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A new statewide report is fueling discussions about consolidating Indiana’s smallest school districts, but state lawmakers continue to lack an appetite for action — at least for now.
Former President Donald Trump is expected in court Tuesday to face another legal challenge: a trial to determine how much more he owes the writer E. Jean Carroll for denying that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and accusing her of lying about her claims.
Detectives investigating a Marion man suspecting of dealing drugs did not deliberately make misleading omissions to obtain a search warrant of the man’s apartment, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued a pair of orders suspending two attorneys for noncompliance with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
A judge who broke ground as the first woman to serve on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has announced she will be taking senior status, creating a new vacancy for the federal appellate court.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a disciplinary order Friday for a Brownsburg attorney following her conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and, later, two counts of criminal trespass in violation of Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct.
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was published after IL’s deadline Friday:
United States of America v. David Hueston
23-1057
Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. Chief Judge Holly A. Brady.
Criminal. Affirms the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana in its denial of a motion to suppress evidence. Finds the district court reasonably found the detectives’ testimony was credible and because the good-faith exception applied, it correctly denied David Hueston’s motion to suppress evidence. Also finds Hueston failed to present evidence that the issuing judge was not acting in a neutral and detached way.
Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses.
Voting is set to begin Monday night in icy Iowa as former President Donald Trump eyes a victory that would send a resounding message that neither life-threatening cold nor life-changing legal trouble can slow his march toward the Republican Party’s 2024 nomination.
There are an unprecedented 3 million currently pending in immigration courts around the United States. Fueled by record-breaking increases in migrants who seek asylum after being apprehended for crossing the border illegally, the court backlog has grown by more than 1 million over the last fiscal year.
A federal judge on Friday rejected a request to block an Indiana law establishing a so-called “buffer zone” around law enforcement during official duties, a measure that includes both the public and the press.
A Black Corydon woman’s amended civil rights complaint failed to present sufficient claims against several town defendants and Harrison County commissioners, a federal judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice.
A man’s convictions for different forcible sexual acts against a woman following a concert did not constitute double jeopardy, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Friday in affirming a lower court’s decision.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted a preliminary injunction Thursday that allows residents who live in the state under federal humanitarian protections access to Indiana driver’s licenses or identification cards.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday reappointing State Public Defender Amy E. Karozos. Karozos will serve a second four-year term beginning Jan. 13, 2024, with the term expiring on Jan. 13, 2028.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Thomas Stone v. State of Indiana
23A-CR-625
Criminal. Affirms Thomas Stone’s convictions of three counts of Level 3 felony rape. Finds that for two of Stone’s rape convictions, as neither is included in the other, they do not constitute violations of double jeopardy principles.
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced a Republican leadership priority bill offering public retirees a bump in benefits.
The Federal Aviation Administration will begin auditing Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled manufacturer after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week, the last in a string of mishaps for its marquee aircraft.
The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that’s taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule.
A federal inmate already serving a life sentence has been sentenced to a second life term after pleading guilty to fatally strangling a fellow inmate and stabbing a second inmate at a federal prison in Indiana.