A killing in community corrections
Alan E. Cain drove on a forfeited license in March 2013, a probation violation that landed him in an Indianapolis work-release program. Sixteen days later, he was dead.
Dave Stafford
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Marion County justice center debate proves divisive
Nearly a year-and-a-half after Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Marion County Sheriff John Layton and other community leaders laid out a vision for an Indianapolis criminal justice center, its future is clouded as late opposition resulted in a major setback to the plan.
Retired lawyer among few who have run every 500 Festival Mini-Marathon
A few miles into the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon on May 2, retired lawyer Eugene Lausch will reach a fitting milestone: He will have run 500 miles in the event.
Sanctioning Bettie Page
Bettie Page’s name and image popularized by once-scandalous pinups from the 1940s and 1950s remain hot properties still able to stir up trouble.
Justices add 2 foreclosure cases to docket
A challenge to a foreclosure judgment against a bank that was reinstated by a divided Court of Appeals panel will be heard by the Indiana Supreme Court. Justices granted transfer in two mortgage foreclosure cases last week.
IndyBar: ‘Move forward aggressively’ on justice center vote
The Indianapolis Bar Association urged the Indianapolis Marion County City-County Council on Monday to “move forward aggressively to construct the criminal justice facilities our city’s citizens require.”
Racial retaliation claim against mover proceeds to trial
A moving company that allegedly permitted an environment of open racial hostility toward two African-American employees must face a jury on a complaint alleging discriminatory retaliation, a federal judge has ruled.
Judgment for Planned Parenthood stands, but not for minor’s ID provider
A woman who gave her son’s 17-year-old girlfriend another person's ID and posed as her mother to help her obtain an abortion was not properly dismissed from a lawsuit brought by the pregnant girl’s mother, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday. Summary judgment in favor of Planned Parenthood of Indiana was proper, the court held.
World IP Day event to explore intersection of music, law, business
An accomplished string trio will be the centerpiece of Indianapolis’ World Intellectual Property Day event that will explore how legal issues connect with the art and business of the music world.
Indiana Lincoln funeral train commemorations planned
A commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Abraham Lincoln funeral train’s arrival in Indianapolis will take place April 30 at the Indiana Statehouse. The event will include a re-enactment of the somber ceremony for the assassinated president.
‘Candid talk’ on women in law
Attorneys Bernadette Catalana and Kelly Odorisi faced jaw-dropping experiences on their paths to success, like being called “cupcake” by a judge, or being told to “act more like a man” when clearly treated differently because of their gender.
Judging how Indy elects judges
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals posed tough questions for the state’s defense of the pay-to-play, power-sharing system of judicial slating in Marion County.
Pence objection blocks adoptees’ birth-record access, advocates say
Gov. Mike Pence’s objections to a bill that would open the birth records for hundreds of thousands of adult Hoosiers thwarted chances it will pass the General Assembly this session, according to proponents who said they have been informed the bill will receive no further hearings in the House of Representatives.
Reversal: Bank’s refiled foreclosure ‘disingenuous,’ ‘improper’
A bank won summary judgment in a refiled mortgage foreclosure suit against a bankrupt couple after its first complaint was dismissed, but the Indiana Court of Appeals slapped down the trial court ruling Monday and dismissed the case.
Nineteen counties split nearly $243K in family court grants
Family courts around Indiana will receive $242,911 in grant money to support projects, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Monday. A total of 19 counties will each receive grants of $4,000 to $35,000.
7th Circuit grills state over Indy judge election system
As Indiana endured the harsh national glare from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act controversy this week, Indianapolis’ pay-to-play, power-sharing system for electing Marion Superior Court judges was on trial in Chicago.
Divided court lets stand suppression of pat-down evidence
Three of Indiana’s five Supreme Court justices vacated transfer on a suppression-of-evidence case, letting stand a divided Court of Appeals ruling that a trial court abused its discretion by admitting evidence obtained in a questionable pat-down search.
Law professors warn against Indiana religious freedom bill
A bill that proponents say would further protect religious freedom in Indiana “will more likely create confusion, conflict, and a wave of litigation” because it will confer a special status to religious rights, according to a letter signed by 30 law professors.
Accident reconstruction advances light years in the last quarter-century
Portage attorney Greg Sarkisian remembers a time when trying to convince a jury how a crash happened involved moving magnetic cars around on a board.
Court reverses denial of termination of parental rights due to possible conflict
A trial court erred when it denied a mother’s consensual termination of parental rights petition against the father due to concerns of a potential risk of conflict of interest involving the mother’s legal counsel.