The female same-sex married couples in Indiana who are fighting to include the non-birth mother’s name on their children’s birth certificates are highlighting a recent decision from the Arizona Supreme Court that confirms parental status for lesbian couples.
A now-bankrupt telecommunications provider cannot avoid making payments invoiced by its supplier prior to the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy petition because the supplier has a legitimate defense under the “new value” concept in U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A Chicago “puppy mill” ordinance limiting the sources of animals that pet stores could use to sell animals was upheld Thursday by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, though a dissenting Indiana judge on the panel would have sent the case back to the district court for further proceedings.
A federal judge in Indianapolis must vacate two men’s convictions and sentences on charges of conspiracy to distribute child pornography and to sexually exploit a child after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined those convictions should have been merged with a child-exploitation enterprise conviction.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has settled a dispute between two competing companies previously owned by the same man, finding the former owner did not breach the noncompete clause by providing assistance to one of the companies.
A Bloomington man convicted of a drug charge after his attempt to rob a purported drug stash house will be resentenced on that charge after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government didn’t prove the drug quantity it attributed to him.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is undergoing a change it has not experienced for a while — saying goodbye to a renowned judge and preparing to welcome a likely new jurist.
A former employee of the Indiana Department of Transportation failed to prove he was fired due to his post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis, so a district court judge properly granted INDOT summary judgment on the employee’s discrimination claims, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined Monday.
Two Republican congressmen seeking to unseat Sen. Joe Donnelly have criticized his response to fellow Democratic senators’ questioning of an Indiana judicial nominee that focused on her Catholic faith.
Eighteen people who sued after they were jailed without due process while participating in the Clark County Drug Court program have appealed summary judgment against them in their civil rights lawsuit against officials who formerly oversaw the program.
The president of the University of Notre Dame is defending Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals following a congressional hearing where senators on both sides of the aisle questioned whether she would follow legal precedent or her own beliefs.
The split in the federal appellate courts caused by the Hively decision from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals over whether Title VII protections include sexual orientation has landed at the Supreme Court of the United States.
The support and opposition to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett continued following her Wednesday testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday corrected an opinion that twice errantly referred to the Hoosier institution of higher learning as “the University of Indiana.”
Testifying for nearly three hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Amy Coney Barrett learned that just as nothing truly disappears from the internet, law journal articles can be found, studied and used to question the thinking of a judicial nominee.
With more than 30 years on the appellate bench, Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has authored some important opinions about Indiana law. He wrote the majority opinions that allowed same-sex couples to marry, enabled Syrian refugees to immigrate and required voters to show identification before casting their ballots.
U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner, whose acerbic wit and legal opinions made him a legend in legal circles, announced Friday that he is retiring. Posner, 78, is stepping down after more than three decades on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Chicago Cubs fans could soon have fewer places to catch a Chicago Cubs game from a nearby rooftop.
A fired Indiana University-South Bend professor has lost his appeal of a judgment in favor of the university in his racial discrimination case.
A divided 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed 20 fraud-related convictions against a man accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme that resulted in a nearly $300,000 in restitution, finding that though the district court did err during trial, those errors did not warrant a new trial.