Higgins v. Hale

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on Petition to Transfer from the First District Court of appeals pursuant to Ind.R.App.P. 4(A)(10). Because the issues involved are of great public interest, we have granted transfer.

On July 11, 1984, Plaintiffs Robert E. Hale, Alice Weaver, Keith Donaldson, and the Brown County Democratic Central Committee filed a Verified Complaint for A Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief in the Brown Circuit Court in which they requested the court to enjoin the defendants Jerry L. Higgins, Chairman of the Brown County Republican Central Committee, Shelby…