Supreme Court rejects several gun rights cases for next term
The US Supreme Court on Monday passed up several challenges to federal and state gun control laws, over the dissent of two conservative justices.
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Justices reject Trump bid to void California sanctuary law
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to throw out a California immigrant-sanctuary law that limits local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate
| Associated Press and IL Staff
The Supreme Court of the United States is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Monday that would have allowed the justices to revisit when police can be held financially responsible for wrongdoing.
Fishers attorney gets stayed suspension, JLAP monitoring, over misconduct in 2 cases
| IL Staff
A Fishers attorney has agreed to a stayed suspension in an attorney misconduct case, acknowledging he charged unreasonable fees and failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in two cases in which former clients filed grievances against him.
Attorney gets law license probation after second OWI
| IL Staff
An Indianapolis lawyer who pleaded guilty in early 2019 to his second drunken-driving conviction in less than five years received a stayed 30-day suspension subject to two years of probation in an Indiana Supreme Court attorney discipline order handed down Friday.
Man who protested brother’s shooting by police fatally shot
A southern Indiana man who helped organize recent protests in seeking answers to his brother’s police-action shooting death has been fatally shot, authorities said.
Indiana negotiates deal with worst utility permit violator
An Indiana utility that committed the most permit violations in the state in the last three years is negotiating a deal with state environmental regulators to keep one of its power plants open.
Lilly pledges $25M, 25,000 volunteer hours against injustice
Eli Lilly and Co. and the Lilly Foundation announced a pledge of $25 million and 25,000 employee volunteer service hours over five years Saturday to ease the burden of racial injustice and its effects on local and national communities of color.
Indiana Democrats prepare to choose attorney general nominee
| Associated Press and IL Staff
Indiana Democrats are announcing this week who will run for state attorney general in November. Longtime state Sen. Karen Tallian and former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel are vying for the nomination, a selection made by state party delegates rather than primary election voters.
Opinions June 12, 2020
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL deadline Thursday
USA v. Terrance Brasher
18-1997
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Criminal. Affirms Terrance Brasher’s sentence of life in prison for conviction of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Finds no merit to any of Brasher’s arguments against his conviction and sentence, including that there was a fatal variance between the conspiracy as charged and the proof at trial, among others.
Indiana Supreme Court remands Bayer birth control defect case to COA
The Indiana Court of Appeals will need to go back and consider the viability of each claim brought by more than 30 women who sued a medical company over one of its birth control products, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered on Friday.
7th Circuit upholds life sentence for man in Kentucky, Indiana drug conspiracy
A man sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in a large narcotics conspiracy stemming from Louisville, Kentucky did not persuade the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse his conviction and sentence.
State disputes federal claims that IOSHA wrongly dropped fines related to Amazon worker’s death
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is disputing a federal report that found the state agency should not have dismissed safety violations related to an Amazon employee’s death in 2017.
Minivan driver charged after striking Indianapolis protesters
| IL Staff
A woman who allegedly struck pedestrians with her minivan during a Monday protest on Monument Circle has been charged with felony criminal recklessness.
Auburn native takes seat on Allen County bench as magistrate judge
| IL Staff
Auburn native Taylor A. Beaty has been named a magistrate judge in the Allen Superior Court Civil Division, the courts announced Thursday. Beaty will take the bench on July 1, succeeding retiring Magistrate Judge Thomas Boyer.
Valpo fighting donor suit over law school contribution valued at $1.4M
After recently shuttering its 140-year-old law school, Valparaiso University is going on the offensive to keep a donor from reclaiming a gift worth more than a million dollars that was made to support the legal education program.
IndyBar slates ‘Tiger King’-inspired exotic pet ownership law webinar
| IL Staff
As people across the country hunkered down at home during the coronavirus pandemic, a Netflix documentary series featuring big cats and big personalities became a television sensation and now is the subject of a legal education webinar.
Court backs Trump administration on COVID-19 safety at work
The Trump administration does not have to issue an emergency rule requiring employers to protect workers from the coronavirus, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a case brought by leading labor unions.
Court hears arguments on whether to dismiss Flynn case
A federal appeals court heard arguments Friday on whether it should order the dismissal of the Justice Department’s prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, wading into a politically charged legal question and a power struggle between two branches of government.
Indiana lawmaker jailed on allegations he assaulted deputies
| Associated Press and IL Staff
A state legislator from Indianapolis was arrested on allegations that he assaulted two sheriff’s deputies while being checked into a hospital. It’s the Democratic representative’s second arrest in less than a year.