Opinions August 15, 2025

The following opinion was posted after The Indiana Lawyer’s deadline Thursday:
7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
E.D., a minor, by her parent and next friend, Lisa Duell, et al. v. Noblesville School District, et al.
24-1608
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Affirms the district court’s granting of summary judgment to Noblesville School District after E.D., through her parents Michael and Lisa Duell, sued the school district and several officials, claiming the rejection of her flyers and the club’s suspension were driven by hostility to her pro-life views, in violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 4071(a). Finds the district court reasonably concluded that the Equal Access Act claim was confined to the suspension of Noblesville Students For Life’s status and that the flyer-based theory, raised for the first time at summary judgment, was not properly before the court. Attorneys for appellants: John Bursch, Zachary Kester, Tyson Langhofer, Mathew Hoffmann, Laura Buckner. Attorney for appellees: Liberty Roberts.

Friday opinions
Indiana Court of Appeals
Maple Tree LP, II, et al. v. Rachel Rebollo
25A-CT-42
Civil tort. Affirms the LaPorte Superior Court’s denial of Kittle Property Group, Inc., and Maple Tree, LP, II’s motion for summary judgment and the granting of Rachel Rebollo’s motion to strike a portion of her deposition testimony the landlords designated in support of summary judgment. Finds that even had the trial court not stricken a portion of Rebollo’s deposition testimony, the landlords failed to demonstrate the absence of genuine issues of material fact as to any one of Rebollo’s claims. Also finds the trial court properly denied the landlords’ motion for summary judgment and committed no reversible error in granting Rebollo’s motion to strike. Attorneys for appellants: C. Christopher Dubes, Amanda Delekta. Attorney for appellee: Nicholas Otis.