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Behind the News: Lawsuit over Simon’s bonus may expose board’s mindset
March 27, 2013
Greg AndrewsThe $120 million retention bonus that Simon Property Group Inc.’s board awarded David Simon two years ago has spawned
a bitter legal battle in Delaware that promises to shed fascinating light on the inner workings of the board.
MoreRenovation project raises questions on public bidding
March 27, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlContractors claim in lawsuit that a school corporation's financing method circumvented the law.
MoreHazing suit weighs college, fraternity liability
March 27, 2013
Dave StaffordA former freshman pledge hurt as fraternity brothers at Wabash College carried and then dropped him will have his case heard
by the Indiana Supreme Court, testing the reach of Indiana’s anti-hazing statute.
MoreDisciplinary Actions - 3/27/13
March 27, 2013
IL StaffSee who's been suspended by the Indiana Supreme Court.
MoreIndiana solicitor general: ‘Good day’ for traditional marriage at SCOTUS
March 26, 2013
Dave StaffordIndiana and other states against same-sex marriage appeared to make a strong impression on the U.S. Supreme Court justices
Tuesday, Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said after watching arguments in Washington.
MorePolice following drug package wire into home unconstitutional, COA rules
March 26, 2013
Dave StaffordPolice violated Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure when they used a parcel wire to track
the opening of a shipment of marijuana in an Indianapolis man’s home, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday.
MoreVoucher program stands, Indiana Supreme Court rules
March 26, 2013
Dave StaffordIndiana’s school voucher program, considered the nation’s widest-reaching, is constitutional, the Indiana Supreme
Court unanimously ruled Tuesday.
MoreIndiana Supreme Court: school vouchers constitutional
March 26, 2013
IL StaffIndiana’s school voucher program is constitutional, the Indiana Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday.
MorePence appoints Hurley to St. Joseph bench
March 25, 2013
IL StaffGov. Mike Pence on Monday made his first appointment to the judiciary, announcing Elizabeth C. Hurley will fill a vacancy
when St. Joseph Superior Judge Roland W. Chamblee retires March 31.
MoreHigh School Mock Trial Championship volunteers can earn free CLE
March 25, 2013
IL StaffVolunteers are needed to judge mock trials in May, when Indianapolis for the first time will host the National High School
Mock Trial Championship. Attorneys who volunteer to judge will earn free continuing legal education credit.
MoreProspective juror’s criticism of lawyer OK in verdict for hospital
March 25, 2013
Dave StaffordWhen a prospective juror in a wrongful death lawsuit against a hospital said he believed a lawyer was suing to make money,
that attorney’s failure to ask the judge for an admonishment of the jury pool waived her later argument for a mistrial,
the Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
MoreLake County judge pro tem appointed to fill Bonaventura vacancy
March 25, 2013
Dave StaffordSenior Judge Thomas W. Webber Sr. was appointed a judge pro tem late Friday as the Indiana Supreme Court intervened further
in a controversy over who will be the next judge of the Lake Superior Court Juvenile Division.
MoreJudge tosses township jurisdiction challenge in collection cases
March 22, 2013
Dave StaffordA federal judge has ruled that Marion County collections cases need not be filed in the township where a defendant lives or
a contract was signed, a key ruling regarding a practice criticized as “forum shopping.”
MoreWhite claims Brizzi ‘ignorant’ of law, jurors wowed by Super Bowl
March 22, 2013
Dave StaffordFormer Secretary of State Charlie White says his convictions on six charges ranging from vote fraud to theft should be tossed
because they violated state and federal law. He also claims that his lawyer, former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi “was
ignorant of the law.”
MoreSupreme Court blocks Lake Superior judge’s transfer bid
March 21, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon issued an emergency order preventing a Lake County judge from taking over
the vacancy created when a fellow judge was tapped to lead the Department of Child Services.
MoreJustices order resentencing on habitual offender sentences
March 21, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the part of a White Superior Court’s sentencing order that a man who
pleaded guilty to theft and being a habitual offender must serve his sentence consecutively with a case out of Tippecanoe
County.
MoreFederal prosecutor opposes funds for Conour, raises concern over assets
March 21, 2013
Dave StaffordA federal prosecutor says resigned personal injury attorney William Conour should not receive $10,000 from a court fund for
living expenses. A court filing objecting to Conour’s request raises concern that he might try to liquidate assets the
FBI inventoried.
MoreJustices reaffirm ruling on sentence enhancements under habitual offender statute
March 21, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court Thursday granted the state’s request for a rehearing in a case in which the justices determined
that Anthony Dye’s sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, which was enhanced under
the general habitual offender statute, was an impermissible double enhancement.
MoreCOA affirms changing boy’s last name
March 21, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe mother of a 5-year-old boy was unable to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that the Marion Circuit Court erred in
granting his father’s petition to change the boy’s surname to his last name.
MoreCedar Lake allowed to dissolve Parks Department, board
March 21, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA Lake Superior judge erred when she used Dillon’s Rule to determine the scope of the town of Cedar Lake’s legal
authority to dissolve its park board and Parks Department, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The proper legal inquiry
is based on the state’s Home Rule Act.
MoreJudges rule against commissioners in eminent domain dispute
March 21, 2013
Jennifer NelsonIn a case involving the use of eminent domain to acquire land to expand the runway at the Clark County Airport, the Indiana
Court of Appeals encouraged lawyers and the courts to stop using the phrase “jurisdiction over a particular case”
when the term “legal error” should be used.
MoreJudges dismiss state’s appeal regarding juvenile delinquency petition
March 20, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state has no statutory right to appeal a juvenile court’s decision
to rescind an order approving the filing of a delinquency petition against a teen accused of molesting two children.
MoreProblem-solving courts, CHINS legislation return to house of origin
March 20, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Senate passed several House bills Tuesday, including legislation expanding when a person can participate in a
problem-solving court program. The House of Representatives returned bills on children in need of services petitions and prosecutor
pensions back to the Senate.
MoreJustices vacate transfer to negligent design case
March 20, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday vacating its grant of transfer to a case filed by a man rendered a quadriplegic
after he fell out of a company truck’s utility bucket while working for Richmond Power.
More5 finalists named for St. Joseph judgeship
March 19, 2013
IL StaffThe St. Joseph County Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission has selected the five finalists to fill an upcoming vacancy
on the court when Chief Judge Michael P. Scopelitis retires in June.
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Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...
Yikes!