Particularly rare is the Indiana Supreme Court’s suggestion that Rokita and the attorney disciplinary commission head to mediation and try to settle the prickly case with the help of a neutral third party.
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Titles in the collection include everything from an early print of the Indiana Constitution to an account of Queen Marie Antoinette’s execution.
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Some judges also reported earning outside compensation for everything from working as a stagehand at Pink and Taylor Swift concerts to serving as a board member for the Indianapolis Indians baseball team.
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Currently, 20 different jail management systems are used across the state and that makes it difficult for jailers to communicate with each other and find space to ease overcrowding.
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Rush was named this month along with 29 other women who have made their mark on the state for their work in philanthropy, activism, politics, the arts and, of course, the legal profession.
In a Thursday order, the court found that retired Judge Steven Cox engaged in improper ex parte communication with a criminal defendant and relied on that communication to rule in a case.
The position was posted online on Monday and comes a few months after former CAO Justin Forkner stepped down.
The possession case was one of several recent cases he’s listed as a defendant in.
The court also said the immunity protections applied even though the man died weeks after then-Gov. Eric Holcomb ended Indiana’s COVID-19 disaster emergency, because the treatment itself arose from care provided during the emergency.
Indiana’s five supreme court justices reported involvement and interests ranging from stock holdings in Eli Lilly and Co. to gifted Indiana Pacers tickets and merchandise.
Hamilton County Circuit Court Judge Andrew R. Bloch said AI has amazing potential, but judges must have a knowledge base first to understand the technology’s capabilities.
Tippecanoe Superior Court 2, over which Judge Steven Meyer presides, has also received a temporary appointment.
As of late Monday morning, more than half the state remained under a travel warning, the highest level of local travel advisory which restricts travel to emergency management workers only.
No public documents provided any further details about the allegations against him.
The court heard arguments Thursday from attorneys for Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and security contractor Universal Protection Service, who maintain the lawsuit should be dismissed because such attacks can’t be foreseen.
The court will hear arguments on whether Greenwood Park Mall’s owner and its contracted security company can be sued for negligence in the mass shooting.
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush appointed three new members to the court’s Commission on Court Appointed Attorneys, which plays an important role in establishing the state’s public defense infrastructure.
In a 3–2 decision issued Wednesday, the court held that the Delaware Circuit Court improperly admitted an out-of-court statement from a drug dealer who did not testify at trial.
Heptathlete Taliyah Brooks originally filed the lawsuit after she collapsed from heat-related injuries at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials, where track surface temperatures exceeded 140 degrees.
The court’s conservative majority on Monday suggested that it would overturn the 90-year-old decision that has limited when presidents can fire the board members of independent federal agencies.
With conservative justices in the majority, the court acted on an emergency request from Texas for quick action because qualifying in the new districts already has begun, with primary elections in March.
The Indiana Supreme Court banned the judge from the bench for committing judicial misconduct through a pattern of mismanagement, delay and dereliction of judicial duties.
Justin Forkner has held the post since 2018, overseeing the Office of Judicial Administration and its staff of roughly 240 attorneys and other licensed professionals.
The Indiana Court of Appeals earlier ruled that the man did not choose to enter the jail while possessing prohibited items, but the state is appealing that ruling.