The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a permanent injunction against a Westfield billboard ordinance following a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that “bears heavily” upon the case.
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 Bloomington surgeon alleging Indiana University Health violated federal antitrust laws by acquiring local competitors has convinced the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate his complaint.
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 widower who sued a Bloomington hospital for failure to operate following his wife’s death did not find relief at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the facility had complied with its requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
In considering the arguments made by an Indiana woman who claimed her former employer discriminated against her on the basis of her age and disability, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found she could not overcome the pretext hurdle because she essentially offered only a hunch without any supporting evidence.
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The Indianapolis Bar Association has joined with the Indiana State Bar Association in support of the nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge Doris L. Pryor to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
An Indiana man arrested during a traffic stop for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance has not convinced the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals the officer that pulled him over conducted an illegal search.
The U.S. Supreme Court has returned to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals a decision challenging an Indiana law that would require parents to be notified if a court approves an abortion for a minor child without parental consent.
An Indiana gang member convicted of conspiracy and racketeering in a scheme to distribute illegal drugs will keep his lifetime imprisonment sentence and convictions, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
An Indiana tire store manager who defrauded his company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been granted some financial relief but will not get the new trial he’d hoped for.
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.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily halted the removal of an Indiana immigrant to Ethiopia after it found credible his fear of torture if he is returned to the African country.
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A man involved in a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring did not convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that his motion to suppress hefty amounts of drugs and cash found in his hotel room should have been granted.
A former Forest River employee will get a second chance to make his claim that the recreational vehicle maker constructively discharged him by refusing to address age-based harassment after a split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals revived the case and sent it back to the Northern Indiana District Court. However, one judge dissented, asserting, “there was not enough ‘constructive’ in the plaintiff’s constructive discharge claim.”
Judge Michael Kanne of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose 50 years on the bench began in Jasper County, died June 16 at his home with his wife, Judith Ann, at his side. He was 83.
Finding Indiana’s 2006 statute regarding methamphetamine criminalized more conduct than the corresponding federal law, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found an Indiana man’s conviction after pleading guilty to a drug charge was not an aggravated felony for purposes of deportation.