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State and federal dollars could not be used for gender-affirming sexual reassignment surgery for offenders imprisoned in Indiana, under a bill passed by a Senate panel Tuesday.
The family of a man who was stabbed to death by another inmate in the Indiana State Prison has filed a $20 million civil rights lawsuit against prison officials.
Attorney General Todd Rokita and the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions have obtained a settlement of more than $250,000 from a group of Indiana companies that originated deceptive and unlicensed personal loans to Hoosiers purchasing vehicles.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has announced a new leader for the city’s legal team. Matt Giffin, who has worked in different roles in Hogsett’s administration, will begin serving as corporation counsel on Friday.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
In the Matter of the Marriage of Emily G. McConnell v. Cedric J. Booker (mem. dec.)
22A-DC-2348
Domestic relations with children. Affirms the Warrick Superior Court’s dissolution decree, which granted parenting time to Cedric J. Booker that deviated from the Indiana Parenting Guidelines. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in its parenting time order or when it denied Emily McConnell’s motion to correct error.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday for a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education. The case is significant for other disabled students who allege they were failed by school officials.
Opting to wait until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes its second review of a Newton County CAFO, the Indiana Northern District Court declined Monday to enter summary judgment for two environmental associations suing the CAFO’s operator.
Indiana lawmakers have endorsed a bill making it illegal for anyone to possess devices for adapting a firearm into a machine gun.
Four people associated with the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of conspiracy and obstruction charges stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An Indiana man, however, was acquitted on a conspiracy charge.
State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.
President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday, seeking to kill a Republican measure that bans the government from considering environmental impacts or potential lawsuits when making investment decisions for Americans’ retirement plans.
A permanent injunction preventing two brothers from using their property for their trucking business has been upheld, but the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed the imposition of costs and fines in the case.
Parties from the West Coast who entered into two contracts with an Indiana company had sufficient contacts within the state to give an Indiana trial court jurisdiction over them, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a split decision.
A Black female Veterans’ Administration employee who was reassigned to a different position failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that the VA discriminated or retaliated against her.
A trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to two couples in a Porter County property dispute case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Rupinder Thind v. Delaware County, Indiana
22A-PL-2332
Civil plenary. Affirms the grant of Delaware County’s motion for a preliminary injunction but reverses the order imposing costs and fines on Rupinder Thind. Finds the Delaware Circuit Court did not err in entering the preliminary injunction. Also finds the imposition of fines and costs was premature.
A Fort Wayne police officer was justified in fatally shooting an 18-year-old man last year and will not be charged, the Allen County Prosecutor’s Office said.
A Republican legislator who works as an emergency room doctor is being sued for medical malpractice in a patient’s death.
A northeastern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to neglect charges after her two children ingested fentanyl last year, killing her 2-year-old son and sickening his older sibling.
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020 killing of George Floyd pleaded guilty Friday to two tax evasion counts, admitting that he didn’t file Minnesota income taxes for two years due to “financial concerns.”
