Nominations open for 2022 ISBA Rabb Emison Awards
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The Indiana State Bar Association Diversity Committee is accepting nominations for the 2022 Rabb Emison Awards.
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Indy attorney’s noncompliance suspension converted to indefinite suspension
| IL Staff
An Indianapolis attorney has had his suspension for noncompliance with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission converted to an indefinite suspension for failure to respond.
High court opens door wider to malicious prosecution claims
In a victory for people falsely accused by police of crimes, the U.S. Supreme Court removed a barrier Monday to lawsuits against law enforcement for malicious prosecution.
Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmation
Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden’s nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she’ll become the first Black female justice.
Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections
A federal judge has blocked the military from disciplining a dozen U.S. Air Force officers who are asking for religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.
Crown Point attorney publicly reprimanded for accusing opposing counsel of sexual relationship with police
| IL Staff
A Crown Point attorney has been publicly reprimanded for accusing an opposing counsel of having a sexual relationship with the police sergeant who handled an opposing client’s case.
Husband with 2 wives avoids annulment at COA
A Goshen wife who discovered during divorce proceedings that her husband had actually been married to another woman during their marriage had her decree of annulment overturned after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found the man was not properly notified through a service by summons.
COA affirms default judgment for mortgagor, finding appeal untimely
A request to reconsider a default judgment on a voided mortgage was denied after the Court of Appeals of Indiana concluded the appeal was untimely.
Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s jury selection begins
Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial began Monday with preliminary screening for the panel that will determine whether Nikolas Cruz will be put to death for murdering 17 students and staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school.
Greensburg man gets 650-year sentence for 1980s rapes
A man linked to a series of sexual assaults in central Indiana more than 30 years ago by his DNA on an envelope for a utility bill payment was sentenced Friday to 650 years in prison.
February bar exam applicants post passage rates not seen in years
| IL Staff
Indiana’s February 2022 bar exam results brought a marked change with an overall passage rate that surpassed 50%, reaching a level not seen in six years.
Opinions April 4, 2022
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Barclays Investment Funding LLC & T. Tad Bohlsen v. Jamalee Investments, LLC
21A-PL-2015
Civil plenary. Dismisses Barclays Investment Funding LLC’s appeal of the denial of its motion to reconsider the Madison Circuit Court’s order striking Barclays’ motion to set aside a default judgment on a mortgage complaint. Finds Barclays’ motion to reconsider was instead a motion to correct error, and such motion was untimely.
States look for solutions as fentanyl deaths keep rising
As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the United States for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wrought by fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
Battle heats up over remaining federal rental assistance
States in recent months returned tens of millions of dollars in unused rental assistance because they have so few renters.
Senate panel deadlocks on Jackson; confirmation on track
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 11-11, Monday on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. But President Joe Biden’s nominee is still on track to be confirmed this week as the first Black woman on the high court.
Indiana to double post-election audits in general elections
Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan on Friday announced the state will double its number of post-election audits following each general election.
Elkhart man cleared of murder conviction suing city, county officials for constitutional violations
An Elkhart man whose murder conviction was overturned two years ago after he spent nearly 17 years in prison is now suing Elkhart County law enforcement officials who he claims conspired to exploit his mental disability and coerce a false confession.
Opinions April 1, 2022
Court of Appeals of Indiana
In the Matter of the Marriage of: Andrew J. Hoesli v. Jamie L. Hoesli (mem. dec.)
21A-DC-2001
Domestic relations with children. Reverses the Perry Circuit Court’s division of property in the dissolution of the marriage of Andrew Hoesli and Jamie Hoesli. Finds the trial court erred by issuing a retroactive possession of property and excluding the Huber Funeral Home distributions from the marital estate. Remands for the trial court to include the distributions in the marital estate and either divide the marital property pursuant to the rebuttable presumption of an equal division or set forth its rationale for an unequal division of the marital estate.
7th Circuit questions its role in lawsuit against DCS
A lawsuit pushing for better treatment of children in Indiana’s foster care system met a skeptical 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on March 30, when during oral arguments the panel of judges grilled the plaintiffs’ attorney about what the federal court could actually do to help.
Lake County Bar president offers polar plunge, gets pie to face to help the hungry
What began with a desire to help and an offhanded comment about jumping into Lake Michigan has ended with the Lake County Bar Association raising a record $15,000 for the Northwest Indiana Food Bank.