Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Borst
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2003No. 49S02-0302CV71PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO APPELLATE RULE 56(A)
2Per curiam
At issue in this appeal is the validity of the redistricting plan for the City-County Council of the City of Indianapolis and of Marion County, Indiana ("Council"), which was adopted in the final judgment of the Marion Superior Court, sitting en bane. We reverse because we conclude that the Superior Court's adoption of a plan that has been uniformly supported by one major political party and uniformly opposed by the other is incompatible with applicable principles of both the appearance and fact of judicial independence and neutrality.…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Connor v. FinchSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Dortch v. LugarIndiana Supreme Court · 1971
- Prosser v. Elections BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1992
- Wilson v. EuCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
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4Cited by12 opinions
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