Holcomb bars criminal history question for most state job applicants
Applicants for state jobs in the executive branch will no longer be asked if they have ever been arrested or convicted of a crime.
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Indiana mother sentenced to 130 years for killing children
A judge has ordered an Indiana woman who admitted to fatally smothering her two children to undergo mental health treatment before going to prison under a 130-year sentence.
Arkansas birth certificate ruling could impact Indiana
As lesbian married couples in Indiana wait on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule whether both mothers can be listed on their children’s birth certificates, the Supreme Court of the United States may have just decided the outcome of the case.
Federal judge blocks parts of Indiana’s new abortion law
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked portions of a new Indiana law that would make it tougher for girls under age 18 to get an abortion without their parents' knowledge.
Supreme Court term ended much different than it began
The U.S. Supreme Court began its term nine months ago with Merrick Garland nominated to the bench, Hillary Clinton favored to be the next president, and the court poised to be controlled by Democratic appointees for the first time in 50 years. Things looked very different when the justices wrapped up their work this week
Opinions June 28, 2017
Indiana Court of Appeals
Joseph Richardson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A04-1609-CR-2196
Criminal. Affirms Joseph Richardson’s two convictions of felony child molesting, finding sufficient evidence and that the convictions do not violate the continuing crime doctrine.
Judge charged with violating Code of Judicial Conduct
A Blackford County judge has been charged with judicial misconduct related to his banning the court clerk from the county courthouse and threatening to arrest and possibly incarcerate her if she even stepped on the sidewalks surrounding the property.
State senator faces attorney discipline over handling of estates
A northern Indiana state senator faces a formal attorney discipline complaint that alleges she mishandled an estate she represented. The complaint also seeks discipline for 21 other delinquent estates in which she was attorney of record, some dating back decades.
Supreme Court affirms bestiality conviction
A Muncie man’s confession that he committed bestiality was admissible in the trial court because it was supported by evidence the state introduced that provided an inference that the crime had been committed, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled.
7th Circuit: Nightingale must defend Medicare restitution claims
A Carmel-based home health care company stripped of its certification to receive Medicare funding in Indiana will return to the district court in Indianapolis to defend against government claims seeking nearly $5 million in restitution.
Hamilton County Jail adds re-entry, jobs program
The jail’s five-week Transitioning Opportunities for Work, Education, and Reality program, known as TOWER, began in April as a partnership with a state WorkOne Center to provide resources for soon-to-be-released inmates. The goal is to reduce the rate of inmates’ returning to the county jail.
Sarah Palin sues paper for tying her PAC ad to mass shooting
Former vice presidential nominee and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is accusing The New York Times of defamation over an editorial that linked one of her political action committee ads to the mass shooting that severely wounded then-Arizona Congressman Gabby Giffords.
Legal fight over Indiana’s anti-political robocall law ends
A Chicago-based veterans advocacy group's seven-year struggle to strike down Indiana's ban on political robocalls has ended with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review a lower-court ruling upholding the law.
Bamberger merger gives Kentucky firm stronger presence in Indiana
Since it was founded in 1959, the law firm of Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn LLP has always had an office in the Hulman Building on Fourth Street in Evansville, but by the end of the summer, the mainstay in the local legal community will have a new name and a new location.
Justices to review New Jersey bid for legal sports betting
The Supreme Court of the United States agreed Tuesday to take up New Jersey's bid to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, a case that could lead other states to seek a share of the lucrative market.
Ruling in travel ban leaves myriad questions unanswered
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky middle ground, with unanswered questions and possibly more litigation ahead.
Opinions June 27, 2017
Indiana Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: M.L. v. Eskenazi Health/Midtown Mental Health CMHC
49A02-1612-MH-2823
Mental health. Majority affirms in part, reverses in part and remands with instructions the trial court’s grant of Eskenazi’s request for temporary commitment. A special condition prohibiting M.L. from consuming alcohol or drugs not prescribed by a doctor was not sufficiently supported by the evidence. The trial court is instructed to strike the special condition from the order of commitment. Judge Cale Bradford dissents and would affirm the trial court. Denies Eskenazi’s “remarkable” request for appellate attorney fees from the Marion County Public Defender Agency.
‘Taken aback’ by Eskenazi’s bid for fees, COA rules for committed man
A divided Indiana Court of Appeals struck a special condition that a man who had been subject to a mental health order of commitment not use alcohol or drugs. The court also criticized the hospital for seeking legal fees in the case from the Marion County Public Defender Agency.
New laws for 2017
Indiana’s legislators passed more than250 new laws on topics including e-liquid reform, inheritance tax repeals, and overhaul of uniform business organization laws.
Bank’s parallel litigation in Indiana, Brazil permissible
A bank seeking to recoup millions it loaned for a businessman’s purchase of an airplane was entitled to pursue parallel litigation in federal court in Indiana and in Brazil, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.