City of Bloomington v. Catherine Smith

── City of Bloomington v. Catherine Smith ── Case No.: 24A-PL-01775 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 18, 2025 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge May and Judge DeBoer concur Case Summary 1 The City of Bloomington (“Bloomington”) has historically provided sewage services to landowners adjacent to the city. In exchange, as allowed by statute, Bloomington obtained many landowners’ agreements to waive their rights to remonstrate against future annexation by the city. In 2017, Bloomington began efforts to annex several surrounding territories, but before these efforts were finalized, the General Assembly passed legislation (“the 2017 Act”) precluding the annexations.