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The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern. Justice Clarence Thomas was breaking a three-year silence at high court arguments with a couple of questions in a case about racial discrimination in the South.
A federal judge has dismissed a portion of a lawsuit brought by landlords that alleged racketeering by Charlestown officials related to a planned redevelopment project.
A judge has set a plea hearing for a man accused in a drunken driving crash that killed a former western Indiana sheriff and his wife. Bryan Robertson’s jury trial was scheduled for April 8 on charges of driving while intoxicated causing death, but a Parke County judge set an April 11 change of plea and sentencing hearing Tuesday for Robertson at his attorney’s request.
A former treasurer of a defunct northwestern Indiana funeral home who allegedly misused funds set aside for customers’ funerals has been placed on probation for a year and ordered to pay more than $15,000 in restitution. Jacqueline A. Kraft, 68, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one felony count of theft and was sentenced to a year in jail, but that sentence was suspended.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Andrew Lee Swain v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
18A-CR-1838
Criminal. Affirms Andrew Swain’s aggregate six-year sentence following the revocation of his probation and his guilty plea to Level 5 felony escape and Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe. Finds the sentence is not inappropriate in light of the nature of the offenses and his character. Finds the Grant Superior Court did not abuse its discretion in not finding Swain’s mental illness to be a mitigating factor.
A measure advancing in the Indiana Senate would compensate residents found to have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned.
The Indiana Paralegal Association Inc. is celebrating its 40th anniversary and will be recognized by the Indiana Senate next month for its accomplishments in the legal profession.
A traveling appellate panel heard argument concerning an “unusual” instance of a trial court’s denial of a joined motion for mistrial Tuesday, considering whether the state’s sudden change of position had any impact on the case going forward.
The Indiana Supreme Court unanimously chose to hear two property-related cases, focusing on issues of eminent domain and deciding a case involving rental property fee exemptions for landlords in Bloomington and West Lafayette.
Valparaiso Law School has gained approval from the American Bar Association for its plan to teach the remaining students and award them J.D. degrees before the institution closes in 2020.
A bill that would allow the Indiana Supreme Court to establish a preventive pilot program targeting at-risk juveniles won the approval of the House Judiciary Committee Monday, advancing to the House floor.
Community correction program directors caught between a rock and a hard place may get some breathing room if a bill that would allow the revocation of inmates’ credit time gets the governor’s signature.
A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government’s power to detain them after they’ve committed crimes but finished their sentences.
A group of retired federal judges has learned life after the bench comes with PACER fees, and they are lending their voice to those questioning fees for public access to online federal court records.
For more than 50 years, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) has worked to ensure equal access to justice for all Indianapolis-area residents. In an effort to expand this mission impact on the greater Indianapolis community, applications from local organizations are now being accepted through May 31 for the IBF’s annual Impact Fund grant. The grant will be awarded in August 2019.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ja’Lin Williams v. Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company
18-2517
Appeals from U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division
Magistrate Judge John E. Martin
Civil tort. Affirms grant of summary judgment to Norfolk Southern Corp. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Finds Ja’Lin Williams was more than 50 percent at fault for the injuries he sustained after running in front of a Norfolk train. Video evidence contradicted Williams’ testimony that the train was not sounding its horn or bells, did not have its light on and the warning signals were not flashing. Also cites Indiana law that a train operator has no duty to reduce a train’s speed if he sees a person crossing the tracks.
An inmate ordered to serve the reminder of his sentence after violating his probation lost his argument against several probation officers involved in his case when the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the officers were protected under quasi-judicial immunity.
Finding his crime “serious and disturbing,” the Indiana Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the 71-year sentence and robbery conviction in the death of an Indianapolis tax preparer who kept cash in a safe beneath his desk at his west side Indianapolis office.