Court Opinion

ID: 9738608
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:58:18.656135+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:07.275422
License: Public Domain

BOEHM, Justice,
concurring in result.
I agree with Justice Rucker that the requested writ ordinarily should be denied because dismissal under Trial Rule 12(B)(8) is not mandatory. I also agree with the majority that consolidation of these actions requested pursuant to Trial Rule 42(D) is proper and should be granted by the Superior Court, as the first court in which one of these cases was filed. However, no one has requested that relief from this Court. I nevertheless concur in the result reached by the majority because of the urgent need to resolve the issues presented by these parties. Uncertainty will leave voters unclear whether or where they may vote before Election Day. That uncertainty must be eliminated as soon as possible. Leaving two courts with dueling jurisdictional claims is a formula for confusion and delay. I therefore join in the collapsing of procedural steps to expedite resolution of this dispute.