The Supreme Court of the United States ruled June 24 on the case of Doe v. Reed, No. 09-559, in which Terre Haute
attorney James Bopp Jr. was the lead attorney on the case that pitted free speech versus public disclosure of ballot petition
supporters.
The American Bar Association wants the Supreme Court of the United States to take a case that asks whether congressional denial
of cost-of-living adjustments for federal judges compromises judicial independence and violates the Constitution.
Attorneys in the intellectual property arena waited for “the case” to come down during the past year, but what
they got June 28 was anything but the landmark decision so many lawyers expected.
On a historic day for the Supreme Court of the United States, one justice stepped down after more than three decades as his
successor began her confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
A Terre Haute attorney has lost a free speech case before the Supreme Court of the United States, striking a blow to what
he calls an ongoing campaign to eliminate campaign finance reform.
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled on a case about a northern Indiana steel processing plant, overturning the
7th Circuit Court of Appeals and effectively limiting how a federal labor-relations board is able to conduct business regarding
employee and union rights.
The Supreme Court of the United States won’t take a case from New Albany about the city’s battle to close an adult
book and movie store.
The nation’s highest court won’t take a case from the Indiana Supreme Court, which decided last year that it did
not violate a man’s Sixth Amendment rights for a lab technician who’d processed DNA evidence to not testify at
trial.
The nation’s highest court reversed the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals today on an Indiana case, holding that that a federal
sex offender registry law does not apply to those convicts whose interstate travel happened before the 2006 statute took effect.
For the first time since the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2009 ruling that found a defendant had a Sixth Amendment
right to confront the analysts who prepared lab certificates certifying the defendant had cocaine, the Indiana Court of Appeals
ruled that a trial court did not violate the defendant’s right to confrontation by allowing the inspection certificate
for a breathalyzer into evidence, even though the certifier of the equipment did not testify at trial.
The Indianapolis Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society will host a discussion May 12 about the recent Supreme
Court of the United States decision Citizens United.
This year’s 7th Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference for the 7th Circuit featured a more historic tone because
of the high-profile roster of legal community leaders who attended, as well as offering tidbits about how the Indianapolis
federal courthouse will soon be going green, how the state’s Southern District is hoping for a new full-time magistrate,
and a call to action for Hoosier judges and attorneys to get more involved in a new e-discovery program under way.
A Terre Haute lawyer made his sixth argument before the nation’s highest court April 28, and he describes the hour-long
experience to be the most intense of those he’s had before the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take a case filed by a Fort Wayne man – who’s an attorney in Kansas – on claims that the Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program and officials running the admittance process here denied him the right to sit for the bar exam.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was warmly greeted by a full house April 7 at Indiana University
School of Law – Indianapolis at the annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education.
The Supreme Court of the United States clarified March 23 the discharge of federal student-loan debt in bankruptcy involving
an Indianapolis-based education loan guarantor.
In the world of campaign finance and election law, Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp is one of the leading legal minds involved
in some of the most influential cases in these areas of law.
Hoosier lawmakers are revising state law following the confusion created by an Indiana Supreme Court ruling last year, which
involves how convicted sex offenders can be removed from a statewide registry if they believe registration wasn't required
at the time of their conviction.
Last spring, after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied USA Funds' petition for rehearing en banc in an important student loan bankruptcy case, my colleagues Joni Anderson and Julie Ragsdale recommended that USA Funds file a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States.
The nation's highest court has refused to accept a case from the Indiana Supreme Court, which almost a year ago reduced a $2.3 million jury award in favor of an Evansville shopping center owner because of traffic flow issues created by the state.