Title: State of Indiana, Acting on Behalf of the Indiana Family & Social Services Administration
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 49S00-1605-OR-294
State: Indiana
Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court
Date: July 5, 2016

ATTORNEYS FOR RELATOR 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS FOR OPPOSING PARTY 
Peter J. Rusthoven 
 
 
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES  
John R. Maley 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CORPORATION  
Deborah Pollack-Milgate   
 
 
 
 
Andrew H. Hull 
Barnes & Thornburg LLP  
 
 
 
 
Laurie E. Martin  
 
 
 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
Hoover Hull Turner LLP 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daniel R. Lombard 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chicago, Illinois  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steven Menashi 
Jay P. Lefkowitz 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kirkland & Ellis LLP 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New York, New York  
 
 
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In the 
Indiana Supreme Court  
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No. 49S00-1605-OR-294  
 
STATE OF INDIANA, ACTING ON BEHALF OF  
THE INDIANA FAMILY & SOCIAL SERVICES  
ADMINISTRATION,    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Relator, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    v. 
 
THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT AND  
THE HON. DAVID J. DREYER, AS JUDGE THEREOF,    
 
 
 
 
 
Respondents.   
 
 
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Original Action  
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July 5, 2016  
 
Per Curiam. 
 
  
         
FILED
C L E R K
Indiana Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
and Tax Court
Jul 05 2016, 10:51 am
 
 
After a bench trial and judgment in the underlying contract dispute, this Court reversed in 
part and remanded to the trial court with instructions to resolve remaining issues. State v. Int’l Bus. 
Machines Corp., 51 N.E.3d 150 (Ind. 2016). The Clerk certified that opinion on May 6, 2016. 
Later that day, the State moved for a change of judge under Indiana Trial Rule 76(C)(3) in the 
underlying case, No. 49D10-1005-PL-21451. The State soon filed this original action, seeking a 
writ compelling the trial court to vacate all orders issued in the underlying case since certification 
and grant its motion for change of judge. International Business Machines Corporation opposes 
that request and argues, among other things, that the State is not entitled to a change of judge.  
This Court has exclusive, original jurisdiction to supervise the exercise of jurisdiction by 
other Indiana courts. See Ind. Const. art. 7, § 4; Ind. Original Action Rule 1. The Court’s 
participating members have reviewed and discussed the filed materials. The Court’s majority 
concludes the State is entitled to a change of judge. Accordingly, the Respondents, the Marion 
Superior Court and the Hon. David J. Dreyer, are ordered to vacate all orders issued in the 
underlying case on or after May 6, 2016, and to grant the change of judge. Judge Dreyer is 
prohibited from exercising jurisdiction in the underlying case except that necessary to comply with 
this opinion and effectuate the change of judge. This opinion is final and effective immediately; 
petitions for rehearing or motions to reconsider are not allowed. See Orig. Act. R. 5(C).1    
 
Massa, J., not participating.  
 
 
                                                 
1 Because the Court grants the writ based on the filed materials, it denies as moot the State’s motion to 
file a reply in support of its petition for writ of mandamus and prohibition and its motion for a 
consolidated hearing with its petition for writ in aid of this Court’s appellate jurisdiction.