March 15, 2013
IL StaffA child’s handprint designed by Wabash College sophomore John Vosel has been chosen as the monument to honor former
Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard in a new Evansville park.
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November 7, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlIn response to the low numbers, the Indiana Bar Foundation is launching a legal assistance website to help low-income Hoosiers.
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September 24, 2012
IL StaffThe St. Thomas More Society of Indianapolis will hold its Red Mass at St. John Catholic Church Oct. 9 in downtown Indianapolis.
The Mass is ecumenical in nature and celebrated by judges and lawyers of all faiths.
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June 29, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA fired employee’s claim that he had a constitutionally protected interest in his job with the Town of Cedar Lake and
that he was entitled to due process before being fired failed on appeal.
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June 20, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe portion of Indiana Code that gives an airport authority the power to “fix and determine exclusively the uses”
to which airport land may be put does not give the Hamilton County Airport Authority complete zoning jurisdiction over an
airport it owns in Boone County, the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded.
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June 1, 2012
IL StaffThe Marion County Bar Association will host Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Carr Darden and retired Marion Superior Judge Webster
Brewer at an event on June 7.
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April 4, 2012
Michael HoskinsA Hendricks County judge did not err in denying a man’s motion that his criminal case be discharged because the state
failed to conduct a speedy trial within one year of charges being filed, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
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March 12, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the award of attorney fees to an Indiana town, although two justices disagreed and
would have reversed the trial court.
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February 13, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that a Monroe Circuit judge abused her discretion in denying a motion to recuse in
a small claims case that involved an attorney who previously served as the judge’s election campaign committee chair.
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February 7, 2012
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was presented a novel jurisdictional issue Tuesday: whether a municipal land use case can
come within the exception to the doctrine of mootness for cases that are capable of repetition yet elude review.
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January 27, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryThe Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s finding that a man was not entitled to damages for taking
care of a blighted property.
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January 25, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found a Marion Superior judge did not err when she rejected a master commissioner’s sentence
of a man who pleaded guilty to a drunk-driving charge because the master commissioner didn’t have the authority to enter
a final judgment on the sentence.
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January 25, 2012
Jennifer NelsonIndiana Tech officials announced Tuesday that the school will build a 70,000-square-foot, $15 million facility on its main
campus in Ft. Wayne to house its new law school.
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January 16, 2012
IL StaffIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will host a lecture by Leymah Gbowee, joint recipient of the 2011 Nobel
Peace Prize, on Feb. 16.
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January 16, 2012
IL StaffThe Allen County Bar Association will host its Bench/Bar Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Grand Wayne Center,
120 W. Jefferson Blvd., Fort Wayne.
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January 13, 2012
Michael HoskinsState law allows a trial court to decline to hold a jury trial and limit its review of a local municipality’s administrative
decision, according to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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January 11, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed that a contractor and insurance company owe the city of New Castle more than $900,000
in damages and attorney fees for breaching a construction contract.
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January 11, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Roanoke attorney who stole more than $200,000 from his clients will not have his sentence reduced, the Indiana Court of
Appeals decided Wednesday.
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January 6, 2012
Jenny MontgomeryAttorney Edgar Bayliff, former president of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, died Jan. 4. He was 84.
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December 30, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals has overturned a Lake County judge in an estate case involving a personal representative who
conducted banking transactions for an elderly man before his death.
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December 30, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled that M&I Bank was allowed to evict two residents of a home that had been foreclosed
because they were leasing and the bank had become owner in a sheriff’s sale.
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December 30, 2011
Michael HoskinsPolice were justified in handcuffing a woman who they felt was a safety risk inside her home during an investigation, the
Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
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December 29, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated the direct appeal of a LaPorte County man convicted of felony robbery and attempted
robbery in 2004, finding that he should not receive a new trial for receiving ineffective assistance of appellate counsel
the first time he tried to challenge his convictions and sentence.
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December 28, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed ex-East Chicago Mayor George Pabey’s convictions of embezzling government
funds and conspiring to embezzle and found the District Court didn’t err when it sentenced him to 60 months in prison.
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December 28, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Tax Court ruled that a government agency incorrectly calculated a Marion County school district’s capital
project fund levy property tax rate for 2011, and it has ordered the Department of Local Government Finance to recalculate
the tax rates going back to 2007.
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they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.