Collins v. Hall

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

In a letter to those who sell alcoholic beverages in Starke County, Indiana, the county prosecuting attorney (Kim Hall) and deputy prosecuting attorney (Mark Caruso) branded Janice Collins an “habitual drunkard” for purposes of an Indiana statute that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages to known habitual drunkards. The letter was withdrawn three days later. Ms. Collins brings this suit for damages and injunctive relief, contending that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and that the prosecutors’ action deprived her of her rights under the…