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A self-employed traveling actor from New York shouldn’t have received pandemic unemployment assistance in Indiana via the CARES Act, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed, but not because of where her last employer was located.
A total of 19 Hoosier lawyers have applied for an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court, including two sitting appellate judges, nearly a dozen trial court judges and the Supreme Court’s chief administrative officer.
The ongoing pandemic has created another delay in the long-pending fraud trial of two former Celadon Group Inc. executives.
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston has left his nonlegislative job at the College Board, the organization that administers the SAT exam.
A suspect who’s in custody allegedly ambushed and shot a veteran Gary police officer Monday as the officer was investigating a vehicle that was driving recklessly, police said Tuesday.
Opponents are continuing to ramp up pressure against an Indiana bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity, arguing that the proposal is unconstitutional, sexist and bigoted.
The Indianapolis Legal Aid Society did not get its wished-for amount from its 2021 holiday campaign, but the nonprofit still reaped a record $250,000-plus, which can be used to help with whatever problem walks in the door.
The Indiana Supreme Court has altered an October opinion reinstating a murder conviction against a defendant convicted as a teen of killing a toddler, granting rehearing to delete its prejudice analysis. The core holding of the opinion, however, remains unchanged.
Bankruptcy filings fell again in 2021, dropping 24% nationwide, according to newly released data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Matthew A. Shrock, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
21A-CR-932
Criminal. Affirms the findings that Matthew Shrock was guilty but mentally ill on two counts of Level 5 felony battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety official. Finds the evidence does not lead only to the conclusion that Shrock was insane at the time of the offense.
The Indiana University Board of Trustees violated the Indiana Open Door Law last spring when it approved a contract for more than $500,000 for former university President Michael McRobbie, outside of a public meeting, for consulting services after his retirement, according to the Indiana public access counselor.
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and 20 other fair housing organizations across the country announced Monday that they have reached a $53 million agreement with Fannie Mae to settle a discrimination suit.
St. Vincent Medical Group wants to know more about why and when the federal government began investigating a Carmel doctor it fired in 2020, and has asked a federal judge to order the Department of Justice help it get to the bottom of the matter.
A Gary police officer was shot and wounded Monday while responding to reports of gunshots fired in the northwest Indiana city, police said.
A northwest Indiana man has been sentenced to community corrections and probation for breaking into a Hammond church with another man in 2019 and proceeding to ransack the sanctuary and its contents.
A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the “suspicious” death of a woman at an Indianapolis nursing center where they both were residents, police said.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Emily Styron, Mayor of the Town of Zionsville, Indiana v. Brad Burk, Alex Choi, Joseph Culp, Josh Garrett, Craig Melton, Jason Plunkett, and Bryan Traylor, Town Council of Zionsville, Indiana, and James C. VanGorder
21A-PL-1521
Civil plenary. Affirms the Boone Superior Court’s entry of summary judgment for the Town Council of Zionsville and its denial of Mayor Emily Styron’s motion for summary judgment. Finds that the power proposed to be exercised by the mayor — namely, to redefine the duties of the fire department chief, revise his job description and demote him — would, in its operation and effect, discharge the chief without the council’s approval as required under the express terms of the town’s 2014 reorganization resolution.
The feud between political commentator Abdul-Hakim Shabazz and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita that began when Shabazz was barred from a press conference in October 2021 has spilled over into federal court.
The mayor of Zionsville cannot unilaterally demote the town’s fire chief without approval from the town council, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
Barnes & Thornburg partner Anthony “Tony” Prather has been selected to serve as the newest chief legal officer of Indiana University.