Global law expert tapped as dean at IU Maurer
After a search that lasted more than a year, Indiana University Maurer School of Law has chosen a leading scholar of transnational law as its dean.
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Criminal code overhaul shifts focus to sentencing
The exploding prison population was a key motivator for revising the state’s criminal code, but an independent research group has concluded the new statute will cause a quicker increase in the number of inmates.
Lawyers help make holiday season bright for those in need
From toy drives to bell ringing, those in the legal profession volunteer time and money during the Christmas season.
Support strong for treatment instead of incarceration in the DOC
David Powell, executive director of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council, strongly believes that addressing drug dependency and mental health issues can reduce the state’s recidivism rate and, in turn, lower the crime rate.
Hamilton and Shepard emphasize the importance of civic education
Former Indiana congressional representative Lee Hamilton warned attorneys and advocates of civic education that unless citizens uphold their responsibilities and duties, democracy will not prevail.
Judge sets January hearing in Marion County judicial slating suit
A federal judge has summoned attorneys for Gov. Mike Pence, Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson and members of the Indiana Election Commission to a pretrial conference in a lawsuit challenging the way Marion Superior judges are elected.
Opinions Dec. 16, 2013 ILD
Indiana Court of Appeals
Michael S. McShurley v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A02-1302-CR-163
Criminal. Affirms conviction and aggregate 18-year sentence for three counts of Class C felony child molesting.
David X. Finley and Diane M. Finley v. First Federal Savings Bank and Charleston Auctioneers, Inc. (NFP)
02A03-1302-PL-48
Civil plenary. Affirms summary judgment in favor of First Federal.
Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court issued no opinions before IL deadline. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana opinions before IL deadline Monday.
Opinions Dec. 16, 2013
Indiana Court of Appeals
Avon Trails Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Kellie Homeier
32A01-1307-PL-312
Civil plenary. Reverses denial of a temporary injunction that would have allowed Avon Trails to enforce a restrictive covenant barring Homeier from parking a trailer on her lot or an adjacent lot. Remands to the trial court with orders to adopt settlement language the parties submitted as a joint motion to vacate findings and submission of agreed entry of judgment.
Global law expert tapped as dean at IU Maurer
After a search that lasted more than a year, Indiana University Maurer School of Law has chosen a leading scholar of transnational law as its dean.
Court erred, twice rejected settlement in covenant case
A trial court erred in denying a homeowners association’s request for an injunction against a resident who parked a trailer on her lot. The court then twice rejected joint settlement requests, according to a panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals.
IU Maurer selects California scholar as dean
Indiana University Maurer School of Law has chosen an expert in transnational litigation as its next dean.
Opinions Dec. 13, 2013 ILD
The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court issued no opinions Friday prior to IL deadline. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana decisions Friday prior to IL deadline.
Opinions Dec. 13, 2013
Indiana Court of Appeals
John Everitt Dickey v. State of Indiana
10A01-1212-CR-587
Criminal. Affirms conviction of two counts of Class A child molesting, rejecting Dickey’s argument that testimony about his physical abuse of the victim and her mother was improperly admitted. The court held that Dickey failed to preserve the argument for appeal because, while his attorney objected to a line of questioning about when Dickey’s relationship with the victim’s mother began to change, a continuing objection was not raised.
Indiana disability rights group files complaint against Amtrak
The Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission has filed a disability discrimination complaint against Amtrak for non-compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Clenched fist and aggressive behavior merit resisting law enforcement conviction
The Indiana Supreme Court acknowledged that precedent does not provide a clear definition of “resisting arrest,” but still the court knew it when it saw it in a case where a man was subdued with a Taser after ignoring a police officer’s order to get down on the ground.
Longtime Vevay lawyer Ronald Hocker dies
Ronald Jewell “Ron” Hocker of Vevay, a longtime attorney and civic leader in southeastern Indiana, died Monday at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis. He was 71.
Despite objections, molester can’t appeal prior physical abuse testimony
Objections made to a line of questioning at a man’s child molestation trial that he had previously assaulted the victim and the victim’s mother didn’t properly preserve the issue, a Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday in affirming his conviction.
7th Circuit blasts counsel, tosses race-based traffic-stop appeal
An Elkhart man failed to show a traffic stop and drunken-driving arrest was unconstitutional in an appeal that a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected with an opinion blasting his lawyer’s work.
21st Amendment chain blocked from federal cold-beer suit
A magistrate judge has blocked a retail liquor store chain’s bid to join a federal lawsuit filed by convenience stores challenging an Indiana law that forbids them from selling cold beer.
Justices decline to apply dollar for dollar credit for Social Security retirement benefits
The Indiana Supreme Court Thursday declined to revisit previous caselaw regarding crediting Social Security Retirement benefits to a noncustodial parent’s child support obligation. The justices affirmed the trial court’s decision to include the benefits in the custodial parent’s weekly adjusted income.