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What began as a conversation 18 months ago culminated in May with the merger of the guardian ad litem and court appointed special advocates programs in Allen County, bringing together attorneys and volunteers to serve the abused and neglected children who are involved with the court system.
While no one has been immune from the changes to our usual habits due to COVID, it struck me that younger attorneys, in particular first-year associates, did not really have the ability to learn and experience much of the practice of law that they were likely expecting.
The Indiana Supreme Court has denied Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s emergency petition to halt a trial court from continuing proceedings in the governor’s lawsuit against the Legislature.
Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Nancy Vaidik has resumed her caseload and is expected to attend upcoming court events after being injured while bicycling near her home in Porter County earlier this summer.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Montel Ray Brooks v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
21A-CR-83
Criminal. Affirms Montel Brooks’ conviction of murder and an enhancement for the use of a firearm in the offense. Finds the Lake Superior Court did not clearly abuse its discretion in admitting challenged testimony, and any error in the admission of the testimony was harmless. Also finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Brooks’ motions for a mistrial, and any such error would be harmless.
An apartment complex for older adults in Hartford City has reached a settlement with a former resident and the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana over allegations the facility violated the federal Fair Housing Act by discriminating against individuals with disabilities.
A judicial vacancy in Northern Indiana has prompted the St. Joseph County Judicial Nominating Commission to start the process of selecting a new superior court judge, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Friday.
An Indiana statute requiring medical providers to report to the state complications “arising from” abortions is not unconstitutionally vague on its face, a split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a Monday reversal. A dissenting judge, however, would uphold the injunction against the “incomprehensible” law.
A Carmel City Council investigation into a complaint of harassment against former city attorney Doug Haney will not include a subpoena that would make details of the city’s settlement with the accuser public.
A Black man who said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to “get a noose” at a southern Indiana lake is facing criminal charges more than a year after the confrontation that earlier led to charges against two of the alleged attackers.
A teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting a Lyft driver in the head and stealing his SUV in Indianapolis last month.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a lawsuit by a Maine church that sought to take a preemptive strike against future restrictions associated with a variant of the virus that’s spreading across the country.
Just two months after lifting the requirement, the Southern Indiana District Court is imposing restrictions mandating all individuals must again wear masks and social distance in public spaces in the district’s courthouses, regardless of their vaccination status, Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt announced in a Monday order.
An Indianapolis hotel that shut down temporarily – and at one point completely – last year due to plummeting occupancy rates during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has struck out in a fight with its insurance company over a breached contract after a Southern Indiana District Court judge ruled for the insurer.
The following Indiana Tax Court opinion was posted after IL deadline on Friday.
Eric S. Morris v. Hamilton County Assessor
20T-TA-00019
Tax. Affirms the Indiana Board of Tax Review’s final determination that dismissed Eric Morris’ case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Finds Morris has not demonstrated to the Indiana Tax Court that the Indiana Board’s dismissal of his administrative appeals is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of its discretion, or contrary to law. Finds Morris has not demonstrated that the tax court has subject matter jurisdiction over his appeals.
A group of Hoosier workers and the state of Indiana are arguing over who will be hurt worse in the continued dispute over the flow of federal enhanced unemployment benefits that is now before the Indiana Court of Appeals.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request to enjoin Indiana University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, letting the Bloomington-based school system proceed with its requirement that students, faculty and staff be inoculated against the virus before returning to campus this month.
A Clay Township property owner who attempted and failed to have his day in court with a Hamilton County Superior Court and then with the Indiana Tax Court could not convince either that they had subject matter jurisdiction in his case seeking relief from increased taxes.
As the number new COVID-19 cases surge in Indiana, state health officials say they have no plans to impose new restrictions on Hoosiers, such as wearing masks or mandating vaccines.
A federal judge has sentenced a Westfield businessman to five years in prison in connection with a Ponzi-style scheme in which he induced 100 individuals to sink more than $11 million into his companies.