Disability denials draw criticism
Seventh Circuit questions Social Security Administration’s outdated information, convoluted calculations in several recent decisions.
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National group recognizes Indiana for criminal justice reform
Indiana is getting a little love on social media Monday for efforts in recent years to reform its criminal justice system. The U.S. Justice Action Network is including the Hoosier state in its national campaign “30 States, 30 Days” to prompt Congress to pass legislation reforming the federal justice system.
Launch of Marion County online transcript service delayed
The Marion Circuit and Superior Courts have postponed implementation of TheRecordXchange, an Internet-based transcript ordering and production management platform.
Opinions April 4, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
Richard Lee Dulin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
79A05-1508-CR-1155
Criminal. Affirms sentence of five years with two suspended to probation for conviction of Level 5 felony operating a vehicle while privileges are suspended for life and Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement.
Judge denies class action in NCAA scholarship suit
A former college football quarterback who sued the NCAA over its former scholarship policy doesn’t meet the requirements for certification of a class-action suit against the Indianapolis-based organization, a federal judge ruled.
Supreme Court will take up case about juror’s racial bias
U.S. Supreme Court takes case over whether a juror’s allegedly racially charged comments can open jury deliberations.
Jury finds South Bend teen convicted of murder had gang ties
South Bend jury finds teenager convicted of murder should have sentence enhanced for criminal gang activity.
High court sides with sex offender in dispute over registry
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that a convicted sex offender did not have to update his status on the federal sex offender registry after moving to a foreign country.
Indiana mandates concussion training for public coaches
New Indiana law requires coaches to complete a course on spotting the symptoms of concussions. Coaches who finish the training will be granted civil immunity from being sued for student injuries.
Indiana mandates concussion training for public coaches
A new Indiana law will require all public school coaches to complete a training course on how to spot the symptoms of a concussion. Coaches who finish the course will granted civil immunity.
Court upholds total population count in electoral districts
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a Texas law that counts everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts.
Broker sues after Colts cancel season-ticket renewal
A Pennsylvania ticket broker is suing the Indianapolis Colts over their revocation of his season tickets—a legal skirmish other brokers say appears to be fallout from efforts by the team to gain greater control over the secondary market and thin the ranks of resellers.
High court rejects challenge to Mississippi campaign finance law
The Supreme Court of the United States won’t hear an appeal challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi campaign finance law that requires reporting by people or groups spending at least $200 to support or oppose a ballot measure.
Indianapolis house blast convict says informant set him up
An Indianapolis man convicted on 53 counts in a house explosion that killed two people and devastated the southside Richmond Hill neighborhood said testimony from a jailhouse informant and undercover officer saying he tried to have a key witness killed never should have been presented at his trial.
State appellate briefs make online debut
Briefs filed in Indiana appeals were made available for online for the first time Friday.
Interim appellate court clerk replaces Smith
Long-serving Indiana appellate court clerk Kevin S. Smith resigned recently, and former deputy clerk Greg Pachmayr is now serving as interim clerk.
Workshop to help veterans with criminal records
Indiana Legal Services is conducting a workshop next week to help veterans with criminal records learn how to possibly expunge them.
Major overhaul to city’s zoning code takes effect
The city’s long-awaited update to its decades-old zoning code, known as Indy Rezone, went into effect on Friday.
Mississippi governor gets bill allowing denial of service to gays
The Mississippi House is sending Republican Gov. Phil Bryant a bill that would let government employees and private businesses cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples who want to marry.
Companies reconsidering North Carolina over LGBT rights
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory met with gay-rights advocates bearing a letter signed by more than 100 corporate executives urging him to repeal the nation’s first state law limiting the bathroom options for transgender people. The law also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections and blocks municipalities from adopting their own anti-discrimination and living wage rules.