Court Opinion

ID: 9710495
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:10:48.105384+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:57.184312
License: Public Domain

(Dissenting Opinion)
Mote, J.
— I wish to dissent herein, and in support of my views, I cite my Dissenting Memorandum in Kriner v. Bottorff, Secretary of State of Indiana, et al. (1966), 138 Ind. App. 195, reported in Volume 7, Number 10, p. 390, advance sheets, Indiana Decisions.
Again, not only do I think Senate Enrolled Act No. 475, Second Special Session, Indiana General Assembly 1965, to be constitutionally invalid for the reasons stated in Kriner, but I think it is also invalid for various other reasons asserted by respondents herein, concerning which I think no useful purpose would be served by extension of my remarks relative thereto.
Also, I am of the opinion that there is nothing before this Court for decision, inasmuch as the petition below and the petition to transfer to this Court, and all other proceedings, should have been filed in the name of the State of Indiana, on *205the relation of a proper person such, perhaps, as the Attorney-General of Indiana.
In my opinion this cause should be remanded forthwith to the trial court who then should hear the matter on its merits.