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The petition submitted by prominent conservative attorney Jim Bopp claims the Indiana Election Commission wrongly interpreted state law in allowing Alexandra Wilson’s name to remain on the ballot in the Senate District 38 primary.
WFYI obtained the 2025 data through a public records request to provide a clearer picture of how people move through the immigration enforcement process in the local jail.
The probe comes after The Washington Post investigated Homeland Security’s use of administrative subpoenas, a powerful but little-known legal instrument that federal agencies can issue without an order from a judge or grand jury.
The stock closed at $36.81 on July 8, 2022, when Musk tweeted he was abandoning the deal over the fake accounts issue. That’s 32% below Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share.
John Kluge argued Brownsburg Community School Corp. violated his religious beliefs after it implemented a policy requiring teachers to call transgender students by their preferred names.
The Justice Department had on Monday moved to abandon its effort to revive sanctions against the law firms, which had hired Trump’s perceived foes or took on cases he disliked.
This opinion was issued on March 2 after The Indiana Lawyer’s deadline.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Crothersville Lighthouse Tabernacle Church, Incorporated v. Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
No. 22-1082
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, New Albany Division, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Circuit Judge Sykes writes that the court affirms the district court’s entry of summary judgment for Church Mutual Insurance Company in this insurance dispute over replacement-cost benefits following a fire at the Lighthouse Tabernacle Church. Holds that Lighthouse Tabernacle waived its argument that it was relieved of its contractual obligation to repair or replace the damaged property as a condition to receiving additional replacement-cost payments by failing to raise that argument in response to the summary-judgment motion, and that forfeited arguments in civil cases rarely warrant plain-error review absent extraordinary circumstances. Concludes that because the church chose which arguments to present and did not raise its new legal theory on appeal in a timely manner — which was based on state appellate precedent — it cannot now obtain relief under civil plain-error doctrine, and that the judgment for Church Mutual must be affirmed. Brennan, C.J., and Hamilton, J., concur. Appellant’s attorney: Jason M. Smith. Appellee’s attorneys: Todd D. Small, John B. Drummy.
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The trial stems from a lawsuit filed in 2024 that alleged the companies have dominated the industry by suffocating competitors and controlling everything from concert promotion to ticketing.
Revel Bar Indy LLC, which owns Invy Nightclub, was a tenant of the building’s previous owner, according to court records, but its lease ended July 20, 2025.
Ruling finds DOC failed to respond in a reasonable time and improperly withheld public records.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services alleges the Indianapolis-based health insurer has failed to properly submit required information to federal regulators since 2018.
The Justice Department had urged the Federal Circuit to proceed cautiously and hold off for 90 days. But the judges refused.
The two lawsuits stem from an incident in November 2025 in which students gathered in the university’s administration building to leave notes for President Geoffrey Mearns expressing their concerns regarding Ball State’s financial ties to Israel.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Renaissance Associates I L.P., Jonathan Petersen, and Austin Bertrand, Inc. v. City of Hammond, Indiana
No. 24A-PL-2312
Civil. Appeal from the Lake Superior Court, Judge Calvin D. Hawkins. Affirms the trial court’s denial of the landlords’ motion for summary judgment and grant of the City of Hammond’s cross-motion for summary judgment in an action seeking refunds of 2015 rental registration fees paid before legislative amendments disqualified Hammond from a statutory fee exemption. Senior Judge Robb writes that although the legislature amended Indiana Code section 36-1-20-1.2 in 2015 — with a retroactive effective date of Jan. 1, 2015 — to redefine “rental registration or inspection program” in a manner that removed Hammond from the fee exemption, the amendment did not create a refund obligation for fees lawfully collected before enactment. Holds the definitional amendment was not remedial and does not operate retroactively to require repayment, emphasizing the statute contains no express refund mechanism and that fees were required to be maintained in a dedicated fund for program costs. Further holds that under Armour v. City of Indianapolis, there is a rational basis for treating landlords who paid without protest differently from those who withheld payment or protested, noting administrative burdens and funding concerns associated with issuing refunds. Concludes Hammond did not commit a tort by collecting the fees under then-existing law and that absent explicit statutory language mandating refunds, the city is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. May, J., and Brown, J., concur. Appellants’ attorneys: David W. Stone IV; Jonathan D. Petersen. Appellee’s attorneys: Bryan H. Babb; Bradley M. Dick.
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun appears to have had a quiet legislative session — his second since taking office — but his cabinet leaders were working behind the scenes on several key bills.
At stake is a federal law that bars people who regularly use marijuana from legally owning guns.
Vaughan gained national attention while representing the Kokomo teenager after he was barred from attending school due to his AIDS diagnosis.
The federal regulatory agency said that Circle City Broadcasting’s ownership of three stations would not harm competition and could, in fact, bolster it.
The largest U.S. venue owner and ticket seller faces claims by the U.S. Justice Department and more than three dozen states that it is illegally monopolizing the live music industry and should be forced to shed its Ticketmaster unit.
