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A Vanderburgh Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 145 years in prison on Dec. 15 after his conviction in November on two murder counts, the county’s prosecutor’s office announced.
The following Indiana Tax Court opinion was published after Indiana Lawyer’s deadline Friday:
Muir Woods Section One Assn., Inc., Muir Woods, Inc., Spruce Knoll Homeowners Assoc., Inc., and Oakmont Homeowners Assoc., Inc. v. Marion County Assessor
22T-TA-1
Tax. Grants the Marion County Assessor’s motion to dismiss. Finds the Indiana Tax Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to hear the appeal. Also finds the Muir Woods Section One Assn., Inc., Muir Woods, Inc., Spruce Knoll Homeowners Assn., Inc. and Oakmont Homeowners Assoc. initiated an appeal before they consummated the administrative review process and received a final determination from the Indiana Board of Tax Review. Remands the matter to the tax review board for action consistent with the opinion.
A group of Marion County homeowners’ associations prematurely filed an appeal of their property assessment case’s dismissal at the administrative level, the Indiana Tax Court ruled in granting a motion to dismiss the appeal and remanding the case to the Indiana Board of Tax Review.
Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution.
Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas’ First Amendment claim.
Allies of both Republican Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have expressed concerns that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid could pull votes from their candidate in next year’s expected general election rematch.
Most U.S. state legislatures including Indiana’s will reconvene in January for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked a war in Gaza and protests worldwide—and they’re preparing to take action in response, both symbolic and concrete.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Justin Mercer v. Maribel Vega-Jimenez (mem. dec.)
23A-DC-993
Domestic relations with children. Affirms the Newton Superior Court’s order granting Maribel Vega-Jimenez’s request to modify parenting time. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion because it implicitly found modification was in the children’s best interests when it indicated Vega-Jimenez met her burden to modify the parenting time schedule.
Two new judges have been certified as senior judges while 65 existing senior judges have been recertified for 2024.
The Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer to 16 cases last week, splitting in the denial to one case involving a man whose convictions of sexual misconduct with a minor were overturned on double jeopardy grounds.
The city of Elkhart and several former law enforcement officers have agreed to pay $11,725,000 to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit filed by a man with an intellectual disability who was exonerated from a murder conviction after nearly 17 years in prison.
Thanks to new federal guidelines finalized in May, gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can now donate at many blood centers around the country without abstaining from sex.
New Mexico’s major political parties are scheduled to certify presidential contenders to appear on the state’s June 4 primary ballot, amid uncertainty about whether Donald Trump can be barred from contention by any state under anti-insurrection provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
Cummins Inc. will pay $1.675 billion to settle allegations that the engine-maker violated the Clean Air Act, the company announced Friday.
President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia eligible for pardons, the White House said Friday.
In preparation for Marion Superior Judge Heather Welch’s retirement in February, the Indiana Supreme Court has appointed her replacement as a commercial court judge.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Lake Imaging LLC v. Franciscan Alliance Inc. f/d/b/a Saint Margaret Mercy Health Care Centers
22A-CT-2783
Civil tort. Affirms the Johnson Superior Court’s summary judgment on remand in favor of Franciscan Alliance Inc. f/d/b/a Saint Margaret Mercy Health Care Centers on its claim from Lake Imaging’s contract to provide radiology services. Finds the trial court properly declined to apply the Professional Services Statute’s two-year statute of limitations period and properly entered summary judgment in favor of Franciscan on its indemnification claim.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed an order to terminate an incarcerated man’s parental rights Thursday, ruling that a lower court interpreted the phrase “act of rape” too broadly and didn’t consider whether the man committed an act described in the state’s rape statute.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush paid tribute to the first woman on the nation’s highest court as she attended a funeral service for the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
A company that provides radiology services had a contractual duty to indemnify Franciscan Alliance, Inc. after the hospital system settled a medical malpractice claim brought about by alleged negligent care that resulted in a man’s death, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Thursday.