Legal Opinion
City of Indianapolis v. Armour
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 2011No. 49S02-1007-CV-402PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
The City of Indianapolis abandoned the Barrett Law method of financing sewer improvements in favor of a new system that imposes less of a financial burden on property owners. To ease the transition, the City discharged all outstanding Barrett Law assessments owing as of November 1, 2005, but did not give refunds to those property owners who had previously paid their Barrett Law assessments in full or in part. We hold that the City did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because forgiving only the outstanding assessment balances was rationally…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Armour v. City of IndianapolisSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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