State Election Board v. Bartolomei

Plaintiffs-appellees commenced this action in the Lake Superior Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent defendants-appellants from using redistricting plans drawn by the Lake County Redistricting Commission pursuant to Ind.Code § 36-2-2-4, and Ind.Code § 36-2-3-4. On change of venue the Newton Superior Court declared the sections of each statute relating to counties having more than two second-class cities unconstitutional as special laws, and granted plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. This Court granted appellants’-defendants’ emergency petition for a stay of…