High court won’t extend Wisconsin’s absentee ballot deadline
| Associated Press and IL Staff
The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day.
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Wabash man shot by police after stabbing son, 10, has died
A northern Indiana man who was shot by police after he allegedly stabbed his 10-year-old son, mortally wounding the boy, has died at a hospital more than two weeks after that attack, authorities said Monday.
Lilly antibody drug fails in COVID-19 study for hospitalized patients
U.S. government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly and Co. antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19 because it doesn’t seem to be helping them. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker, however, is continuing to back the treatment.
Barrett confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court
| IL Staff and Associated Press
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge and University of Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
Opinions Oct. 26, 2020
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was posted after IL deadline Friday.
Common Cause Indiana v. Connie Lawson, et al.
20-2877
Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Richard Young.
Civil. Reverses preliminary injunction blocking Indiana from enforcing the 2019 amendments to Indiana Code sections 3-11.7-2, 3-11.7-3 and 3-11.7-4. Finds the amendments that prevent individual voters from petitioning state courts to extending polling hours on Election Day do not unconstitutionally burden Hoosiers’ fundamental right to vote. Rules because Indiana voters still can seek remedy in the courts under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the amendments do not violate the Supremacy Clause. Holds even if voters have a liberty interest in statutorily established poll hours, the amendments do not deprive them of that interest. Finally, concludes that Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1, 4 (2006) applies to the case at hand.
COA splits in ‘restraint on marriage’ trust dispute
A split appellate panel reversed in a trust dispute between siblings on Monday, concluding that the language in their mother’s trust regarding her son was ultimately a restraint on marriage and therefore void.
Indiana Lawyer 2021 Corporate Counsel Guide seeks submissions
| IL Staff
Corporate counsel, general counsel and attorneys representing entities of all kinds have less than a week to submit their information for the 2021 Corporate Counsel Guide, Indiana Lawyer’s exclusive annual directory of attorneys representing corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations.
Man convicted of rape not denied an impartial jury, COA rules
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a Hancock County man’s conviction for felony rape, finding he was not denied an impartial jury, among other things.
3 magistrates named as finalists for Lake Superior Court vacancy
| IL Staff
The Lake County Judicial Nominating Commission has named three magistrate judges as finalists to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Lake County Superior Court bench.
7th Circuit upholds Indiana’s process for extending polling hours
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the amended Indiana election law that prohibits individual voters from asking state courts to extend voting hours on Election Day.
Democrats ask Pence to skip Barrett vote over COVID-19 risk
A deeply torn Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, but Democratic leaders are asking Vice President Mike Pence to stay away from presiding over Monday’s session due to potential health risks after his aides tested positive for COVID-19.
USDA approves Indiana’s plan for commercial hemp growing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Indiana’s plan to allow farmers to commercially grow and process hemp. The plan will take the Office of the Indiana State Chemist’s pilot hemp program and transition it to one allowing for commercial hemp production.
Indiana provides first look at COVID-19 vaccination plans
State health officials have released a first look at Indiana’s plan for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine, whenever one becomes available.
Police: Lawrenceburg man was naked with knife when officer shot
A southeastern Indiana man was naked and holding a knife when he confronted a police officer who fatally shot him in the hallway of an apartment building where a woman was found killed, police said.
Legal assistant whose hours were reduced rightly entitled to unemployment, COA holds
A legal assistant who was told after more than five years of employment that she may need to seek another job because her hours would be cut by half was rightly awarded unemployment benefits, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Indiana reports 2,519 more COVID-19 cases, another rise in hospitalizations
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 2,519 new COVID-19 cases, the third-highest number reported so far in the daily report. The seven-day average of daily cases reached the highest point since the pandemic began.
Opinions Oct. 23, 2020
Indiana Court of Appeals
Shalee C. Dowell v. State of Indiana
19A-CR-2623
Criminal. Reverses Shalee Dowell’s conviction of Level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance and remands to the Perry Circuit Court to vacate the conviction and sentence, reducing her aggregate meth-dealing-related sentence from 23 to 21½ years in prison. The evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because the state lacked proof that the vehicle Dowell used in the underlying crime was used in more than one drug transaction.
Valparaiso man convicted in 2 teens’ armed robbery killings
A northwest Indiana man has been convicted in the killings of two teenagers who were shot to death last year during a drug-related armed robbery.
Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle
Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.
Maintaining common nuisance conviction reversed
A lack of evidence proving the elements of maintaining a common nuisance means a woman’s conviction on that charge must be vacated and her drug-dealing sentence reduced by 18 months, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.