Holmes v. Randolph

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression for this Court: whether the notice provisions in the Indiana Code chapter on towing, impoundment and disposal of "abandoned vehicles" violate federal due process. We hold they do not.

Procedural History

Gilbert L. Holmes, current commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, submits to this Court his direct appeal of a judgment granting Marilyn C. Randolph and a plaintiff class declaratory and injune-tive relief. The trial court proclaimed unconstitutional the sale and disposal provisions of the abandoned vehicle…