# Collins v. Day

> Indiana Supreme Court · November 28, 1994 · 644 N.E.2d 72

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9726219

## Case

- **Full name:** Eugene COLLINS, Appellant (Plaintiff Below), v. Glen DAY, Appellee (Defendant Below)
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 28, 1994
- **Citations:** 644 N.E.2d 72; 1994 Ind. LEXIS 159; 1994 WL 661701
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Sullivan
- **Judges:** Dickson, Sullivan, Shepard, Debruler, Givan
- **Cited by:** 213 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled in part, on other grounds by In Re Stephens, 2007 Ind. LEXIS 410 (2007).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9726219

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that statutes may grant unequal privileges or immunities under Art. I, § 23 if, first, “the disparate treatment accorded by the legislation [is] reasonably related to inherent characteristics which distinguish the unequally treated classes.” (emphasis supplied)
- explaining that past reliance on federal caselaw in construing an Indiana constitutional provision does not preclude formulation of an independent standard for analyzing state constitutional claims under the provision
- holding that 12 exemption for agricultural employers and employees from mandatory workers’ 13 compensation coverage did not violate the equal privileges and immunities guarantee 14 of the state constitution
- holding that exemption for agricultural employers and employees from mandatory workers’ compensation coverage did not violate the equal privileges and immunities guarantee of the state constitution

## Opinion text

SULLIVAN , J.,
dissenting without opinion, would deny transfer because he believes the analysis of the Court of Appeals in this case was correct.

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