Legal Opinion
Town of Whitestown, Indiana v. Rural Perry Township Landowners
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 29, 2015No. 29A05-1409-MI-437PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY, Judge.
Case Summary
[1] In 2013, the Town of Whitestown (‘Whitestown”) adopted an ordinance annexing unincorporated portions of Perry Township adjacent to the town. Rural Perry Township landowners (“the Remon-strators”) filed a petition to defeat the annexation. The trial court found that the Remonstrators had satisfied statutory conditions required to defeat the annexation and ordered that the annexation not occur. Whitestown now appeals.
[2] We reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of Whitestown.
Issues
[3] Whitestown presents three issues for’our review. We restate these as…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
- Prowell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Bolin v. WingertIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
- Cook v. Whitsell-ShermanIndiana Supreme Court · 2003
- Chidester v. City of HobartIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by5 opinions
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