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Indiana Supreme Court justices have agreed to consider a case involving a student who filed a class action lawsuit against Ball State University for COVID-related closures.
Monroe County’s variance procedure operated as a prior restraint of speech, but it didn’t amount to a First Amendment violation, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a district court’s finding and vacating a permanent injunction.
A man accused of threatening an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana has been arrested.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kristie A. Alley v. Penguin Random House
21-3158
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Richard Young.
Civil. Affirms the grant of summary judgment to Penguin Random House on Kristie Alley’s retaliation claim, and the earlier dismissal of her breach of contract claim. Finds a reasonable juror could not find that Alley’s demotion was due to her engagement in a protected activity. Also finds Penguin’s employee Code of Conduct did not convert Alley’s at will employment into a contractual relationship. Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi dissents with separate opinion.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruling that rejected an employee’s claims of retaliation and breach of contract against a prominent book publisher.
Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves.
A prosecutor filed a murder charge Thursday and requested a sentence of life without parole against a man accused driving his car over an Indiana state trooper in northeastern Indiana.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced late Wednesday that results from third-party testing on the hazardous waste coming from East Palestine, Ohio, show no harmful levels of dioxins.
A Senate judiciary committee on Wednesday approved a bill doubling pay for jury duty and another allowing courts to make fathers pay for a wider range of pregnancy and childbirth expenses, but committee members said they were actively working on changes.
Duke Energy will be able to proceed with a nearly $2 billion economic development plan after the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled a regulatory commission’s approval met the requirements of state law.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, Duke Industrial Group, and Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc. v. Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, and Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
22A-EX-1685
Agency action. Affirms the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s grant of Duke Energy Indiana LLC’s petition for approval of a six-year plan for transmission, distribution and storage system improvements pursuant to Indiana Code § 8-1-39-10(a). Finds the IURC neither misapplied the challenged section of the TDSIC statute nor failed to make necessary factual findings.
A northwest Indiana attorney who last year pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography will be suspended from the practice of law for at least two years without automatic reinstatement. Two justices, however, voted in favor of disbarment.
Indiana’s appellate judges came together with special guests on Wednesday to celebrate International Women’s Day at the Indiana Statehouse.
An attempt by county commissioners to regulate e-cigarette and nicotine use in the local jail went too far, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
After receiving unanimous support from the Indiana Senate, a bill to tighten restrictions on defense depositions of alleged child sex abuse victims received unanimous support from a House committee on Wednesday.
Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for Donald Trump ‘s reelection campaign and a prominent conservative media figure, has been censured by Colorado legal officials after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 presidential election.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Magistrate Judge Matthew Brookman’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on Thursday, a move that puts Brookman on track for a full Senate confirmation vote.
Two brothers have been arrested in a decade-old slaying in north central Indiana.
Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals after backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses.
