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Here at the newspaper, we’re big fans of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. But we understand the
need for and exuberance some individuals feel for the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
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.
As federal practitioners well know by now, sweeping changes to the federal rules took effect Dec. 1, with most of those changes
incorporating the “days are days” time computation amendments.
The Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure is seeking comment through June 20 on several proposed
rule changes.
All that is known about funding for Indiana’s 14 pro bono districts is that no one yet knows exactly how much the districts will receive in October for their 2011 budgets.
When he was named to the Madison Circuit bench late last year, Judge Rudolph “Rudy” Pyle III made history in that he became not only the county’s first African-American jurist but also the first Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunities graduate to be elevated to the state’s judiciary at that level.
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.
A liability lawsuit filed by the victims of a water-heater explosion a year after the May 2004 blast has erupted in its own
metaphorical explosion of discovery disputes.
The president of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague was recently honored in Indiana.
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.