynolds George Rivers Albert Johnson James Goldsborough Joseph Ligon Richard Bellamy Emanuel Johnson Gene Fuller James C. Wilson Carlos Rodriguez Willie Brooker Frank Hall v. Donald Vaughn, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (d.c. No. 71-Cv-00513). Kenneth W. Owens, Jr. Guy J. Bicking James Alan Romberger Kenneth W. Teater v. Custodial Employees and "Private Citizens", Listed Below John Doe Murdock, Box 244 Graterford, Pa John Doe Belloff, Box 244 Graterford, Pa Erskind Dehamus, Box 244 Graterford, Pa, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (d.c. No. 71-Cv-01006). William Bracey, (G-8571), an Inmate James Pickett, (H-2720), an Inmate Clarence Samuels, (E-4517), an Inmate on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner, Bureau of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Donald Vaughn, Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford Clarence R. Wolfe, Deputy Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford Charles S. Frisbee, School Director State Correctional Institution at Graterford, United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. (d.c. No. 70-Cv-02545). Imprisoned Citizens Union, Jack Lopinson, Daniel Delker, Gerald Mayo and Sharon Wiggins, on Their Behalf and on Behalf of the Class of AllCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  5. State ex rel. Scott v. HartIndiana Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by3 opinions

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