Review of the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress moves to the Statehouse next week with the Indiana General Assembly’s Commission on Education scheduled to hear testimony about the ISTEP testing debacle that occurred in April.
When Tippecanoe Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Lendermon got between some long-feuding neighbors in 2009, one of them, Jason Findlay, suggested that he might have trespassed. It became clear to Lendermon the acknowledgement might have been recorded on video surveillance.
A man sentenced to 14 years in prison for his convictions on multiple felony gun and drug charges will still have to serve the time, but the court must revise the sentencing order to explain why one conviction was ordered to be served consecutive to the others.
Justices will waste little time getting to high-profile cases when they hear a new slate of oral arguments after Labor Day. The Indiana Supreme Court has scheduled 20 arguments beginning Sept. 5 and continuing for the next few months.
Former leading personal-injury attorney William Conour remained free Thursday pending his wire fraud trial after a federal judge withheld ruling on the government’s bid to revoke his bond on claims that he dissipated assets against court orders.
Indiana Court of Appeals
A.P. v. Review Board of the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development and UGN, Inc. (NFP)
93A02-1210-EX-804
Agency action. Affirms denial of unemployment benefits.
Deborah K. Wagner as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Harry L. Tillman v. Jeffrey L. Finney as Guardian of the Person and Estate of R. Virginia Tillman (NFP)
82A05-1207-GU-375
Guardianship. Affirms order enforcing a prenuptial provision for spousal support upon petition by Finney. Remands for clarification of the payee of attorney fees.
Richard Young v. State of Indiana (NFP)
79A04-1206-CR-310
Criminal. Affirms convictions and sentence for one count each of Class A felonies conspiracy to commit dealing in methamphetamine and dealing in methamphetamine (manufacturing).
Juan A. Gonzales v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A03-1210-PC-421
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief.
Brandan Bellamy v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1210-CR-866
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony battery.
Stephen L. Gilmore v. State of Indiana (NFP)
40A01-1207-CR-321
Criminal. Affirms conviction and sentence for Class C felony reckless homicide.
The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no opinions by IL deadline. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana decisions by IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Re: the Name Change of Jane Doe, Petitioner, Mary Doe, a Minor, and Baby Doe, a Minor
49A02-1211-MI-894
Miscellaneous. Affirms denial of mother Jane Doe’s petition to change her and her children’s names without publishing notice of the change based on the evidence in the record and current law. Mother may be able to protect some information from public record by going through Administrative Rule 9, but she did not choose to do so.
A naturally occurring DNA segment is not eligible for a patent simply because it has been isolated, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Thursday. DNA that is not a product of nature may be patent eligible, however.
The Indiana Court of Appeals ordered that tax deeds be reinstated and reversed summary judgment and a decree of foreclosure in favor of a bank in a combined appeal over foreclosed property in Elkhart County.
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a mother’s request to sidestep the notice requirements in her quest to change her name and the names of her two children anonymously because she wanted to avoid detection from her abusive partner. The appeals court noted that Administrative Rule 9 would have given her the opportunity to proceed anonymously.
Indiana legislators gathered Wednesday on the first regular technical session of the 118th General Assembly to vote on whether to override Gov. Mike Pence’s veto of House Enrolled Act 1546, a bill concerning tax administration matters. Pence vetoed the bill over concerns about retroactive approval of taxes collected in Jackson and Pulaski counties.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Mark Kevin Liston v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A05-1207-CR-385
Criminal. Grants rehearing and reverses the trial judge’s rescission of the referee’s order granting Liston post-conviction relief. Remands for proceedings.
Shaun Wilkinson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
33A04-1209-CR-478
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class A felonies dealing in a schedule III controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a family housing unit.
Allen Stewart v. Jennifer Miller (NFP)
53A01-1212-PO-541
Protective order. Affirms order of protection issued at the request of Miller.
Robert O. Morris v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-1211-CR-571
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony battery.
