Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Department of Local Government Finance
Indiana Tax Court
Decided September 9, 2003No. 49T10-0009-TA-98PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PARTIES' CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
FISHER, J.
In August of 2000, the Petitioner, Michael Griffin, filed an original tax appeal in which he charged that Indiana's Hospital Care for the Indigent Tax (HCI tax) violated Article 10, § 1 of the Indiana Constitution, Article 1, § 28 of the Indiana Constitution, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This Court subsequently issued an opinion on Griffin's appeal, holding that the HCI tax violated Article 10, § 1 of the Indiana Constitution because it resulted in the nonuniform and unequal taxation of…
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