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Analysis: Short work by high court of Trump’s ‘big one’
For all Trump’s predictions that the U.S. Supreme Court and his three appointed justices would make things right, he and his supporters were lacking one basic element: a strong legal argument that might plausibly attract some sympathy on a court now dominated by conservative justices.
Trump loses Wisconsin case backed by Indiana lawyers; justice blasts state suit
| Associated Press and IL Staff
President Donald Trump lost a federal lawsuit argued by Indianapolis attorneys while his attorney was arguing his case before a skeptical Wisconsin Supreme Court in another lawsuit that liberal justices said “smacks of racism” and would disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters only in the state’s most diverse counties.
Pence sets Indiana trip to discuss coronavirus vaccine
Vice President Mike Pence has scheduled an Indiana trip to discuss coronavirus vaccines as federal officials are expected to soon authorize the first such vaccine for widespread use.
Opinions Dec. 11, 2020
Indiana Court of Appeals
Evan D. Wilford v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
20A-CR-1305
Criminal. Affirms the Vigo Superior Court’s order that Evan Wilford serve the balance of his previously suspended sentence following the court’s revocation of his probation. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in making its order.
AG Hill sues Nevada company for fraudulent sale of 3M masks
A Nevada company already facing a federal lawsuit in Indiana for efforts to defraud the state into buying respiratory masks the company didn’t have access to is now facing a state-court complaint brought by the Indiana attorney general.
Coroners ID man shot after shooting Lake County officer serving papers
Coroners have identified a man who shot a Lake County police officer serving legal papers and then was shot by the officer Thursday.
Holcomb names Brown head of State Personnel Department
| Associated Press and IL Staff
Gov. Eric Holcomb has selected Matthew Brown to serve as the director of the Indiana State Personnel Department, he announced Thursday. Brown currently serves as the director of the state Office of Administrative Law Proceedings.
Justices deny archdiocese’s bid to dismiss fired Cathedral teacher’s case
A four-member Indiana Supreme Court denied a petition Thursday filed by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to stop the lawsuit brought by a social studies teacher who was fired from Cathedral High School for being in a same-sex marriage.
Justices recertify nearly 40 senior judges
| IL Staff
The Indiana Supreme Court has recertified nearly 40 judicial officers as senior judges, according to a Thursday order.
After 7th Circuit, SCOTUS rulings, US carries out rare presidential transition execution
The Trump administration Thursday carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years. A Texas street-gang member was put to death at at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute for the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago.
Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. The ruling was one of several unanimous decisions the high court issued Thursday.
AG Hill, 3 Indiana congressmen sign onto Texas suit seeking to void election
| Associated Press and IL Staff
The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general — including Indiana’s — signed onto the case even as some who joined predicted it will fail.
Federal judge casts doubt on Indiana lawyers’ Trump Wisconsin lawsuit
| Associated Press and IL Staff
A federal judge Thursday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s lawsuit filed by Indiana Lawyers that seeks to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, saying siding with Trump would be “the most remarkable ruling in the history of this court or the federal judiciary.”
Opinions Dec. 10, 2020
The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was posted after IL deadline on Wednesday:
Clinton Loehrlein v. State of Indiana
20S-CR-376
Criminal. Affirms Clinton Loehrlein’s murder and attempted murder convictions and the the Vanderburgh Circuit Court’s finding that he was not insane at the time he murdered his wife and attempted to kill his daughters. Finds that the attorney juror in his trial did commit gross misconduct by falsely answering a juror questionnaire, but that given the facts and circumstances of the case, including the strong evidence of Loehrlein’s sanity, it is not likely he was harmed.
Kirsch nomination to succeed Barrett on 7th Circuit moves to full Senate
The nomination of Hoosier Thomas Kirsch II to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was approved Thursday by the Judiciary Committee and will be sent to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote.
COA reversal awards Carmel pizzeria owner $197K, potential treble damages
A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment against a Hamilton County pizzeria company’s owner after finding the trial court erred in concluding that he failed to establish money damages for his partners’ acts of forgery and counterfeiting related to the business, among other things, awarding more than $197,000 in damages and over $21,000 in legal fees.
COA: Intelligence text exclusion not abuse of discretion in residential entry case
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a Lawrence County man’s residential entry conviction, finding the exclusion of his psychological assessment from evidence was not an abuse of discretion.
Inmate scheduled for Thursday execution asks 7th Circuit for a stay
With mere hours left before his scheduled execution, Brandon Bernard is awaiting a decision from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that could delay his death by lethal injection.
Justices grant transfer in one case, decline 21 others
| IL Staff
Indiana Supreme Court justices declined to hear 21 cases of out 22 petitions for transfer last week, agreeing to hear just one case concerning a man’s lookalike drug-related conviction in a search and seizure dispute.