Leonard Von Hagel v. State Indiana

This appeal alleges Indianas system of real property taxation violates the provisions of Article 10, § 1 and Article 10, § 23 of the Indiana Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The individual petitioners are David Bielski, Kenneth Gembala, and Douglas Patterson, each of whom owns property in the Town of St. John, St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana. These three petitioners are the members of the Town Council of St. John and bring the appeal in their official capacities, as well. The Town of St. John is also a petitioner. The Petitioners seek class certification as representatives of all other real estate owners/taxpayers in the Town of St. John.[Footnote 1]