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A Las Vegas-based fantasy sports sweepstakes company can no longer use the phrases “Final 3” and “April Madness” in its events related to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship after a district court judge granted the NCAA’s request for a permanent injunction in a trademark infringement case.
The Indiana Senate has defeated an amendment that would have allowed for Sunday sales nearly all day in Indiana.
A trademark dispute between the owners of the Splenda sweetener brand and the Applebee’s and IHOP franchises will continue after a district court judge denied the restaurants’ motion to dismiss on Thursday.
A northern Indiana city is maintaining the guilt of a Chicago man convicted in a 1996 shooting after the man filed a lawsuit following his pardon.
The Allen Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission will begin interviews next week with candidates who have applied to fill an upcoming vacancy in the court’s Family Relations Division. The commission will narrow the list of candidates vying to succeed Judge Daniel G. Heath when he retires next month.
The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was posted after IL deadline Wednesday:
Jessica McCain v. State of Indiana
18S-CR-26
Criminal. Grants transfer and affirms Jessica McCain’s sentence of 40 years, with 38 years executed and two years suspended to probation, for her conviction of Level 1 felony child molesting. Finds the judgment imposed by the Tippecanoe Superior Court is not inappropriate. Justice Geoffrey Slaughter votes to deny transfer.
The City of Indianapolis has lost its summary judgment argument on an excessive force claim after a district court judge determined genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the city’s policies led two police officers to use excessive force against a veteran.
A former northwestern Indiana sheriff was sentenced Tuesday to more than 15 years in prison on convictions of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from towing businesses. A federal judge ordered the roughly 15½-year sentence for John Buncich, who was removed from office as Lake County sheriff after a jury convicted him in August of bribery and wire fraud.
Opponents are stepping up efforts to stop a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in northern Indiana ahead of a county rezoning decision.
A child support dispute between two Wabash County parents will return to the trial court on remand after the Indiana Court of Appeals found errors in the lower court’s computation of both parties’ incomes.
A Tippecanoe County mother who pleaded guilty to molesting her infant son will serve out her 40-year sentence after the Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to her case and affirmed her sentence Wednesday.
The Indianapolis police chief says a witness protection program is needed to help prosecute violent crime.
Indiana will likely remain the only state that restricts who can sell cold beer after a Senate panel voted Wednesday to uphold a closely guarded law that protects the interests of liquor stores.
Testimony from a physician which supported the state’s effort to adjudicate six minor siblings as children in need of services was allowed under the hearsay exception, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a felony intimidation conviction against a man who threatened to cut his ex-girlfriend’s throat, finding evidence of the man’s subsequent bad acts was admissible.
Indiana Court of Appeals
James Hill v. State of Indiana
45A04-1702-CR-325
Criminal. Affirms the denial of James Hill’s motion to dismiss charges of murder, murder in perpetration of robbery and attempted robbery. Finds Hill has not demonstrated prejudice in the 36-year delay in charging him. Remands.
While the Indiana Court of Appeals found the state’s reasons “tenuous at best” for a 36-year delay in charges against a Lake County man accused of the murder of a Hammond police officer, the appellate court on Wednesday ordered the trial to proceed.
Marion County prosecutor Terry Curry has announced his plans to run for a third term in 2018. The two-term Democratic prosecutor announced Wednesday he will file his candidacy paperwork in the Marion County Clerk’s Office today.
A Speedway attorney with a lengthy disciplinary history has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for 90 days, a suspension that will run concurrently with the indefinite suspension he is already under.
An Indiana case dealing with out-of-state tax issues will come before the Indiana Supreme Court after the justices unanimously granted review to a dispute between the Indiana Department of State Revenue and a Hoosier RV dealer.