As March Madness was wrapping up in Indianapolis, United States Supreme Court justices heard oral argument in a monumental compensation case that sports law experts anticipate will forever change the landscape of college athletics — including the nation’s most beloved and profitable college basketball competition.
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The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made many visits to Indiana during her tenure on the Supreme Court. She had friendships with the law professors and deans at the law schools in the Hoosier State, and she influenced law students, lawyers and judges across the state. “Imagine a young law student faced with the challenge by a Supreme Court Justice,” recalled a former IU Maruer law student who is now a federal judge.
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Though there have been some technical hiccups, lawyers report generally positive experiences with remote appellate oral arguments. Even so, some advocates say the most impactful arguments are made in person.
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After more than 10 years with a criminal record, an Elkhart man successfully petitioned to reduce his felony conviction to a misdemeanor. But when he tried to expunge the conviction two years later, he faced an unexpected setback. The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether he and others in his situation must wait longer for an expungement.
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The Indiana Supreme Court will hear an appeal Thursday from a man sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the murder of another man in 2018.
An attorney for dozens of doctors and three anonymous hospitals argued before the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday that a malpractice lawsuit should be dismissed due to COVID-related immunity.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 9 in a case involving a man who was convicted of selling illegal substances that resulted in two deaths.
In 2022, Elmer Gordon Waggoner contracted COVID-19 and, while hospitalized, developed severe bedsores and died from sepsis. His estate sued the medical providers, who argue they were immune from liability due to the state’s COVID emergency health order.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hold traveling oral arguments later this month at Hanover College to hear an appeal from a 2021 Fort-Wayne murder case, in which the defense argued the trial court erred by allowing witness testimony remotely via Zoom.
Students from across the state watched the Indiana Court of Appeals hear arguments Friday over whether police had probable cause to obtain a blood sample from an unconscious driver involved in a fatal crash.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases during the first week of September, including one involving a dispute over a $2.8 million workman’s compensation reimbursement request filed with the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear an appeal from the state later this month in a case where a motion to suppress was granted to a man accused of causing a deadly April 2022 crash in Franklin County.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear the two separate cases on June 18 in its Statehouse courtroom.
Indiana Supreme Court justices heard arguments in a case that could change who has the duty of care — private property owners or county officials — for visual obstructions at rural intersections.
Oral arguments are set for June 4 in a case involving the state’s two civil lawsuits against TikTok, including allegations that the social media company violated Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act.
The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the state to submit motions in response to death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie’s counsel, who requested a stay and oral arguments last week.
Bedford Recycling is challenging the revocation of its zoning permit. County officials yanked the permit after competing national conglomerate Republic Services objected to its issuance.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel to Crawfordsville later this month and hear oral arguments in a case involving four Indiana cities that have sued Netflix, accusing the company and several other streaming service providers of failing to obtain franchises.
One case involves grandparent visitation and the other is a dispute over a settlement following a motor vehicle accident.
The case involves an Avon woman who sued the owner of a pit bull after the dog bit her.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling to South Adams High School on Thursday to hear oral arguments in a case involving a fatal car accident.
Braven Harris is appealing his sentence in the June 2022 shooting death of 23-year-old Payton Wilson on the near east side of Indianapolis.
Judge Richard Poynter came up with a plan to eliminate a position and split the position’s salary among other workers to provide them a raise. But the county council didn’t go along.
The cases stem from situations in which one delivery driver was killed and another was injured after they exited their trucks while trying to figure out how to navigate and enter Amazon’s fulfillment center in Mt. Comfort.