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Democrats are having second thoughts about the measure now that President-elect Donald Trump has won a second term. The proposal would add a federal judgeship in the Southern District of Indiana, which includes Indianapolis and is considered one of the most overburdened areas in the nation.
Judges, friends, and family from across the state gathered in Indianapolis on Monday to celebrate the newest Indiana Court of Appeals judge, Mary DeBoer, at her robing ceremony inside the Indiana Statehouse.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Denise Paul Hatch, Constable of the Center Township of Marion County Small Claims Court v. The Honorable Brenda A. Roper, Judge of the Center Township of Marion County Small Claims Court
24A-PL-1375
Civil plenary. Dismisses s Constable of Marion County’s Center Township Small Claims Court Denise Hatch’s appeal of Marion Superior Court Judge Kurt Eisgruber’s judgment in favor of Judge Brenda Roper regarding Roper’s appointment of special constables to carry out Hatch’s duties. Finds that Hatch has since been removed from her public office by operation of law and her appellate claims are therefore moot. Also finds that though there exists a public interest exception to the mootness doctrine, it is inapplicable here because circumstances of Hatch’s case are unusual enough that they are not likely to recur. Attorney for appellant: Andrea Ciobanu. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Evan Comer.
The civil rights complaint was filed Monday in federal court against Indiana’s Department of Correction after the agency rejected Joseph Corcoran’s request to be accompanied by a spiritual adviser.
Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, had pleaded guilty to a yearslong scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes.
Jeff Tanenbaum, president of ThreeSixty Asset Advisors, was grilled by lawyers for Jones and the company in a Houston courtroom over how The Onion’s bid came to be valued at $7 million and why a live auction was not held.
Apprehended and jailed Monday in Pennsylvania, Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, faced a charge of murder in Manhattan by late evening.
A Muncie man faces up to 85 years in prison after he was convicted Friday in the 2023 murder of his ex-wife.
The comprehensive 12-hour program is designed to comply with the training requirements of the guardian ad litem guidelines recently adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Theatre X was operated by Midwest Entertainment Ventures in Clarksville on property owned by AMW Investments. The companies were penalized for violating court-imposed discovery rules during litigation with the town.
Indiana Tax Court
Madison County Assessor v. Kohl’s Indiana, LP
24T-TA-9
Tax. Finds the Indiana Board of Tax Review did not adequately explain its findings and conclusions to allow the tax court to properly review its decision. Also finds the board determined that the Madison County Assessor’s appraisal of Kohl’s Anderson property is sufficient to meet the burden of proof and establish the true tax value of the subject property, but did not provide the facts or rationale for its conclusion. Remands the case to the board for further explanation of its findings of fact and ultimate conclusion. Attorneys for petitioner: Marilyn Meighen, Brian Cusimano, Zachary Price. Attorneys for respondent: Abraham Benson, Brent Auberry, David Suess, Brigham Michaud.
The Boston School Committee had temporarily dropped the entrance exam for Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the O’Bryant School of Math and Science because it was not safe to hold exams in-person during the pandemic. Instead, the committee used student performance and ZIP codes to weigh admission.
TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to a law that requires the social media platform to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January.
Dismissal of the lawsuit would appear to bring to a close more than six years of legal entanglements that former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has faced since a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers accused him of inappropriately touching them at a party in March 2018.
Jurors began deliberating Friday morning and took less than three hours to come up with a verdict following five days of testimony.
A quality controller serving two automotive parts suppliers is knee-deep in a legal battle with the suppliers’ own sister subsidiary, a parts manufacturer.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jaylin J. Smith v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-204
Crimnal. Affirms Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Steven Meyer’s denial of Jaylin Smith’s motion to exclude evidence or, alternatively, to continue his trial. Finds the record indicates the state timely and adequately provided Smith with the evidence it intended to introduce at trial. Also finds that despite the less severe remedy of a continuance being advocated for by Smith’s final trial counsel, the trial court was within its discretion to deny it. Attorney for appellant: Timothy Broden. Attorneys for appellees: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Supervising Deputy Attorney General Justin Roebel.
Media cameras will be allowed in the courtroom if a civil lawsuit accusing former Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping goes to trial as scheduled on Monday.
The ruling came Friday in a closely watched case that followed last year’s Supreme Court decision rejecting the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
In a split decision, Indiana’s Supreme Court justices issued an order Thursday evening denying requests by death row inmate Joseph Corcoran’s lawyers to delay his impending execution date and allow for his case to be reviewed or his sentence overturned.