Legal Opinion

Post-Tribune v. Police Department of Gary

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1994No. 45S05-9411-CV-1119PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

GIVAN, Justice.

In an opinion reported at 636 N.E.2d 181, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's decision that the Gary Police Department was in conformance with Ind.Code § 5-14-3-5(c) by furnishing information as to the neighborhood in which a rape occurred and was not required to give the exact street address. The Court of Appeals held that a strict construction of the statute required the police department to give the street address where the rape occurred. We hold the Court of Appeals was in error in so holding. We set aside the opinion of the Court of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Florida Star v. B. J. F.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Superior Construction Co. v. CarrIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Post-Tribune v. Police Department of the GaryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Robinson v. Monroe CountyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. TOWNSHIP BD. OF CALUMET TP. v. ElginIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006

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