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A man suspected of domestic violence fatally shot a police officer at a southern Indiana hospital early Monday before he was killed by other officers, authorities said.
A defendant’s testimony about a prior unrelated felony was irrelevant to his habitual offender trial, a sharply divided Indiana Supreme Court has ruled, upholding the exclusion of that testimony.
Rene Martinez v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
22-1820
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. Judge Robert Miller.
Civil. Vacates the district court’s denial of Rene Martinez’s application for supplemental security income. Finds the administrative law judge’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence. Remands for further consideration.
An administrative law judge’s decision to deny a man’s disability application may have relied on medical records belonging to someone else, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in vacating a district court’s judgment and remanding the case.
A special needs toddler had been endangered by his parents’ methamphetamine use and a trial court correctly adjudicated the boy as a child in need of services, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Friday in affirming the court’s judgment.
Guilty pleas have the same preclusive effect as trial verdicts, a split Indiana Supreme Court ruled in affirming a trial court’s decision to enter summary judgment for mental health providers sued by a man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter.
The city of Hammond lacked standing to bring a case against Franciscan Alliance for planning to close a hospital, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in reversing a trial court’s preliminary injunction.
A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for millions of Americans.
In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.
The Indiana Supreme Court has vacated the preliminary injunction against the state’s controversial near-total abortion ban, reinstating the law. Lawmakers on both sides of the issue are reacting strongly.
Members of California’s Black reparations task force handed off their historic two-year report to state lawmakers Thursday, beginning the next chapter in the long struggle to compensate the descendants of slavery.
Tulsa lacks the jurisdiction to prosecute a Native American man cited by police for speeding because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, a federal appeals court ruled.
The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.
Jane Henegar, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, plans to retire from her position by Jan. 1 after more than a decade leading the organization.
Hamilton Circuit Judge Paul Felix has been named the newest judge of the Court of Appeals of Indiana. Gov. Eric Holcomb made the announcement Thursday in his Statehouse office.
A man whose trial and appellate attorneys both missed filing deadlines had his misdemeanor conviction vacated by the Court of Appeals of Indiana, which reversed a lower court’s decision to deny the man’s post-conviction relief petition.
A school corporation’s contract with a company for access to a wind turbine represented an unauthorized investment under Indiana law and was void and unenforceable, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in affirming a trial court’s granting of summary judgment.
With an eye toward appealing to children with an interest in the law, Kids’ Voice of Indiana held its third free summer law camp this week.
Tippecanoe County’s closed primary voting system is constitutional and does not violate a man’s right to vote, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday in affirming a trial court’s granting of summary judgment to the state.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Thomas J. Herr v. State of Indiana
22A-PL-142
Civil plenary. Affirms the Tippecanoe Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment to the state and the denial of summary judgment to Thomas Herr on his claim that the Tippecanoe County closed primary election system is unconstitutional. Finds Herr has failed to show that Tippecanoe County’s closed primary system for electing judges violates the First or 14th Amendments, so the trial court did not err in denying his motion for summary judgment and granting the state’s. Also finds the trial court did not err in determining Tippecanoe County’s closed primary election system does not violate Herr’s right to vote under the Indiana Constitution. Finally, finds the trial court did not err in determining the closed primary system does not violate Herr’s rights under the privileges and immunities clause of the Indiana Constitution.