State, Indiana Civil Rights Com'n v. INI

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

The Indiana Civil Rights Law provides that the Commission “shall” file its petition in civil court within thirty days after a proper election by a party to have the claim decided in a civil action. We hold that a petition filed by the Commission after that time must be dismissed.

Factual and Procedural Background

Jacqueline Baker owned a rental house in the Broad Ripple area of Indianapolis. She hired A.H.M. Graves Company to manage the rental property and instructed Graves to rent to tenants with no children. Graves prepared an advertisement which ran in…