No Ruling from Judge Nation, Yet

Attorneys for both sides in the “who’s first” argument presented their sides to Judge Nation this evening.

Doug Church and Brian Babb, attorneys for the Town of Fishers, argued that the Fishers introduced the ordinances to annex three areas around Geist on September 17th at a regular town council meeting, thus claiming exclusive jurisdiction in the unincorporated areas around Geist. Incorporators for the towns of East and West Geist filed their petitions on September 21st and they were officially filed on September 24th.

Rob Schein and Brian Zaigar of Kreig DeVault argued that the Town of Fishers’ ordinances were not officially introduced until they were adopted on October 4th. They also pointed out that the September 17th first reading was not complete, there never was a second to the motion and therefore was not officially introduced.

Attorneys for Fishers are going to file additional documentation by 10:00 am tomorrow morning and Judge Nation will rule sometime before the December 19th town hall hearing.