Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles in his Official Capacity v. Rodney G. Vawter

DICKSON, Justice.

In accord with a recent decision of the United States Supreme Court, we uphold the actions of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles in the processing of applications for'personalized license plates.

This is a direct appeal from a trial court summary judgment declaring unconstitutional the statute that authorizes the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (“BMV”) to refuse to issue personalized license plates (“PLPs”). The trial court found that the statute and its related policies were vague, overbroad, and lacking in content-neutrality, violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments…