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Opinions June 26, 2018

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
The following opinion was issued after IL deadline Monday.
Peter Deppe v. NCAA
17-2275
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Civil plenary. Affirms dismissal of Peter Deppe’s proposed class-action against Indianapolis-based National Collegiate Athletic Association seeking an antitrust challenge of the NCAA’s “year in residence rule” requiring Division I student athletes to wait one year before they can play for their new school. Finds the requirement is an eligibility rule clearly meant to preserve the amateur character of college athletics and is therefore presumptively procompetitive under NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984) and Agnew v. NCAA, 683 F.3d 328 (7th Cir. 2012).

COA: Ex’s contempt order was valid but violated federal law

A trial court’s contempt order against a man who named his current wife beneficiary of his military survivor benefits was valid, even though the court’s order that the ex-husband redesignate his ex-wife violated federal law, the Indiana Court of Appeals found Tuesday.

Michael: Educational liability and the epidemic of school shootings

School shootings in the United States have averaged one per week since the beginning of 2018. This is indeed an alarming statistic, and Indiana has not been untouched by these tragedies. As of yet, however, the question of how to prevent them from happening again has gone unanswered.

After Noblesville school shooting, juvenile waiver a hot topic

On the heels of the recent Noblesville school shooting involving a 13-year-old suspect, lawmakers pledged to review Indiana’s juvenile waiver laws to determine if Title 31 should authorize more situations where a minor could be transferred out of juvenile court.

Extra $25M for DCS dwarfed by prior increases, children’s needs

The $25 million Gov. Eric Holcomb recently pledged in additional funding for the Department of Child Services is not the first infusion of extra money given to the agency in recent years. In fact, the sum is one of the smaller supplements to the department’s annual state appropriation, which is more than $600 million.

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Man convicted of murder, robbery in ex-girlfriend’s killing

A man has been convicted of murder, robbery and obstruction of justice in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, a student at the University of Southern Indiana. A jury returned the verdict Monday in the case against 23-year-old Isaiah Hagan.

Indiana man held in police standoff dies in jail cell

A northwestern Indiana man who was arrested in March following a nearly seven-hour police standoff has died in his jail cell. Fifty-eight-year-old Edrie Scott Hunt was pronounced dead Friday at the Tippecanoe County Jail after his cellmate alerted guards that Hunt was unresponsive.

Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim

A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority. A dissenting justice said the outcome was a historic mistake.

U.S. Supreme Court voids part of crisis pregnancy center law

The U.S. Supreme Court says a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion probably violates the Constitution.The 5-4 ruling Tuesday also casts doubts on similar laws in Hawaii and Illinois.

IndyBar: Indiana Legal Services Awarded $50,000 Impact Fund Grant by Indianapolis Bar Foundation

An eviction is often the first step on the path to homelessness for vulnerable Indianapolis residents, but a new program by Indiana Legal Services seeks to decrease this likelihood by providing legal representation to those facing eviction. This innovative project has been named the recipient of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation’s 2018 Anniversary Impact Fund Grant of $50,000.

IndyBar: President’s Column — The Bar Association’s Role as Mentor

In its continuing effort to enhance the legal profession, the IndyBar has attempted to fill the void left by the decrease in jobs for students coming directly out of law school. Along with mentors and targeted services, we have an Education Center that is constantly full of young lawyers learning how to practice law.

DTCI: Changes to the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act

There are several changes to the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act that will go into effect on July 1, 2018. The changes deal with time requirements, first reports and the Drug Formulary Act, among other things.