Legal Opinion
City of Washington, Indiana v. Daviess County Rural Water System, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 2017No. 14A01-1702-PL-316PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Bradford, Judge.
Case Summary
[1] In 1992, Appellant-Defendant/Respondent the City of Washington, Indiana, entered into a contract ("the Contract") to sell water to Appellee-Plaintiff/Petitioner the Daviess County Rural Water System, Inc. ("DCRW"). The Contract provides *588 that "[a]ny increase or decrease in rates shall be based on a demonstrable increase or decrease in the costs of performance hereunder[.]" In 2016, the City passed an ordinance which raised DCRW's rates 57%.
[2] DCRW challenged the rate increase in two lawsuits-one a statutory challenge to rate increases and the other a…
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