Supreme Court accepts resignations of 2 attorneys
Two attorneys are no longer practicing law in the Hoosier State after the Indiana Supreme Court accepted their resignations late last week.
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Trial court, not Tax Court, to hear case involving both annexation, tax law
An Indiana trial court has jurisdiction to hear a dispute between Allen County fire departments that is grounded in both annexation and tax law as the facts of the case do not require the interpretation of “substantive tax law,” the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
Tax Court: State can’t require SSNs to claim dependent children
A Fort Wayne man who claimed a religious objection to obtaining Social Security numbers for his dependent children was entitled to claim those children as dependents on his state tax return after the Indiana Tax Court determined Monday the man provided the necessary documentation to prove the children are his dependents.
COA to hear arguments in fire departments’ tax, annexation dispute
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments this week to determine whether a trial court has jurisdiction to hear a Fort Wayne case that involves questions of both annexation and tax laws.
White supremacist gets 65 years for killing black man
A northern Indiana judge has sentenced an avowed white supremacist to 65 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man he confessed to committing because the victim was black.
Fort Wayne’s Fred Beckman remembered as ‘excellent attorney’
The Fort Wayne legal community is remembering Frederick A. Beckman as a kind attorney who had a sharp mind and a nickname for everyone.
Indiana Tech disperses books from law library
A bulk of the books from the law library at the defunct Indiana Tech Law School are finding a new home at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne, while other volumes are going elsewhere.
Mental exam ordered for Indiana mom who suffocated her kids
A judge in Fort Wayne on Monday ordered a mental competency exam for an Indiana woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the suffocation deaths of her two children last year and still faces charges in the fatal shooting of a neighbor.
TV station challenging ban on airing court audio
A case currently before the Indiana Court of Appeals could have a precedential effect on the process judges must go through before prohibiting the broadcasting of court recordings, as a northern Indiana TV station argues for answers as to why it was banned from airing a court-provided recording of a sentencing hearing in a high-profile case.
Fort Wayne TV station seeks to broadcast doctor’s sentencing hearing
A Fort Wayne television station has filed an appeal challenging a Huntington Circuit judge’s order denying its request to air a trial court recording of a doctor’s sentencing hearing for felony sexual battery.
Indiana mother who killed 2 children faces new murder charge
An Indiana woman who admitted to fatally smothering her two children was charged Tuesday in the death of a former neighbor.
Woman pleads guilty, mentally ill, of killing her 2 children
An Indiana woman pleaded guilty Thursday to smothering her two children last fall after abducting them from their custodial grandparents’ home.
No jail time in hit-and-run death stuns victim’s relatives
The family of a northeastern Indiana man who died after he was struck by a car while bicycling say they're devastated the motorist received no jail time in the hit-and-run death.
Man convicted of killing Wisconsin woman buried in basement
An Indiana man has been convicted of murder in the death of a Wisconsin woman whose body was found buried in a basement in 2015.
Last class graduates from Indiana Tech Law School
Waiting for graduation ceremonies to begin Saturday morning, Philip Davis summed up his place in the university’s history — at age 60, he is the oldest student who has ever graduated and ever will graduate from Indiana Tech Law School.
Accomplice sentenced for role in Fort Wayne triple murder
The accomplice in the shooting deaths of three people inside a Fort Wayne house has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Fort Wayne attorney disbarred for fund mismanagement
A Fort Wayne attorney who repeatedly failed to cooperate in a disciplinary action has been disbarred for mismanagement of his trust account and converting client funds.
Man gets 190 years for killing 3 in Fort Wayne robbery
A judge has sentenced an Indiana man to 190 years in prison following his convictions on three counts of murder.
Indiana woman says she smothered kids to death to save them
An Indiana woman told detectives she smothered her two young children to death because she feared they would be tortured by members of a drug cartel, newly released documents show.
Forums scheduled to discuss race and gender
The Indiana Supreme Court’s Race & Gender Fairness Commission is inviting the public to participate in a series of discussions about the status of race and gender in the judicial system.