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Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. Alder

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 22, 1999No. 09S02-9806-CV-344PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

In this housing discrimination case we conclude that the Indiana Civil Rights Commission has the authority to award damages for economic and emotional injury under Indiana Code § 22-9-1-6, but does not have authority to award punitive damages.

Factual and Procedural Background

In 1985, Jodie Jackson, her husband and her two children moved into a mobile home owned by her parents in the Stoney Pike Mobile Home Park. Stoney Pike is owned and operated by Clyde Alder and his wife Barbara. The Alders and the Jacksons are white. Jackson and her husband were…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  2. William J. Phillips and Dorothy R. Phillips v. Hunter Trails Community AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Spaulding v. International Bakers Services, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Mountain Side Mobile Estates Partnership v. Secretary Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  5. Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. ConardIndiana Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. City of Carmel v. SteeleIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Tammie Ackelson v. Manley Toy Direct, L.L.C. And Toy Network, L.L.C. v. Manley Toy Direct, L.L.C.. And Toy Network, L.L.C.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2013
  3. City of North Vernon v. Jennings Northwest Regional UtilitiesIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  4. State, Indiana Civil Rights Com'n v. INIIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Crabtree Ex Rel. Kemp v. Estate of CrabtreeIndiana Supreme Court · 2005

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