The family of a Black South Bend man who was fatally shot by a now-resigned white police officer found no relief from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals after it concluded that the officer gave the man “a chance to live” before shooting.
An inmate who filed a suit against more than a dozen individuals using placeholders should have the chance to amend his claims against some of them, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A former northern Indiana police officer has pleaded guilty to beating a prisoner who was handcuffed to a chair.
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John R. Lausch Jr. provided an update on the work of the cross-jurisdictional Firearms Trafficking Strike Force last week, which noted 30 individuals are facing charges in Indiana — more than any other state participating in the effort.
A prisoner seeking to remedy the reimposition of his original restitution order, which excluded hundreds of dollars he had already paid towards it, was denied his request on Monday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded he would receive credit for the amount one way or another.
Although the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was “troubled” by the Northern Indiana District Court’s approach to enhancing the sentence of a criminal defendant, the appellate panel was reassured by the lower court’s explanation and ruled any error was harmless.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed judgment in favor of a northern Indiana law firm on a corporate legal malpractice claim, finding the claim was a “bargaining chip” in settlement proceedings.
An inmate who filed a First Amendment complaint after he was fired from his prison job for going to a prayer service instead of work can proceed with his case against a prison officer after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for the officer.
A longtime Indiana Republican who found himself at odds with the state’s Republican Party and was eventually banned from the GOP for a decade will have to stay off the Republican ballot, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
A Northern Indiana jail doctor has failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that a district court awarded him the correct amount in his bill of costs after he won a lawsuit filed against him by an inmate.
A man who has revitalized his life while incarcerated has again been denied an opportunity at a second chance beyond prison walls after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded rehabilitation efforts are not a ground for compassionate release.
Inotiv Inc., a West Lafayette-based pharmaceutical testing company, has seen its stock price soar — and later plunge — following its announcement last fall that it planned to acquire Indianapolis-based Envigo RMS LLC, which breeds and sells animals used in lab testing.
In considering the arguments made by an Indiana woman who claimed her former employer discriminated against her on the basis of her age and disability, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found she could not overcome the pretext hurdle because she essentially offered only a hunch without any supporting evidence.
An Indiana gang member convicted of conspiracy and racketeering in a scheme to distribute illegal drugs will keep his lifetime imprisonment sentence and convictions, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A federal prisoner’s appeal of a magistrate judge’s denial of his request to access a wiretap warrant from his case was dismissed Monday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the order was not entered by a district judge and that it ultimately lacked jurisdiction to do anything else with the case.
Continuing a yearslong legal battle over property rights along Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by property owners who claimed an Indiana Supreme Court decision upholding public rights to the shoreline constituted an unlawful taking of their property.
South Bend attorney Sven Eric Marshall has been sentenced to serve more than 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.94 million in restitution for defrauding investors in his former business, Trust & Investment Advisory Services of Indiana, Inc.
At the Indiana Supreme Court Admission Ceremony, Indiana Justice Steven David reminded the newest admittees to the profession of law this was the day they had long been working towards.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana didn’t err when it dismissed two lawsuits with prejudice and imposed a two-year filing bar on an inmate who knowingly submitted a fraudulent grievance form.
Finding the error in sentencing affected the “fairness, integrity, and public reputation of the proceedings,” the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a judgment and remanded an Indiana man’s sentence on federal drug charges because the district court failed to properly calculate the incarceration time under the First Step Act.