Dickson State of Judiciary set
Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson will deliver his second State of the Judiciary address to the General Assembly next week.
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Indiana Chief Justice Brent Dickson will deliver his second State of the Judiciary address to the General Assembly next week.
Law firm combinations were up 47 percent in 2013, which is the highest number of combinations recorded in the seven years that Altman Weil MergerLine has been compiling data, the organization announced Wednesday.
The weather nearly kept the Indiana General Assembly from getting the quorum the House and Senate needed to launch the 2014 session Tuesday. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, and Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R- Fort Wayne, said meeting sooner rather than later was necessary to get the short session underway. IBJ.com has more on Tuesday’s activities at the Statehouse.
Indianapolis attorney and developer Paul J. Page has filed personal bankruptcy and lists his largest debt as a $6 million guarantee on a downtown Indianapolis condominium project.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana's Evansville Division is closed Wednesday due to a water main break.
Marion Superior Judge Kimberly Brown circumvented the three-judge panel that heard her disciplinary case with a direct appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court, the presiding judge said in striking her last-minute apology and an affidavit in her support from former Justice Frank Sullivan.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Anthony Barron v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1304-CR-165
Criminal. Reverses and remands to the trial court with instructions to vacate Barron’s conviction for Class D felony domestic battery, leaving his remaining Class D felony convictions for strangulation and criminal confinement and sentence in place.
Timothy Henderson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
35A02-1306-CR-495
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony burglary. Remands to the trial court with instructions to correct the sentencing order, abstract of judgment, and chronological case summary to reflect that the six-year habitual offender enhancement serves as an enhancement of Henderson’s Class C felony burglary sentence.
The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no opinions by IL deadline. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana decisions by IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Anthony Barron v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1304-CR-165
Criminal. Reverses and remands to the trial court with instructions to vacate Barron’s conviction for Class D felony domestic battery, leaving his remaining Class D felony convictions for strangulation and criminal confinement and sentence in place.
The Supreme Court of the United States issued an order Monday stopping gay marriage in Utah. The justices stayed a permanent injunction that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
With the deadline for filing a petition passed, the National Labor Relations Board appears to have backed away from its so-called “poster rule.”
The Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court will open Tuesday at 1 p.m. The delayed start is due to the snow and record low temperatures. The courts were closed Monday.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis will be closed Tuesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court are closed Monday. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana opinions at IL deadline.
The Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court are closed Monday. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana opinions at IL deadline.
When lawmakers return for the start of 2014's "short session" this week, they are set to take up two high-profile measures — one to write the state's gay marriage ban into the Constitution and another that would eliminate the personal property tax paid by businesses. Increasingly inside the Indiana Statehouse, "short session" is no longer a term to be confused with an inconsequential gathering of the state's lawmakers. IBJ.com has more.
Bitterly cold winds and heavy snow caused numerous counties to close down their courts and government offices Monday.
The laws designed to allow members of the public to have a voice in their government are actually stifling the conversation, according to an Indiana University Bloomington expert.
Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg must answer a federal negligence lawsuit arising from a snow-tubing accident almost three years ago that resulted in a brain injury for a child who was 10 years old at the time, a judge ruled Friday.
Office hours for Indiana’s appellate courts, staff and related agencies will begin at 10 a.m. Monday due to anticipated inclement weather, the courts announced late Friday.
The Indiana House of Representatives and Senate will reconvene at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Among the bills before the legislators this session are measures making battery against judicial officers a Level 5 or 6 felony instead of a misdemeanor; outlining when juvenile court records may not be confidential, and various probate and trust matters.