Fiscal Court of Taylor County v. Taylor County Metro Police

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The specific issue we decide on this appeal is whether a judicial court may order a county fiscal court to appropriate “adequate” funding for the operation of a statutorily authorized county police force. We answer this question in the negative and reverse the Court of Appeals.

The respondents filed a complaint in the Taylor Circuit Court, seeking a writ of mandamus against the movants, attempting to require the fiscal court to appropriate adequate funds to operate a county police force which had been established by the County Judge Executive. Following a motion to…