Indiana § 8-1-3-1 - Appeals; time limitations; assignments of error
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 8-1-3-1 — Appeals; time limitations; assignments of error, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-1-3-1. Appeals; time limitations; assignments of error
Sec. 1. Any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, city, town, or public utility adversely affected by any final decision, ruling, or order of the commission may, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of such decision, ruling, or order, appeal to the court of appeals of Indiana for errors of law under the same terms and conditions as govern appeals in ordinary civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and with the right in the losing party or parties in the court of appeals to apply to the supreme court for a petition to transfer the cause to said supreme court as in other cases. An assignment of errors that the decision, ruling, or order of the commission is contrary to law shall be sufficient to present both the sufficiency of the facts found to sustain the decision, ruling, or order, and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding of facts upon which it was rendered.
Formerly: Acts 1957, c.189, s.1. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.34; P.L.8-1993, SEC.118.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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