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Professor Sullivan Talks about "The Case that Had Everything"
12/01/2015
Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr., delved into the history of State ex rel. Mass Transp. Auth. Of Greater Indianapolis v. Indiana Revenue Bd. on November 30 in the Inlow Hall Wynne Courtroom.
This epic Separation of Powers case dominated Indiana law and politics from 1967 to 1970 and culminated in the sheriff ‘perp walking’ the State Auditor through the Statehouse rotunda and jailing her for contempt after she disobeyed an Appellate Court order on instructions from the Governor. Professor Sullivan lectured on the saga of State ex rel. Mass Transp. Auth. of Greater Indianapolis v. Indiana Revenue Bd., the most spectacular litigation this state has ever seen.
The special event was part of Professor Sullivan’s “Law and the Administration of Justice” class at the IU McKinney.
In the photo from left are 3L Bennett Fuson, Robert H. McKinney, Professor Frank Sullivan, 3L Michael Sullivan, and 3L Jack Dillon. Jack Dillon's grandfather, John J. Dillon, was Indiana Attorney General from 1965 to 1969 and was a central figure in the case. The elder Dillon graduated from IU McKinney in 1952 and received the law school’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1981.
