Search begins for new Supreme Court justice
For the first time in more than a decade, Indiana’s Supreme Court will find itself searching for a new justice.
Michael W. Hoskins
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BREAKING: Justice Boehm stepping down
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm announced today that he is retiring from the state’s highest court on
Sept. 30, 2010.
Casino-revenues case reversed
The Indiana Supreme Court has dodged a question about whether state lawmakers should be able to cram multiple unrelated issues into a single piece of legislation, leaving in place what some call the practice of “legislative logrolling” that hasn’t been specifically shot down in almost four decades. Finding focus in laws IL Oct. 28- […]
ICLEO initiative gets national attention from rising fellows
When he was named to the Madison Circuit bench late last year, Judge Rudolph “Rudy” Pyle III made history in that he became not only the county’s first African-American jurist but also the first Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunities graduate to be elevated to the state’s judiciary at that level.
Supreme Court awards grants for family projects
Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects, including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to joint the effort that’s been in place since 1999.
Justices’ transfer action posted online weekly
In order to increase efficiency and reduce administrative redundancies at the appellate clerk’s office, attorneys and law firms will no longer receive weekly e-mails about cases the Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Attorneys say ruling confuses discovery regarding expert materials
A liability lawsuit filed by the victims of a water-heater explosion a year after the May 2004 blast has erupted in its own
metaphorical explosion of discovery disputes.
Indiana Scouts proud of their own
A small paperweight sits on attorney Terry White’s desk in Evansville, reminding him of an organization and motto that’s been a central part of his life since childhood.
No matter the issue he faces in the legal world or in his personal life, he knows that he can always find guidance in the phrase close to his heart.
Debate swirls around citations, use of the NFP
Envision a world in which lawyers successfully defended a client on what all parties thought was a significant legal issue,
but future attorneys couldn’t use that case result to help persuade judges in their litigation.
Supreme Court awards grants for family projects
Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects,
including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to joint the effort that’s been in place since 1999.
Justices’ transfer action posted online weekly
In order to increase efficiency and reduce administrative redundancies at the appellate clerk’s office, attorneys and law
firms will no longer receive weekly e-mails about cases the Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
Committee queries federal nominees
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee had a chance to ask questions of Indiana's three judicial nominees Feb. 11, and it's
now poised to decide whether the full Senate should have a chance to consider them for the federal bench.
Attorney General promotes 2 of its own internally
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has promoted one of its longtime lawyers to a second-in-command spot that means
guiding 144 state government attorneys and working more closely with local prosecutors, police officers, and those in the
county criminal justice systems.
Justices rule on plea negotiation communications
The Indiana Supreme Court has addressed the scope of privilege for plea negotiations for the first time in 20 years, upholding the conviction and sentence of a man who drove his pickup truck into an Evansville school bus while intoxicated and injured more than a dozen children.
7th Circuit addresses contempt proceedings, judicial safety
A federal appeals judge from Indianapolis penned a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today that touches on free speech,
judicial safety, and contempt proceedings that stem from a case against a well-known radio personality and infomercial salesman
who promotes natural cures and alternative medicine.
COA upholds 125-year child-molesting sentence
In upholding multiple child-molesting convictions and a 125-year sentence, the Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a woman’s
argument about why her penalty should be reduced based in part on the very young ages of the victims.
Court: Police shouldn’t have made traffic stop
An appellate decision today in a drunk-driving traffic stop case out of Fort Wayne illustrates how a lack of knowledge about
a particular road’s layout can derail the prosecution of someone who may have been intoxicated behind the wheel.
Indiana justices answer certified question from federal court
The Indiana Supreme Court says that a person or business that buys and later sells a wrecked vehicle must apply for a salvage
title as required by state law, even if that vehicle’s been sold by the time that certificate is received.
Indiana AG officially joins health care suit
Following through on a promise from more than a month ago, the Indiana Attorney General today joined a lawsuit challenging
the new federal health care law passed by Congress earlier this year.
7th Circuit overrules itself in satellite TV case
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled one of its own decisions from 20 years ago, finding that judges have discretion
in whether penalties are imposed on those who steal encrypted television satellite signals or help others take them without
paying for the service