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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz have ended their public battle that began at a press conference about robocalls with a one-page motion to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit and pay their own legal fees.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Munster Steel Co., Inc. v. CPV Partners, LLC and Centennial Village, LLC
21A-PL-1154
Civil plenary. Affirms summary judgment awarded to CPV Partners, LLC and Centennial Village, LLC against Munster Steel Co, Inc. after finding that the transfer of property that Munster Steel had sold to CPV and Centennial between the Developer and the Town of Munster had not been a sale, but an equitable mortgage. Finds Munster Steel has waived any argument that the Development Agreement was ambiguous and the evidence available shows that the Town Parties and the Developer intended the transfer to be an equitable mortgage.
A sale of property in Munster that was subsequently transferred from the buyer to the town for redevelopment purposes was not a sale triggering a payment provision for the original owner, but an equitable mortgage, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A woman convicted of felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death after she left her infant son in the care of his father, who she knew had previously expressed thoughts of harming the child, did not find relief from the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
The final oral arguments Indiana Supreme Court justices will hear this month concern whether a preliminary instruction was given in error to a jury regarding a man’s unlawful possession of a firearm.
A man suspected in an Evansville double-homicide died early Friday when his vehicle crashed about 100 miles (161 kilometers) away in southern Indiana during a police pursuit, state police said.
A man was arrested after shooting and wounding a tow driver and taking his truck near an Interstate 70 rest stop southwest of Indianapolis on Friday.
Reports that the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas implored Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff to act to overturn the 2020 election results have put a spotlight on how justices decide whether to step aside from a case.
A central Indiana man has been arrested after the body of his wife was found in a creek a few miles from their home, police said.
The Indiana State Board of Nursing is under fire from the U.S. Justice Department, which found that the board violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by prohibiting nurses who take medication to treat opioid use disorder from participating in a rehab program for nurses with substance abuse disorders.
Although the Indiana Supreme Court agreed a woman who was injured during physical therapy should be able to proceed with her complaint against her doctors, the justices split over the application of the Restatement (Second) of Torts Section 429, with one justice asserting the majority was applying a new standard that rendered Section 429 redundant.
Hamilton Superior Judge Gail Bardach, who was first elected to the court in 2007, will be stepping down from the bench July 1, creating a new vacancy in the Hamilton County judiciary.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a reversal in a case of first impression Thursday, finding that independent physician liability extends to nonhospital facilities that provide patients with health care.
A class certification under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was properly denied against a motel franchisee who sued a fitness equipment vendor, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Several Indiana Republicans have lined up against GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb after he vetoed a bill that would have barred transgender females from joining girls’ sports teams.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Cyrille J. Catellier v. Tim K. Catellier, Eli Catellier, Allie Grigsby, and Bobbie Baldwin (mem. dec.)
21A-CP-1243
Civil plenary. Affirms the denial of Cyrille J. Catellier’s motion to correct error, filed following the Hendricks Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for relief from judgment, which challenged the order enforcing a mutual release, covenant not to sue and settlement agreement between Cyrille, Tim Catellier and Bobbie Baldwin. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Cyrille’s motion for relief from judgment because he did not raise a meritorious claim or defense, and thus the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Cyrille’s motion to correct error. Judge Elaine Brown dissents with separate opinion.
Northwest Indiana authorities are investigating after a Gary man charged earlier this year in a 2018 triple homicide was found dead in his jail cell.
After more than 30 hours of hearings, the United States Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. But Democrats seem unlikely to confirm her with a robust bipartisan vote, dashing President Joe Biden’s hopes for a grand reset after partisan battles over other high court nominees.
Virginia Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election — furthering then-President Donald Trump’s claims that the vote was marred by fraud, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News.
The Supreme Court said Thursday that states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their pastors pray aloud and even touch them during their executions.