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Opinions Nov. 13, 2013

Indiana Supreme Court
Julie Kitchell v. Ted Franklin, as the Mayor of the City of Logansport, and the Common Council of the City of Logansport
09S00-1307-PL-476
Civil plenary. Affirms trial court dismissal of a suit challenging the city’s planned public-private partnership to convert a coal-fired power plant to generate electricity by burning refuse. Justices held that the Indiana Public-Private Agreements statute does not require a local legislative body to adopt an enabling statute before it may issue requests for proposals or begin contract negotiations.

Justices affirm dismissal of Logansport power plant suit

Local units of government may engage in preliminary talks or solicit prospective public-private partners before those units of government have adopted legislation enabling such agreements, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a challenge to Logansport’s efforts to overhaul a coal-burning power plant.

Justices affirm rejection of tendered jury instruction

Judges have wide discretion regarding when and whether to use tendered jury instructions, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in affirming the conviction of a criminal defendant whose proffered instructions on defense of another were rejected.

Opinions Nov. 12, 2013 ILD

Indiana Court of Appeals
James Edward Banks, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
82A01-1301-CR-38
Criminal. Affirms denial of Banks’ motion to correct erroneous sentence.

Bill R. Clark v. State of Indiana (NFP)
20A03-1304-CR-160
Criminal. Affirms trial court’s order for Clark to pay restitution. Clark argued the court did not inquire about his ability to reimburse the state and his landlord for costs associated with cleaning up his meth lab. The COA rules the presentence investigation report indicated Clark would be able to pay and Clark told the trial court he had the means to pay.  

Matthew Townsend v. Lyvonda Townsend (NFP)
31A04-1303-DR-133
Domestic relation. Affirms trial court’s decision to award sole legal and primary physical custody Townsend’s son, E.T., to the boy’s mother.

Derek Lee Morris v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1304-CR-367
Criminal. Affirms denial of Morris’ petition for educational credit time.

John R. Tyrrell v. State of Indiana (NFP)
29A02-1301-PC-11
Post conviction. Affirms post-conviction court’s denial of Tyrrell’s petition for post-conviction relief.

Larry Harris v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1211-CR-584
Criminal. Affirms 45-year sentence for one county of Class A felony child molesting.

Mitchell A. Barnes v. State of Indiana (NFP)
84A01-1304-CR-281
Criminal. Affirms aggregated nine-year sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to three counts of Class D felony theft.

The Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Tax Court posted no opinions by IL deadline. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued no Indiana opinions by IL deadline.
 

7th Circuit blocks Obamacare ‘contraception mandate’

Roman Catholic employers – including the owners of an Indiana company – won a Circuit Court ruling Friday blocking the “contraception mandate” contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare.

Opinions Nov. 11, 2013 ILD

State and federal courts were closed Monday in observation of the Veterans Day holiday.

 

Opinions Nov. 11, 2013

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
William D. Grote III et al, v. Kathleen Sebelius, et al.
13-1077
Reverses and remands to the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana with orders to grant an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the “contraception mandate” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The majority held that Grote Industries made a strong case for relief from the mandate under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, but Judge Ilana Rovner warned that the panel was rewriting the law to extend rights of religion to a for-profit, secular corporation, thereby opening a host of federal regulations to religious challenges from corporation owners.

7th Circuit case docketing fees increasing Dec. 1

Beginning Dec. 1, it will cost an extra $50 to appeal a case to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Notice of appeals, as well as petitions for review/applications for enforcement and writ of mandamus, will cost $500.