Huffman v. Indiana Department of Environmental Management

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Rosemary Adams Huffman appeals the dismissal of her petition for administrative review on grounds she did not have standing. Specifically, Huffman argues that the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication (OEA) erred when it interpreted the requirement that a person be "aggrieved or adversely affected" to mean that a person needs to show direct injury as defined by the judicial doctrine of standing. We agree that the OHA applied the wrong standard and should have given the term "aggrieved or adversely affected" its plain meaning, namely, "a denial of some…