Title: First American Title Insurance Company v. Stephen W. Robertson, Insurance Commissioner of the State of Ind., in his Official Capacity, on Behalf of the Ind. Dept. of Insurance
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 49S04-1311-PL-732
State: Indiana
Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court
Date: March 26, 2015

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT 
Thomas E. Wheeler 
Sarah Steele Riordan 
Maggie L. Smith 
Frost Brown Todd LLC 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE 
Gregory F. Zoeller 
Attorney General of Indiana 
 
Thomas M. Fisher 
Solicitor General 
 
David L. Steiner 
Deputy Attorney General 
 
Heather Hagan McVeigh 
Deputy Attorney General 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS 
CURIAE INDIANAPOLIS BAR 
ASSOCIATION APPELLATE 
PRACTICE SECTION 
Stephen J. Peters 
Plunkett Cooney, P.C. 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
Josh S. Tatum 
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT 
OF APPELLEE/CROSS- 
APPELLANT 
Jeffrey O. Cooper 
Indiana University Robert H. 
   McKinney School of Law 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
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In the 
Indiana Supreme Court  
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No. 49S04-1311-PL-732 
 
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE 
COMPANY,  
Appellant and Cross-Appellee 
(Petitioner below), 
 
v. 
 
STEPHEN W. ROBERTSON, INSURANCE 
COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, 
IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, ON BEHALF OF THE 
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellee and Cross-Appellant 
(Respondent below). 
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Appeal from the Marion Superior Court No. 7, No. 49D07-1105-PL-019374 
The Honorable Michael D. Keele, Judge 
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On Petition For Rehearing 
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Mar 26 2015, 9:40 am
2 
 
March 26, 2015 
 
Rucker, Justice. 
 
The Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance (“Commissioner”) seeks 
rehearing of this Court’s opinion in which we determined a petitioner seeking judicial review of 
an agency decision must file the agency record as defined by the Administrative Orders and 
Procedures Act and that the failure to do so results in dismissal of the petition.  See American 
Title Ins. Co. v. Robertson, 19 N.E.3d 757 (Ind. 2014).  The essential facts are these.  Seeking 
judicial review of an agency order, First American Title Insurance Company did not file the 
agency record as required.  Instead, First American filed various papers supporting its argument 
that the agency order was void.  Commissioner moved to dismiss for lack of an agency record.  
The trial court denied the motion.  On review the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in part 
declaring, among other things, the order was untimely and void.  On transfer, focusing on First 
American’s failure to file the agency record, we reversed the trial court’s judgment.  We 
summarily affirmed various other portions of the Court of Appeals opinion.  In a footnote the 
Court announced, “We also summarily affirm that portion of the Court of Appeals opinion 
declaring the Commissioner’s hearing order untimely and void, as well as that portion of the 
opinion declaring that a petitioner seeking judicial review of an agency decision need not 
demonstrate a separate showing of prejudice.”  Id. at 760 n.3. 
 
In his Petition for Rehearing, the Commissioner takes issue with the first clause of the 
footnote contending, “the Court’s judgment reversing the trial court for failing to dismiss the 
First American petition for judicial review appears inconsistent with its summary affirmance of 
the Court of Appeals concerning the timeliness of the Commissioner’s hearing order and First 
American’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies.”  Pet. for Reh’g at 1.  According to the 
Commissioner, “there is substantial tension, if not outright conflict, among these statements.”  Id. 
at 3.  We agree and therefore grant rehearing to delete the first clause of footnote three.  In all 
other respects the original opinion is affirmed. 
 
Rush, C.J., and Dickson, David and Massa, JJ., concur.