State of Indiana v. Beth A. Neff
── State of Indiana v. Beth A. Neff ──
Case No.: 18S-IF-00478
Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Date: February 27, 2019
Author: Justice Christopher Goff
County of Origin: Delaware
Category: Criminal
Decision: Affirmed
Turning to the judiciary to remove a duly-elected public official from
office is a radical departure from our usual democratic process because it
risks silencing the collective voice of the people, spoken in each election.
As such, it is a remedy rarely sought and even more rarely granted. This
appeal involves such a request by the State to remove the Town of
Yorktown’s Clerk-Treasurer, Beth Neff, but it does not fall within the
exceptionally rare category of cases that warrant removal.
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