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The three Court of Appeals of Indiana judges sitting for retention in next month’s general election have received a vote of confidence from members of the Indiana State Bar Association.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed.
Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent.
A defeated Donald Trump orchestrated a multipart plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election in a “staggering betrayal of his oath” resulting in the 2021 attack at the Capitol, the Jan. 6 committee declared Thursday.
Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that veered from Cheerios and “Mona Lisa” analogies to Justice Clarence Thomas’ enthusiasm for the “Purple Rain” showman.
The fight over the lawfulness of Indiana’s new near-total abortion ban is heading to the state’s highest court, which won’t hear arguments regarding the law until the new year.
An Anderson Community Schools bookkeeper has been charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud and falsifying income tax returns based on allegations that she issued more than 300 checks to herself totaling almost $1 million over a five-year period.
An Indianapolis heroin dealer who had already convinced the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals once to reduce his prison time has failed to persuade the judges to shave more time off his sentence.
Foster parents whose efforts to adopt two foster children fell through can proceed with their negligence and defamation claims against the Indiana Department of Child Services, but not against a DCS caseworker, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
Two trial court judges and an attorney in private practice are the finalists to fill now-Justice Derek Molter’s seat on the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Megan Perry and Jonathon Perry v. Indiana Department of Child Services and Linzy Derucki
22A-CT-605
Civil tort. Affirms and reserves in part the dismissal of Megan and Jonathon Perry’s amended complaint against the Indiana Department of Child Services and Linzy Derucki for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Finds the Perrys’ federal civil rights violation and state-law defamation claims against Derucki were properly dismissed. Also finds the Perrys’ state-law negligence and defamation claims against DCS were improperly dismissed. Remands for further proceedings.
The Biden administration on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears and Republican challenger Cyndi Carrasco Sharp sparred over his decision not to prosecute low-level marijuana possession and policies related to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban.
Indiana voters can begin casting early, in-person ballots Wednesday for the Nov. 8 election in which Democrats are looking for a backlash against the Republican-backed state abortion ban approved over the summer.
A southern Indiana police officer fatally shot a machete-wielding man who charged at him inside a Walmart, authorities say.
Whether it’s showing up to a Zoom hearing with the cat filter on or emailing opposing counsel instead of client while working on a matter, there are times we need to slow down, take a second and think before a worst-case scenario comes to fruition.
The Indiana Supreme Court is making interim changes related to remote proceedings and considering others.
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) is hosting its fifth annual Day of Giving on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
Pursuant to the Rules Enabling Act, amendments to federal rules that have been approved by the Supreme Court by May 1 of each year take effect Dec. 1. This year the number and scope of amendments that will take effect Dec. 1 is modest.
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