Court Opinion

ID: 9526602
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:20:44.487369+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:20:44.223379
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SULLIVAN, Justice,
concurring in result.
I concur in the result of Justice Dickson's opinion. However, I would hold that the population-based categories contained in the statute fulfill the requirements for a valid general law set by a long line of decisions by this court. See, eg., North Twp. Advisory Bd. v. Mamala, 490 N.E.2d 725, 727 (Ind.1986); State Election Bd. v. Bartolomei, 434 N.E.2d 74, 77 (Ind.1982); Dortch v. Lugar, 255 Ind. 545, 552-53, 266 N.E.2d 25, 31-32 (1971); Graves v. City of Muncie, 255 Ind. 360, 362, 264 N.E.2d 607, 609 (1970); Bailey v. Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Auth. Dist., 240 Ind. 401, 408-409, 166 N.E.2d 520, 523-24 (1960); Bally v. Guilford Twp. Sch. Corp., 284 Ind. 278, 279-80, 126 N.E.2d 13, 16-17 (1955), Groves v. Board of Comm'rs, 209 Ind. 371, 375-76, 199 N.E. 137, 140 (1936) (citing additional cases). In Dorich v. Lugar, we upheld the constitutionality of a statute using population-based categories to create Unigov. What's good for Marion County ought be good for Tippecanoe County as well.
DeBRULER, J., joins.