Stanley B. Crumble a/k/a Melvin Coleman v. State of Indiana (NFP)
32A01-1211-PC-487
Post conviction. Affirms denial of petition for post-conviction relief.
Tarrence Lee v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A03-1301-CR-5
Criminal. Affirms murder conviction.
E.W. v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1211-JV-918
Juvenile. Affirms adjudication for committing what would be Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass if committed by an adult.
City of Jeffersonville, Indiana and City of Jeffersonville Sanitary Sewer Board v. Environmental Management Corporation (NFP)
10A01-1210-PL-485
Civil plenary. Reverses the trial court’s award of attorney fees in favor of Environmental Management Corporation and remands with instructions.
Tyrone Walker v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1211-CR-933
Criminal. Reverses conviction of Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of Q.R., J.B., and J.R. v. Indiana Department of Child Services (NFP)
80A02-1211-JT-909
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
Jawyan James Townes v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1210-CR-441
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class D felony possession of marijuana.
Sherard Taylor v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1210-CR-794
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C felony fraud on a financial institution.
Edward T. Bronaugh v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A02-1210-CR-832
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class D felonies battery and residential entry, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class B misdemeanors disorderly conduct and public intoxication and Class C misdemeanor public nudity.
Tracey B. Young v. State of Indiana (NFP)
45A05-1210-CR-525
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class C felony and Class D felony criminal confinement, Class D felony strangulation and Class D felony domestic battery.
The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no opinions by IL deadline. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posted no Indiana decisions by IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
John H. Mooney, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Joseph S. Mooney, Deceased v. Anonymous M.D. 4, Anonymous M.D. 5, and Anonymous Hospital
32A04-1208-CT-414
Civil tort. Reverses order dismissing with prejudice Mooney’s proposed complaint for damages in a medical malpractice action. The trial court did not have jurisdiction to dismiss under Trial Rule 41(E), and it abused its discretion when it dismissed the proposed complaint under I.C. 34-18-10-14.
Finding that a Hendricks County court didn’t have jurisdiction to dismiss a man’s proposed complaint for damages under Trial Rule 41(E) or based on noncompliance under the Medical Malpractice Act, the Indiana Court of Appeals Wednesday reinstated the proposed complaint.
Several bar associations around the state are accepting nominations for awards to present to members at upcoming annual meetings.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Deshaun Richards v. State of Indiana (NFP)
02A03-1211-CR-467
Criminal. Affirms conviction and sentence for Class B felony robbery.
In Re The Paternity of R.M., a minor; B.M. v. A.T. (NFP)
39A01-1209-JP-441
Juvenile. Reverses denial of father’s petition to modify custody and remands with instructions to hold a hearing in regard to the supplemental GAL report and to reconsider his petition to modify custody in light of that hearing and all other evidence introduced concerning the petition.
The Indiana Supreme Court and Tax Court posted no decisions by IL deadline.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judson Atkinson Candies, Incorporated v. Kenray Associates, Incorporated, Charles A. McGee and Kenneth J. McGee
12-1035, 12-1036
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, Magistrate Judge William G. Hussmann Jr.
Civil. Reverses District Court ruling that Judson Atkinson must demonstrate that it had been induced by fraud to enter into the integration clause in a settlement agreement between it and Kenray Associates, as opposed to the agreement as a whole, in order to circumvent the parol evidence rule. Indiana law does not impose such a bright-line rule.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals sent a man’s claim contesting forfeiture of nearly $200,000 found in his home during a police search back to the District Court for reconsideration. The judges ruled that the ground for dismissal given by the judge, as well as the alternative ground argued by the government, were “unsound.”
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of a company on a fired employee’s claim that her employment was terminated because she was pregnant, finding the company’s explanations for her firing were shifting, inconsistent, and/or facially implausible.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held Tuesday that in the absence of a factual inquiry, the mere presence of an integration clause doesn’t preclude a party from introducing parol evidence that it was fraudulently induced to enter into the agreement as a whole. The decision came in a dispute involving a settlement agreement that one party sought to invalidate based on claims of fraudulent inducement.