No demand futility in Biglari transactions
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision that a company did not commit demand futility during three transactions in 2013.
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Steady increase in law firm recruiting continues
The last summer recruiting recycle for law graduates was the biggest since the recession, a report from the National Association for Law Placement found.
Wednesday justice applicants offer varied experience
Nine of 29 applicants to replace Chief Justice Brent Dickson were interviewed Wednesday in the first of three days of public interview sessions by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission.
Indiana Senate panel delays bill on police video
An Indiana Senate panel is holding off on changing and voting on a bill allowing law enforcement agencies to withhold police video from the public.
Before Supreme Court nod, an intrusive interrogation
White House lawyers are scouring a life's worth of information about President Barack Obama's potential picks for the Supreme Court of the United States, from the mundane to the intensely personal.
Court OKs increase in CLE distance education hours
The Indiana Supreme Court passed an order Monday increasing the number of continuing legal education hours that judges and lawyers can take through distance education.
Scalia vacancy boosts prospects for Obama’s carbon-cutting plan
The U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death improves the outlook for President Barack Obama’s controversial plan to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants, just a week after the court raised doubts about its viability.
Apple to fight order to help FBI unlock shooter’s iPhone
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, California shooters. The company said that could potentially undermine encryption for millions of other users.
Indiana justice applicant interviews to begin Wednesday
Twenty-nine lawyers and judges vying to replace retiring Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent Dickson will be interviewed by the Judicial Nominating Commission beginning Wednesday morning and continuing Thursday and Friday.
Opinions Feb. 16, 2016
Indiana Supreme Court
Tom Bonnell v. Ruby A. Cotner, Douglas Wayne Cotner, Arthur J. Johnson, Jimmy J. Johnson, and Jerry L. Johnson
66S03-1509-PL-530
Civil plenary. Affirms denial of the Cotners’ adverse possession claim and reverses the grant of a prescriptive easement, finding that the sale of the 35-foot-wide strip of land by tax deed extinguished any and all interest the Cotners previously possessed.
Judges uphold sentence, find prosecutorial misconduct claim moot
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a man’s convictions and sentence for possession of cocaine, resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor possession of marijuana, among other charges.
COA: Neither party entitled to summary judgment in ‘household’ definition dispute
The Indiana Court of Appeals held summary judgment is inappropriate for either party in a lawsuit seeking to declare a woman who was renting a home as a member of the household of the homeowners for insurance purposes.
Logger’s theft convictions stands on appeal
A southern Indiana logger convicted of three counts of theft after he reneged on agreements to equally split proceeds with landowners for timber he harvested from their property lost his appeal Tuesday. The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected his claims he was denied a speedy trial and the evidence was insufficient.
Justices: Couple not entitled to prescriptive easement
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the holding of a trial court that a couple should receive a prescriptive easement for the use of their outbuildings that encroached onto a strip of land purchased at a tax sale.
COA upholds jury verdict in fired worker’s complaint
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a ruling from Elkhart Superior Court that a man was entitled to $412,680 in compensatory and punitive damages after his employer fired him without cause after he filed a workers’ compensation claim.
Woman loses appeal of request for protective order
The Indiana Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a woman seeking a protective order against a man who she claims allegedly committed a sex act against her.
Senate GOP to Obama: Don’t bother nominating to Supreme Court
Senate Republicans united behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama's successor fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death. Democrats looking to reclaim the Senate majority immediately accused them of putting politics ahead of their constitutional responsibility.
Future uncertain for state environmental policy limit
The future remains uncertain for a proposed limit on Indiana's authority to make its own environmental policies. The Senate Environmental Affairs Committee heard hours of testimony Monday on the bill, which has already passed the House.
Opinions Feb. 15, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
Takesha Lashawn Sanders v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
45A04-1506-CR-648
Criminal. Affirms conviction of guilty but mentally ill of murder after a jury trial.
IU McKinney student competes in Olympic trials
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 3L Jordan Kyle competed this weekend at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Los Angeles in the hopes of representing the United States at the summer Olympics in Brazil.