From the immigration crackdown that brought hundreds of detainees to Indiana jails to the Indiana Senate’s rejection of mid-cycle redistricting, the state saw plenty of legal news in 2025. See what story our staff picked as the top legal story of the year.
There’s no mistaking that our readers gravitate to stories about attorneys and judges being disciplined by the Indiana Supreme Court. Half of our 10 most popular online stories in 2025 involved attorney discipline.
The case stems from the 2020 death of former college football player Christopher Riggs, who played at Texas A&M University from 1965 to 1968 and after death was diagnosed with Stage III/IV chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Judi Calhoun sentenced James Johnson, 37, for his involvement in the armed robbery of a financial loan store in Muncie last year.
The Indiana Supreme Court reversed a state tax court decision on Tuesday, in a case that examined the constitutionality of Indiana’s one-acre limit on a homeowner’s property tax liability.
Delaware Circuit Court Judge Andrew Ramirez set an Oct. 30 sentencing date for Andrew Scott for neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, a Level 1 Felony, which is punishable by 20-40 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000
The position, also referred to as a court executive, will be under the direction of Allen Superior Court Chief Judge Frances Gull and is responsible for administrative functions of the court.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hold traveling oral arguments later this month at Hanover College to hear an appeal from a 2021 Fort-Wayne murder case, in which the defense argued the trial court erred by allowing witness testimony remotely via Zoom.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case stemming from a 2019 semi-truck accident that killed three people, in which a leasing company claims an insurer disregarded its interests during mediation with the victims’ family.
A Muncie man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for the attempted murder of his girlfriend in 2019, according to the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office.
Separators Inc., a centrifuge solutions provider, filed the lawsuit against its former employee on Aug. 29 in Marion Superior Court.
She was sentenced for stealing over $125,000 in public funds intended for community programs and nonprofit organizations.
The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned an Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission decision allowing Duke Energy to raise utility rates on Hoosiers, with the court ruling the utility couldn’t retroactively recover the money it lost due to a federally mandated cleanup of toxic coal ash.
U.S. District Judge James Hanlon sentenced Douglas Gibson, 40, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor and committing a felony offense while required to register as a sex offender.
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Zai’Vohn Perry, 25, to 101 months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases during the first week of September, including one involving a dispute over a $2.8 million workman’s compensation reimbursement request filed with the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision and denied a Fort Wayne man’s appeal after he was convicted of threatening a federal officer.
U.S. District Judge Richard Young sentenced Casey Lee Smith, 48, to 17-and-a-half years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release for his crimes.
Anthony Stout, 57, was convicted by a Marion Superior Court jury of five counts of promotion of human sexual trafficking, five counts of intimidation, two counts of failure of a bail agent to collect full premium, and one count of attempted promotion of human sexual trafficking.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt imposed nearly 190 years of imprisonment across all the defendants, who were accused of trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and meth from Arizona to the Indianapolis, Anderson and Muncie areas.