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ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS George T. Patton, Jr. Alan S. Townsend J. Christopher Janak Stephen C. Unger Indianapolis, Indiana ATTORNEY FOR AMICI CURIAE CITIES OF BEECH GROVE, BERNE, CARMEL, KOKOMO, MITCHELL, MOUNT VERNON, AND MUNCIE, AND TOWNS OF BARGERSVILLE, CUMBERLAND, FISHERS, NEWBURGH, PENDLETON, ST. LEON, SHERIDAN, AND TRAFALGAR R. Thomas Bodkin Evansville, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES Eileen J. Sims Lebanon, Indiana Thomas K. Downs Michael A. Wukmer Donald R. Hostetler Indianapolis, Indiana ATTORNEY FOR AMICI CURIAE ASSOCIATION OF INDIANA COUNTIES, INC., INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF CITIES AND TOWNS, CITY OF HOBART, AND COUNTY OF LAKE Michael A. Howard Noblesville, Indiana

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In the

Indiana Supreme Court
_________________________________ No. 06S04-0712-CV-573 BRENWICK ASSOCIATES, LLC, AND TOWN OF WHITESTOWN, INDIANA,

FILED
Jun 30 2008, 3:31 pm
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

CLERK

Appellants (Defendants below), v. BOONE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BOONE COUNTY, INDIANA, Appellees (Plaintiffs below). _________________________________ Appeal from the Boone Superior Court No. 1, No. 06D01-0610-PL-365 The Honorable Thomas K. Milligan, Special Judge _________________________________ On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 06A04-0611-CV-682 _________________________________ June 30, 2008 Sullivan, Justice.

The Town of Whitestown initiated annexation of unincorporated land in Boone County to spur economic development. Ten days later, the County itself initiated proceedings to establish a special taxing district (called an economic development area) that included the same unincorporated land. Our State's economic development statutes permitted Boone County to establish the economic development area at issue in this case even though it included the same land that Whitestown was attempting to annex.

Background

Title 36 of the Indiana Code governs the authority and operation of local government

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