A Dearborn County commissioner alleges the county’s former attorney has wrongly accused two officials of violating federal law and has asked the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to launch an investigation of its soon-to-be leader who starts in that office June 21.
Within a week, the state's third federal female judge could be ready to handle her constitutionally created duties in
the Southern District of Indiana.
A July 2009 law put more strength behind local prosecutors and state regulators who can now more diligently pursue
illegal animal activity of puppy mills who don’t pay taxes.
After more than a decade on the Indiana Supreme Court, Justice Theodore Boehm is ready to enter the next stage of his life
and career.
At least two attorneys are questioning how some legal publications have included articles, columns, or other types of coverage on pending cases, and they worry that these articles may influence the judges on the cases.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of June to apply for upcoming vacancy on the state’s highest court.
A third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face voter retention this year, including two initially appointed within the past three years to fill vacancies on the state’s second highest court. With a month and a half before the filing deadline, one of the applicants says that all five appellate judges submitted their retention […]
In a rare move that may be used in only one other jurisdiction nationally, Judge David F. Hamilton on the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals in Chicago plans to relocate his chambers from the Indianapolis courthouse where he’s from to the Indiana
University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of this month to apply.
Budget statute affected juvenile codes and gives the Department of Child Services oversight of judicial decision-making.
A last-minute change to a bill during the 2009 special session has stripped judges of their discretion regarding juvenile
placements out of state by requiring them to get permission from the Department of Child Services. All three branches
are reacting.
Detention alternatives, Initial Hearing Court draw national praise.
Two Elkhart County teens say it took incarceration to teach them a lesson.
The Indiana Supreme Court says an employer isn’t allowed to deny someone unemployment benefits if they are fired for
absenteeism that’s beyond their control without considering that worker’s overall conduct and attendance.
Indiana lags in statewide reform, but builds on localized successes.
Anyone who wants to be the next Indiana Supreme Court justice has until the end of this month to apply. The Indiana Supreme
Court Judicial Nomination Commission is accepting applications until June 30 for the appellate post, which is being vacated
once Justice Theodore Boehm retires Sept. 30.
Lake County teen recognizes she is responsible for future in juvenile system.
Local successes exist; systematic changes lag.