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A small paperweight sits on attorney Terry White’s desk in Evansville, reminding him of an organization and motto that’s been a central part of his life since childhood.
No matter the issue he faces in the legal world or in his personal life, he knows that he can always find guidance in the phrase close to his heart.
Envision a world in which lawyers successfully defended a client on what all parties thought was a significant legal issue,
but future attorneys couldn’t use that case result to help persuade judges in their litigation.
Sometimes a seemingly small gesture can turn into something bigger. Or at least that’s the thinking with various so-called pipeline programs aimed at high school and college students with a goal of increasing diversity in the legal field.
Indiana
Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Term. of Parent-Child
Rel. of C.D., et al.; C.D. & A.D. v. IDCS (NFP)
52A02-0912-JV-1182
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
Tony Van Tassel v. Theresa
Reeves (NFP)
29A05-0910-CV-609 ?
Civil. Affirms order for protection under the Civil Protection Order Act in favor of Reeves following a hearing.
McConney J. George v.
State of Indiana (NFP)
79A02-0905-CR-465
Criminal. Reverses conviction of Class B felony robbery resulting in bodily injury. Affirms separate conviction of Class
B felony robbery resulting in bodily injury. Remands with instructions.
Gary Pennington, et al.
v. CSX Transportation, et al. (NFP)
83A05-0910-CV-584
Civil. Affirms grant of summary judgment for White Construction and CSX Transportation in the estate's action for negligence
against the companies.
Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
The Indiana Supreme Court transfer list for the week of May 21 is available at http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/transfer/index.html.
From IL
staff. Edited by Rebecca Collier.
Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects,
including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to joint the effort that’s been in place since 1999.
In order to increase efficiency and reduce administrative redundancies at the appellate clerk’s office, attorneys and law
firms will no longer receive weekly e-mails about cases the Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider.
The status as a sexually violent predator for two inmates stands for now, but the Indiana Court of Appeals directed the men
to refile their motions to remove that status pursuant to the recently amended statute dealing with this issue.
Brian Kendrick was convicted and sentenced for the 2008 shooting of Indianapolis bank teller Katherin Shuffield, who was nearly
six months pregnant with twins at the time.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee had a chance to ask questions of Indiana's three judicial nominees Feb. 11, and it's
now poised to decide whether the full Senate should have a chance to consider them for the federal bench.
The Indiana State Bar Association has learned it will receive the LexisNexis 2010 Community and Educational Outreach Award
for the “Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Statewide Dialogue,” which took place
in August 2009.
Highlighting the highly controversial health care debate that’s played out during the past year, the 7th Circuit Court
of Appeals today ruled on a pretty straightforward case about a pre-existing condition clause that denied a man’s claim
for long-term disability benefits.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Chicago didn’t take the issue of Second Amendment rights lightly when they heard
oral arguments en banc Thursday for United States of America v. Steven M. Skoien, No.
08-3770.
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has promoted one of its longtime lawyers to a second-in-command spot that means
guiding 144 state government attorneys and working more closely with local prosecutors, police officers, and those in the
county criminal justice systems.
The Indiana Supreme Court has addressed the scope of privilege for plea negotiations for the first time in 20 years, upholding the conviction and sentence of a man who drove his pickup truck into an Evansville school bus while intoxicated and injured more than a dozen children.
Participants can network with other attorneys and earn up to 17 hours of CLE credit by choosing from almost 40 sessions at the Indiana State Bar Association’s ninth Solo and Small Firm Conference in Merrillville.
A federal appeals judge from Indianapolis penned a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision today that touches on free speech,
judicial safety, and contempt proceedings that stem from a case against a well-known radio personality and infomercial salesman
who promotes natural cures and alternative medicine.
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission brings charges against attorneys who have violated the state’s rules for admission to the bar and Rules of Professional Conduct. The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications brings charges against judges, judicial officers, or judicial candidates for misconduct. Details of attorneys’ and judges’ actions for which they are being disciplined […]
In upholding multiple child-molesting convictions and a 125-year sentence, the Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a woman’s
argument about why her penalty should be reduced based in part on the very young ages of the victims.
An appellate decision today in a drunk-driving traffic stop case out of Fort Wayne illustrates how a lack of knowledge about
a particular road’s layout can derail the prosecution of someone who may have been intoxicated behind the wheel.
The Indiana Supreme Court says that a person or business that buys and later sells a wrecked vehicle must apply for a salvage
title as required by state law, even if that vehicle’s been sold by the time that certificate is received.