A dispute involving a roof repair that led to a breach of contract claim and a counterclaim alleging a violation of the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act is headed for the Indiana Supreme Court after the justices granted transfer to the case.
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will stay busy this winter, as there’s now a second opening in the Marion Superior Court.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush is chairing tonight’s annual Rehnquist award dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., which will put a spotlight on state courts and their work to address the country’s mental health crisis.
A case concerning a man with serious mental health issues who went to prison after he killed his grandfather and sued the hospital he was getting treatment from will go before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush settled into a chair in the Indiana Supreme Court’s quiet law library Wednesday afternoon to discuss the health and status of the high court.
Leaders from all three branches of Indiana government rallied last month to discuss ongoing statewide efforts to address the growing mental health needs of Hoosiers — and to promote a new way of working together.
Hands clasped with a soft smile on his face, Justice Derek R. Molter sat in the front row of a packed courtroom facing his empty seat on the Indiana Supreme Court bench.
A dispute between a Montgomery County couple, the town of Linden and multiple county departments over whether drainage improvements resulted in a permanent physical invasion of their land will go before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb now has the names of the three finalists chosen by the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals of Indiana left by now-Justice Derek Molter. Holcomb has until Dec. 22 to make his selection.
Thirty Indiana jurists were recognized by Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush at the annual required Judicial Conference for their commitment to higher education and their longtime service on the bench.
The Indiana State Bar Association made changes at the top last week as members from each corner of the Hoosier State met in the Circle City to recap the organization’s past year and formally appoint members to leadership positions for 2022-2023.
On Thursday, dozens of Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity fellows from the last quarter-century met in Indianapolis to celebrate 25 years of the program.
The Conference of Chief Justices, led by Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, has filed an amicus brief requesting the U.S. Supreme Court reject a theory that it alleges would remove state courts of their powers to review state laws governing federal elections.
Leaders from each branch of Indiana government will come together next month to discuss ongoing statewide efforts for addressing the mental health needs of Hoosiers.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush signed an order Sept. 2 appointing 41 members of the Indiana Bar to the character and fitness committee. Members will serve until successors are appointed, pursuant to Indiana Admission and Discipline Rule 12(4).
On a not-so-typical Tuesday afternoon, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David sat fully robed in his designated seat on the high bench for one last time. After nearly 30 years as a judicial branch leader, David stepped down from his post — but not before the Indiana legal community could properly say goodbye.
In a pair of opinions dissenting from the Indiana Supreme Court’s denial of transfer to two cases involving plea deals, Justice Steven David asserted the records are “simply inadequate” to show that the defendants knowingly and voluntarily waived their rights to appeal.
After being buoyed by a win in the trial court then sunk by a reversal from an appellate panel, a group of Indianapolis businesses that sued after a sprinkler system broke and flooded their offices will be able to float their arguments again since the Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer of their case.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush will fill in for Justice Steven David as the chair of the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee after he retires at the end of the month.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush has been appointed to top leadership positions at two national judicial organizations.