First American Title Insurance Co. v. Robertson

27 N.E.3d 768, 2015 Ind. LEXIS 236, 2015 WL 1400822

• Court: Indiana Supreme Court
• Decided: March 26, 2015
• Docket: No. 49S04-1311-PL-732
• Status: Published

Opinion

On Petition For Rehearing

RUCKER, Justice.

The Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance (“Commissioner”) seeks rehearing of this Court’s opinion in which we determined a petitioner seeking judicial review of an agency decision must file the agency record as defined by the Administrative Orders and Procedures Act and that the failure to do so results in dismissal of the petition. See American Title Ins. Co. v. Robertson, 19 N.E.3d 757 (Ind.2014). The essential facts are these. Seeking judicial review of an agency order, First American Title Insurance Company did not file the agency record as required. Instead, First American filed various papers supporting its argument that the agency order was void. Commissioner moved to dismiss for lack of an agency record. The trial court denied the motion. On review the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in part declaring, among other things, the order was untimely and void. On transfer, focusing on First American’s failure to file the agency record, we reversed the trial court’s judgment. We summarily affirmed various other portions of the Court of Appeals opinion. In a footnote the Court announced, “We also summarily affirm that portion of the Court pf Appeals opinion declaring the Commissioner’s hearing order untimely and void, as well as that portion of the opinion declaring that a petitioner seeking judicial review of an agency decision need not demonstrate a separate showing of prejudice.” Id. at 760 n. 3.

In his Petition for Rehearing, the Commissioner takes issue with the first clause of the footnote contending, “the Court’s judgment reversing the trial court for failing to dismiss the First American petition for judicial review appears inconsistent with its summary affirmance of the Court of Appeals concerning the timeliness of the Commissioner’s hearing order and First American’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies.” Pet. for Reh’g at 1. According to the Commissioner, “there is substantial tension, if not outright conflict, among these statements.” Id. at 3. We agree and therefore grant rehearing to delete the first clause of footnote three. In all other respects the original opinion is affirmed.

RUSH, C.J., and DICKSON, DAVID and MASSA, JJ., concur.