As caseloads continue to grow, Hoosier judges are increasingly feeling the pressure of trying to move their cases quickly, but also justly.
Ohio State University is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider questions about the law known as Title IX in a case that affects whether more than 230 men can proceed with lawsuits against the school over decades-old sexual abuse by a team doctor, the late Richard Strauss.
A Marion Superior Court judge vacated the first-degree murder conviction of Leon Benson on Wednesday, after an investigation revealed evidence buried in the police file by the lead detective pointed to another man as the actual shooter.
The Indiana Supreme Court announced Friday they are hiring for two new vacancies on the Marion Superior Court.
The Marion Superior Courts announced several changes on Feb. 17.
Indiana judges will have the discretion to allow news media to broadcast court proceedings under a rule amendment that will take effect in May.
Currently, there are two courthouses in Elkhart County, 11 miles apart. After careful planning and much due diligence, what is now two will soon become one.
The Lake Circuit Court has launched a new self-help center for litigants who are representing themselves but need some guidance.
The rule would require all courts to record hearings in all case types, but would “prohibit” stenography and shorthand — a practice that is currently optional, not required — in Indiana’s state courts.
Marion Superior Judge Charnette Garner has been elected to serve as the presiding judge of the Marion Superior Court Executive Committee for the 2023-2024 term.
The Supreme Court has never been so slow. For the first time, the justices have gone more than three months without resolving any cases in which they heard arguments, since their term began in early October.
Giving her ninth State of the Judiciary Address on Jan. 11 at the Indiana Statehouse during a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush recalled her childhood and compared Indiana’s courts to a locomotive’s engine.
Having watched people become intimidated and fearful as they try to represent themselves in court while struggling to understand legal system, Leigh Carpenter jumped at the chance to join what she sees as providing much-needed help.
Taking a close examination of state statutes, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has rejected multiple arguments from two foster parents trying to get their foster children returned and found the trial court did not abuse its discretion.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush gave a formal update on the work of the judicial branch during the 2023 State of the Judiciary address on Wednesday at the Indiana Statehouse.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush is set to give the annual State of the Judiciary address to members of the General Assembly on Wednesday.
The largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history keeps growing two years after a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol and challenged the foundations of American democracy.
With the nomination of Magistrate Judge Matthew Brookman to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, the Hoosier State might be seeing the first step in filling all its seats on the federal bench for the first time since January 2021.
In observance of New Year’s Day, Indiana state and federal courts are scheduled for closure.
The Dobbs v. Jackson ruling left abortion rights up to the states. As a result, lower courts in at least five states, including Indiana, have issued rulings in abortion-related religious freedom lawsuits.