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The ACLU of Indiana filed a new lawsuit over SEA 202, a law requiring professors to be disciplined for not fostering “a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity,” citing policies recently enacted at Purdue University and Indiana University.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Gage Peters v. Dennis J. Quakenbush, II, and Christina Reagle
24A-PL-405
Civil plenary. Affirms the Hamilton Superior Court’s judgment in favor of Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis J. Quakenbush, II and the Indiana Department of Correction’s motion to dismiss Gage Peters’ complaint seeking a declaration that, under Indiana law, he is required to register as a sex offender only for a period of 10 years. Finds Florida imposed a lawful lifetime registration requirement, and Peters was subject to it, pursuant to the other-jurisdiction provision, when he moved to Indiana. Also finds that the plain language of the other-jurisdiction provision compels registration for individuals with out-of-state registration obligations regardless of the source of those obligations. Judge L. Mark Bailey concurs in result with separate opinion. Judge Paul Mathias dissents with separate opinion.
The Indiana Supreme Court appointed a new member to the Youth Justice Oversight Committee Tuesday.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics trafficking and murder.
The strike started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced 94.6% of voting workers rejected the proposed contract and 96% approved the work stoppage, easily surpassing a two-thirds requirement.
State and local legislators in Tennessee and Pennsylvania are cracking down on the use of “license plate flippers,” devices that allow drivers to obscure or conceal their license plates at the press of a button.
Whether a proposed merger between two of the nation’s largest grocery store retailers will happen could be decided soon, as a federal judge hears arguments from the Federal Trade Commission and Kroger Company on the company’s proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies Inc.
The following opinion was published after IL’s deadline Wednesday:
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Rene Galvan, Jr. v. State of Indiana and Joanie Crum, Regional Manager, in her official and individual capacities
22-2462
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Affirms the district court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of the State of Indiana and Joanie Crum against claims alleged by Rene Galvan, Jr. that he was terminated from employment based on his race and sex and was retaliated against based on his complaints of discrimination. Finds the record reveals complaints regarding Galvan’s job performance by third parties who interacted with him, and he has not argued that those complainants themselves possessed any discriminatory motive. Also finds Galvan has failed to identify any other circumstantial evidence in the record that, considered in the totality of the record as a whole, would support an inference of race or sex discrimination.
The Indiana Supreme Court ordered an emergency interim suspension, effective Sept. 25, for a Hammond attorney.
Support for Democratic attorney general candidate Destiny Wells appears to be growing, as voters express an increased dissatisfaction with incumbent Todd Rokita, according to polling data from the Indiana for Wells campaign.
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has begun the process of selecting two new superior court judges due to upcoming retirements.
The pilot, David Michael Province of Middletown, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the plane’s only occupant.
Treasury’s proposed rule will be open for comment until Dec. 12, the department said, and there will be a proposed hearing on the rule Jan. 16.
If elected governor, Democrat Jennifer McCormick would work to establish a medical marijuana industry before transitioning to full adult-use cannabis, she said Thursday.
The Indiana Supreme Court set the date for inmate Joseph E. Corcoran’s death Wednesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court appointed a Judge Pro Tempore in Porter County Tuesday as superior court Judge Michael A. Fish is being deployed for military service.
A Lafayette-based trailer manufacturing company must pay $462 million to the families of two men killed in a 2019 crash involving one of the company’s trailers.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Brookston Resources, Inc., an Illinois Corporation v. State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources
23A-MI-2971
Miscellaneous. Affirms the Spencer Circuit Court’s denial of Brookston Resources’ petition for judicial review regarding Indiana notices of violation issued by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources regarding three of Brookston’s oil wells. Finds that the relevant statutes and regulations allow the department to conduct file reviews of the wells at issue every five years, and those file reviews include a consideration of the abandoned wells. Also finds as Brookston never obtained injection authorization regarding its wells, any change in the injection rate as a result of the file review would not amount to a modification of the permit. Finally, finds the department’s determination that the abandoned wells have the potential to cause or contribute to the migration of injection fluids into underground sources of drinking water due to inadequate construction or plugging is supported by substantial evidence.
The Monroe Circuit Court denied a motion Wednesday morning for a permanent injunction against Indiana’s near-total ban on abortion.
Lawyers for Ellison made the request shortly before midnight Tuesday in a filing in Manhattan federal court in advance of a sentencing scheduled for Sept. 24.
