Coal ash expert to address Indiana environmental advocates
An expert on the nation's coal ash ponds will address Indiana environmental advocates during their annual gathering focusing on the state's upcoming legislative session.
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Indiana judge dismisses suit targeting new sex offender law
A new Indiana law that bans many sex offenders from venturing onto school property doesn't prevent most from worshipping at churches that house schools on their grounds, attorneys in a recently dismissed lawsuit say.
New business group will promote Indiana LGBT protections
Another business group has formed to lobby for extending Indiana's civil rights protections to members of the LGBT communities.
Judge denies ex-officer’s bid for review of convictions
A judge has denied a former Evansville police officer's bid for a federal review of his murder and arson convictions.
Supreme Court justice applications due in late January
Those interested in becoming the 109th Indiana Supreme Court justice tentatively have until Jan. 25 to apply. Applications for the vacancy to be created by Justice Brent Dickson’s retirement are now available online.
The problem with New York’s move against fantasy sports
While the legality of daily fantasy sports turns on the skill-versus-chance question, the cases made both by advocates and critics have a fundamental contradiction.
Murder exonoree to speak at IU McKinney
An Ohio man sentenced to death for the 1975 murder of a money-order salesman in Cleveland and later declared innocent in 2015 will speak at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Friday.
Former officer charged with murder sues over representation
A former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the death of an unarmed black motorist is suing a police association, saying the group failed to provide the legal representation he paid for under an insurance plan.
Hackers accessed global banking with phony pet stores, lies
Criminals hoodwinked banks, credit-card networks and a payment-security firm while moving hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. government. It won’t be easy to stop it from happening again.
Firm files class action over lower corn prices
An Indiana law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against one of the world’s largest seed and agrochemical companies in an effort to allow more time for individual farmers to sue the company after corn prices plummeted last year.
Prosecutors indict 36 in alleged insurance fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors have indicted 36 people in an insurance fraud scheme alleging that they staged car crashes and filed false insurance claims.
Evansville Bar Association to honor veterans
The Evansville Bar Association is hosting is 5th annual Veterans Day Celebration Wednesday to honor and celebrate its members who have served in the military.
Teacher, diocese file motions to dismiss discrimination suit
Both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and a former teacher who was fired after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments have filed motions to dismiss a lawsuit.
4 vie for Judicial Nominating Commission position
Lawyers mostly in southern Indiana are selecting one of their peers to have a say in who will be the next justice appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Opinions Nov. 10, 2015
Indiana Supreme Court
John Hernandez v. State of Indiana
49S02-1511-CR-644
Criminal. Holds it was an error for the trial court to have refused giving Hernandez’s tendered final jury instruction on the defense of necessity because Hernandez presented some evidence to support the instruction. Vacates Hernandez’s Class A misdemeanor conviction of carrying a handgun without a license and remands for a new trial.
Man loses appeal to revoke spousal maintenance
An ex-husband who sought “all-or-nothing” relief when he asked the court to terminate his ex-wife’s incapacity support instead of reducing it after she remarried lost his appeal before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from US
Congress sent President Barack Obama a $607 billion defense policy bill Tuesday that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — something Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president.
Justices: Jury should hear defense of necessity instruction
The Indiana Supreme Court ordered a new trial for a man convicted of a misdemeanor gun charge after finding he presented sufficient evidence to have the jury instructed on his defense of necessity.
New York conviction doesn’t support Indiana charges
A man’s 2014 conviction of operating a vehicle while impaired in New York cannot serve as the basis to bring enhanced drunken-driving charges against him because the New York statute is not substantially similar to the elements of a crime described in Indiana Code, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday.
Court: Girl should be with mother, not great aunt
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the award of custody of a young girl to her great aunt, finding the woman did not overcome the presumption in favor of placement with the girl’s biological mother.