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Public defenders from across the state came to the Indiana Statehouse Thursday to share their concerns about what they see as crisis in the state’s judiciary – the increasing difficulty their offices face to comply with caseload suggestions as more and more filings hit their desks.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jennifer Cox v. Evansville Police Department and The City of Evansville; Babi E. Beyer v. The City of Fort Wayne
82A01-1610-CT-2299
Civil tort. In a combined appeal, reverses and remands trial court orders granting summary judgment to the municipalities on two women’s claims that police officers sexually assaulted them while on duty. Reverses both cases and remands for further proceedings. In the city of Fort Wayne's cross-appeal, affirms the trial court’s denial of Fort Wayne’s summary judgment motion on Beyer’s respondeat superior claim.
Two women who were sexually assaulted in separate cases by on-duty police in Evansville and Fort Wayne prevailed on appeal in their civil lawsuits against the cities Friday after trial courts had ruled in favor of the municipalities.
The new Republican appointee to the Marion County Election Board is already making waves with a proposal to replace traditional polling places with voting centers in the county.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush will lead a national group tasked with addressing America’s opioid crisis, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a boy delivered after his mother died when an overloaded van overturned on a southwestern Indiana highway.
The family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by Indianapolis police during a traffic stop is suing the city, its police department and two officers, alleging excessive force.
A southern Indiana man who pleaded guilty in connection with chairs hurled at a judge and others in a courtroom has been sentenced to five years in prison.
A Chicago “puppy mill” ordinance limiting the sources of animals that pet stores could use to sell animals was upheld Thursday by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, though a dissenting Indiana judge on the panel would have sent the case back to the district court for further proceedings.
A disabled veteran who was barred from entering the Tippecanoe County Courthouse with a support animal lost his lawsuit against the county claiming a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Federal judge Larry McKinney is being remembered as a brilliant, hardworking jurist who was personable, vibrant and had a terrific sense of humor.
Whether and when constitutional rights afforded American citizens extend to non-citizens outside the nation's boundaries were at issue Wednesday when a federal appeals court heard arguments about the cross-border shooting death of a Mexican teenager by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder remembers well the worst day of his time in office. It was just a few days after the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and he had to make a trip to the classroom where nearly two dozen young children were gunned down.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Devan Lampe v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
34A02-1706-CR-1306
Criminal. Affirms 16-year prison sentence for conviction of Level 3 felony burglary, concluding the sentence is not inappropriate in light of the nature of Devan Lampe’s offense and his character.
Indiana’s rule barring horses purchased in claiming races from racing outside the state for 60 days was struck down by a federal judge Wednesday as an impermissible restriction of interstate commerce. The judgment may impact similar rules in other states.
Larry McKinney, senior judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, died overnight. He was 73.
The agreement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was filed in Delaware federal court and still requires a judge’s approval, calls for an audit that consumer lawyers have called unprecedented.
While the 118-year-old credit-reporting firm has been hit with more than 100 consumer lawsuits over its massive security breach, legal experts say there’s room for a deal because neither side has a slam-dunk case.
A report to Indiana lawmakers shows the state hasn't seen significant savings from an overhaul of criminal sentencing laws aimed at sending fewer people convicted of nonviolent crimes to prison.
A central Indiana prosecutor has filed death penalty charges against a teenager accused in the home invasion stabbing death of a 73-year-old suburban Indianapolis man and an assault on his wife.