A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against an Indiana law requiring doctors to report “abortion complications” to the state, continuing a trend that began when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion.
Although the Gary Housing Authority can proceed with its administrative taking of privately owned property, the property owner will get a chance to make its case for damages after the Indiana Supreme Court ordered the entry of summary judgment for the owner as well as a damages hearing.
A 17-count indictment against a man accused of securities fraud has largely been upheld on appeal, although the Court of Appeals of Indiana did order the dismissal of two of those charges on statute-of-limitations grounds.
Repeating a point that has been made “many times,”’ the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed an officer’s interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of qualified immunity, with the court reiterating that it does not have jurisdiction over such appeals if there is a factual dispute.
A federal death row inmate convicted in an Arkansas murder and robbery has secured habeas relief against his robbery conviction and one of his death sentences.
The owners of a southern Indiana Hindu temple who claim they were misled about the acceptable uses of a building they purchased for an intended religious facility failed to demonstrate fraudulent inducement, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
A federal court has lifted an injunction against an Indiana abortion law requiring “mature minors” to notify their parents before getting an abortion — a decision that comes as the Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation that would enact a near-total ban on abortions statewide.
Two DCS caseworkers who allegedly threatened a couple with a CHINS proceeding if they did not submit their child to a blood draw must face the parents’ civil lawsuit, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning a lower court finding that the caseworkers were protected by qualified immunity.
Continuing the debate over merit selection versus election of Indiana’s trial court judges, the Lake County commissioners have approved a resolution calling for the Indiana General Assembly to allow county residents to vote on their superior court judges.
The Indianapolis attorney charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is asking a federal judge to dismiss the criminal charges against him for lack of evidence.
Several injunctions entered as part of what has been called a “global assault” on Indiana’s abortion regulation scheme were lifted Monday following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that ended the constitutional right to an abortion.
A nurse fired from Riley Hospital for Children for behavioral problems failed to prove that her termination was actually due to sex discrimination, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
A woman claiming interest in property subject to forfeiture due to her husband’s fraud conviction will get the chance to make her case after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the denial of her petition to adjudicate property interest. But at least one piece of the property at issue can be sold, the appellate court affirmed.
A would-be adoptive grandfather who died before the trial court could rule on his adoption petitions was not entitled to have his petitions granted posthumously, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A mother with a history of mental illness and trouble with the law will regain custody of her children after a split panel of the Court of Appeals of Indiana determined there was insufficient evidence to prove her kids were CHINS. But a dissenting judge expressed concern about the children incurring their mother’s “wrath” if left in her care.
A man found sitting on a container of meth has failed in his appeal of both his possession conviction and his eight-plus-year sentence.
Despite being “caught at the scene of the crimes,” the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed post-conviction relief for a man who pleaded guilty to burglary based on the advice of an attorney who was hiding the fact that he was planning to resign from the Indiana bar for disciplinary reasons.
A man convicted of one armed robbery based in part on his ties to another potential robbery has failed to secure relief from either his conviction or sentence.
An Indianapolis doctor who lost his position at St. Vincent Hospital when he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds has lost his bid at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to obtain an injunction requiring the hospital to reinstate him. However, the appellate court found lingering questions as to why other hospital employees were given religious accommodations.
Neither the juvenile court nor the criminal court has jurisdiction over a man who allegedly committed child molesting while still a minor but whom the state did not attempt to criminally charge until he was over 21, creating a “jurisdictional gap” in cases where an offender ages out of the juvenile system, according to the Indiana Supreme Court. But the court’s majority holding was challenged by two dissenting justices, who argued the Indiana Legislature “would never have intended” for the alleged criminal act to go unpunished.