Brownsburg Area Patrons Affecting Change v. Baldwin

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Brownsburg Area Patrons Affecting Change (BAPAC), and its founder John Patten sought a preliminary injunction from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The court denied the request, and BAPAC filed an interlocutory appeal for the Seventh Circuit.

Before resolving BAP AC’s claims, the Seventh Circuit certified a question of state law for this Court’s consideration, pursuant to Seventh Circuit Rule 52 and Indiana Appellate Rule 15(0). The question reads:

Does the Indiana Code’s definition of a “political action committee,” i.e., any…