A city resolution which only forgave outstanding assessment balances, and did not refund assessment money to those that paid the assessment, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it was rationally related to a legitimate governmental interest.
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Serrano v. State, No. 02S03-1104-CV-241, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Apr. 27, 2011)
Civil forfeiture evidence failed to establish by the required preponderance that the truck subject to the action had been used in furtherance of the driver’s drug possession or for the purpose of drug possession.
Love v. Rehfus, No. 30S01-1004-CV-162, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., April 21, 2011)
A firefighter’s private email supporting a political candidate running for township trustee to a small group of citizens was protected public-employee speech under the Garcetti-Connick-Pickering test, and the fire chief was not justified in treating the firefighter differently from any other member of the general public and terminating his position.
Dawson v. State, No. 49S02-1103-CR-176, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., March 29, 2011)
P-C.R. 2 does not allow belated appeals from orders revoking probation.
Murphy v. State, No. 18S02-1103-CR-142, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 10, 2011)
Adopts Court of Appeals decision that the trial court is the authority to determine whether a defendant is entitled to educational credit time earned in the jail while awaiting trial and sentencing.