Home » Search

Search Results

7356 results for 'articles'

To refine your search through our archives use our Advanced Search

Opinions Sept. 27, 2018

Indiana Court of Appeals

Rainbow Realty Group, Inc., and/or Cress Trust v. Katrina Carter and Quentin Lintner,
49A02-1707-CC-1473.
Civil collections. Reverses the Marion Superior Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Katrina Carter and Quentin Lintner. Reverses the award to them of $4,000 in damages and $3,000 in attorney fees. Remands with instructions to enter summary judgment for Rainbow Realty. Finds Rainbow’s rent-to-buy agreement was not a lease; that Rainbow had not committed fraud as a matter of law; and that because Carter and Lintner did not prevail, they are not entitled to legal fees.

Justices consider ouster of Yorktown clerk-treasurer

Choosing to forcibly remove an elected official from office is a weighty decision, one that requires government officials to go against the will of the voters — presumably for the public good. In theory, an impeachment occurs only when an elected officer has egregiously failed to perform his or her duties, leaving no choice but to force the official to vacate her office.

Foreclosure, judgment for Kokomo property owners reversed

An Indiana trial court must recalculate the amount of damages that must be paid by a couple who defaulted on a real estate contract after an appellate panel determined the trial court erred in allowing for both a forfeiture and foreclosure remedy for the default.

DCS agrees reversal required in CHINS case over pot

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a child in need of services determination based on the Department of Child Services’ agreement that reversal was required because there was insufficient evidence to prove a mother’s marijuana use ever harmed her minor child.

Appeals court reverses ruling for purchasers in rent-to-buy home case

Would-be homebuyers who won a fraud decision against a company that sells “rent-to-buy” fixer homes after they were evicted lost at the Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday. An appellate panel reversed a ruling against Indianapolis-based Rainbow Realty, ordering Marion Superior Court to rule in its favor instead. 

COA: Parental privilege claims fail in spanking case

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a father’s battery conviction after finding he used an unreasonable amount of force when disciplining his 6-year-old child for speaking out of turn in her first-grade class.

Hispanic Heritage Month to celebrate access to justice after Hurricane María

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the Indiana State Bar Association Latino Affairs Committee will host a discussion about Puerto Rico’s recovery and access to justice after Hurricane María at its second annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

Pension plan wins appeal in suit challenging bifurcated divorce

A long-running pension dispute involving a woman whose husband died during the pendency of a bifurcated divorce hearing is headed back to the trial court after the Indiana Court of Appeals found multiple issues with the lower court’s rulings.

High drama in Senate for pivotal Kavanaugh-Ford showdown

The Senate Judiciary Committee braced for a history-making clash as Brett Kavanaugh and one of his accusers awaited their chance to testify Thursday about her claim that the Supreme Court nominee sexually attacked her when both were teenagers.

Indiana Uber drivers to receive $100 each from settlement

Attorney General Curtis Hill said Indiana will receive nearly $1.5 million of the $148 million Uber has agreed to pay to states after the ride-hailing company failed for a year to notify drivers that hackers had stolen their personal information.

Opinions Sept. 26, 2018

The following Indiana Tax Court decision was issued Monday.
Garrett LLC v. Noble County Assessor
49T10-1712-TA-22
Tax. Affirms the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s determination of Garrett LLC’s assessed value of its real property for the 2016 tax year. Finds Garrett failed to present sufficient evidence to support its claims on appeal.

Holcomb’s office ordered to hand over Pence Carrier emails

Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration has 30 days to turnover emails that passed between former Gov. Mike Pence, the Trump Organization and Carrier Corp. related to the negotiations that led then newly elected President Donald Trump to take credit for saving the Indianapolis plant from closing.

Tax Court: Scanty evidence fails to lower property value

The Indiana Tax Court affirmed an Indiana Board of Tax Review’s determination that evidence presented to reduce a property’s assessment of improvements was not probative of the property’s 2016 market value-in-use.

Justices tweak NIPSCO rate hike denial to allow recovery of cost overruns

Revisiting a decision that limited how utilities can pass the bill for future costs to ratepayers, the Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday tweaked its earlier opinion to insert language in a modified decision that now will allow utilities to recover project cost overruns in utility rate increases.