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Nikolai Stieglit will be the first postgraduate fellow for The Exoneration Justice Clinic at Notre Dame Law School, which handles wrongful conviction cases from around the country.
Morgan County homeowners who challenged a pole barn that violated their neighborhood’s covenants weren’t required to challenge every neighborhood violation to bring their case against the barn, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
Gary T. Bell will be tasked with legal and administrative duties such as managing the court’s budget, information technology, jury services and processing staff.
Ashley HomeStore has agreed to pay an Indiana Army National guardsman $6,000 after he alleged he was fired from the store’s Greenwood location after returning from active duty.
What started as a pragmatic effort to boost scientific research and development has morphed into sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the U.S. more competitive with China and other countries, including $50 billion in emergency funds to shore up domestic computer chip manufacturing.
A day after the state attorney general issued a non-binding opinion that the policy was illegal, IU said it “will further consider our process for verifying the requirement.”
A Madison County man convicted of murdering his girlfriend’s toddler is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to throw out his conviction and sentence to life without parole.
The state said 2.47 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. More than 2.62 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
College athletes would have the right to organize and collectively bargain with schools and conferences under a bill introduced Thursday by Democrats in the House and Senate.
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL deadline Wednesday:
David Jones v. Rodney Cummings, et al.
20-1898
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Civil. Affirms the dismissal of David Jones’ complaint alleging Madison County prosecutors maliciously prosecuted him in violation of his due process rights. Finds that longstanding principles of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and prosecutorial immunity block him at the threshold.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has changed its local rule regarding attorney admission fees, though the changed language does not immediately change the amount attorneys must pay to be admitted to the Chicago-based court.
A majority of the Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer and dismissed as moot an appeal challenging a bail ruling, but Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush penned a partial dissent opining that the grant of transfer vacates a “valuable” Court of Appeals analysis.
A former inmate who sued Madison County prosecutors after he was released on habeas relief cannot pursue that lawsuit under immunity principles, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Derek Oechsle, 33, was found guilty last month in the Nov. 29, 2019, slaying of Christopher Smith, who had been trying to break up a fight at the pub where the party was held.
Staffers for many state agencies have been working remotely, but Gov. Eric Holcomb said in an email to employees that “it is not the optimal way for us to serve Hoosiers.”
The attorney general says the university’s decision to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations from all students and employees is illegal under a new state law banning state or local governments from issuing or requiring vaccine passports.
Richard Jefferson Deibel v. Larry Hoeg, Aaron Hoeg, and Roger Steffen
20-3378
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Civil. Affirms the dismissal of Richard Jefferson Deibel’s suit contending his settlement with Larry Hoeg and Roger Steffen allowed him to retain his shares in his former company Hy-Pro Corp. Finds Deibel’s suit was untimely and is not saved by a continuing wrong.
Indiana’s three law school deans will be joining the Indiana State Bar Association’s continuing webinar series about race on Thursday, offering their perspectives and insights into issues related to education.
With a simple “no,” the Hendricks Superior Court uprooted a pair of counterclaims that sprouted from nearly six years of litigation between long-time neighbors over a concentrated animal feeding operation that called into question the constitutionality of Indiana’s Right to Farm Act and asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a review.
D.V. filed for a protective order in December 2019, testifying that she’d been forced to change her phone number because of P.D.’s tactics and saying she felt “scared” and “desperate.” The Tippecanoe Superior Court granted the protective order.