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Close Armstrong, LLC, et al. v. Trunkline Gas Company, LLC
24-1630
Civil. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, Judge Damon R. Leichty. Denies the petition for rehearing and issues minor amendments to its March 31, 2026 opinion. Holds the panel unanimously voted to deny rehearing and clarifies language describing the landowners’ suit to define and limit the scope of an easement and the procedural history of consolidated cases that resulted in partial summary judgment for Trunkline. Circuit Judge Easterbrook, Circuit Judge Jackson-Akiwumi and Circuit Judge Maldonado were on the panel.
Indiana Supreme Court
Kathryne Tillett v. State of Indiana
25S-CR-231
Criminal. Appeal from the Floyd Circuit Court, Judge Justin B. Brown. Affirms Tillett’s convictions and 80-year sentence for two counts of Level 1 felony child molesting. Holds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying her belated notice of insanity defense because she failed to show good cause for the delay after obtaining psychological evaluations and further holds the trial court properly admitted the children’s statements under the Protected Person Statute as sufficiently reliable. Also concludes her sentence is not inappropriate in light of the nature of the offenses and her character. Justice Massa authored the opinion. Chief Justice Rush and Justices Slaughter and Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in parts II and III and dissents in part I, arguing Tillett showed good cause for the delayed insanity defense due to competency-related issues affecting counsel’s ability to evaluate the defense. Appellant’s attorney: Matthew J. McGovern. Appellee’s attorneys: Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ryan Gluys v. State of Indiana
25A-CR-1488
Criminal. Appeal from the Rush Circuit Court, Judge Brian D. Hill. On rehearing, reaffirms its prior decision reversing Gluys’s conviction of Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy. Holds the protective order did not prohibit all contact between Gluys and Amanda Blackford and rejects the state’s argument that the order barred any contact based on language on the first page. Concludes the order, when read as a whole, prohibited only harassment, domestic or family violence or threats against household members and allowed certain communication regarding parenting after a custody order was entered, making the state’s interpretation inconsistent with the order’s specific provisions. Judge May authored the opinion on rehearing. Judges Altice and Foley concur. Appellant’s attorney: Cara Schaefer Wieneke, Wieneke Law Office LLC. Appellee’s attorneys: Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
This decision was released Thursday after The Indiana Lawyer published opinions.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Roy C. Robinson v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-1814
Criminal. Appeal from the Marion Superior Court, Judge Angela D. Davis. Affirms in part, reverses in part and remands. Holds no fundamental error occurred in the trial court’s failure to give a jury-unanimity instruction because the rape charges alleged alternative means of committing a single offense rather than duplicity. Concludes Robinson’s two convictions for Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement violate substantive double jeopardy because they arose from a single continuous act of resisting, and remands with instructions to vacate one conviction. Judge Bradford authored the opinion. Judges Bailey and Foley concur. Appellant’s attorney: Christopher Taylor-Price, Marion County Public Defender Agency. Appellee’s attorneys: Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
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