Justices accept 2 appeals and deny 24 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has accepted two cases, one involving a tax revenue assessment dispute and a second asking how trial judges decide on restraining defendants who disrupt courtroom proceedings.
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Justices accept two cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer in two cases, one examining medical malpractice liability evidence for damages and another examining how Marion County’s mass tort litigation rules impact the overall goal of orderly and speedy justice in an asbestos case.
Justices accept 1 transfer case, deny 9
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to a divorce case last week and denied nine other cases during its weekly private conference.
Justices vacate transfer
The Indiana Supreme Court has decided not to take the case of a man who was convicted of intimidation, driving drunk and possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
Supreme Court takes 3 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to three cases, dismissed one and declined 16 cases for the week ending Oct. 21.
Justices accept 2 cases, decline feticide case
The Indiana Supreme Court has taken two cases and declined to accept more than two dozen petitions seeking transfer.
Justices take FSSA reimbursement case
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to a case in which the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered a state agency to pay a long-term care facility after the agency terminated its contract with the facility.
Justices uphold murderer’s convictions
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed that a man will serve life in prison without parole for his role in the murders of seven people in Indianapolis in 2006.
Justices take attorney fees case
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to a case involving the award of attorney fees to an Indiana town.
Supreme Court accepts 2 cases
The justices of the Indiana Supreme Court have granted transfer to a case involving a Batson challenge and another involving early retirement benefits.
Justices vacate transfer of insurance case
By a vote of 4 to 1, the Indiana Supreme Court has decided to vacate transfer to an insurance case that split the lower appellate court regarding the definition of “ever” on a home insurance application.
Justices split on appellate review of prisoner litigant’s claim
One of Indiana's most well-known pro se prisoner litigants convinced two of the state justices that his latest appeal should get their attention, but the other three denied transfer relating to how the Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed the case.
Supreme Court takes 4 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to four cases, including two cases dealing with double jeopardy issues.
Justices take 3 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to three cases, including one that led to a split in the lower appellate court in a child support case.
Supreme Court accepts 5 transfers
The Indiana Supreme Court has taken five cases on transfer, including one that presents two issues of first impression on prejudgment interest.
Justices accept 5 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to five cases, including a first impression issue dealing with Social Security income and restitution.
Indiana Supreme Court takes 3 cases; denies 27
The state’s highest court has granted transfer to three cases, including one in which they vacated the Indiana Court of Appeals decision and sent it back to the appellate court.
High Court accepts 7 transfers
The Indiana Supreme Court has taken seven cases on transfer, including a case in which the lower appellate court was split on a construction manager’s duty to an injured worker.
High court to hear insurance, drug, murder cases
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted three cases June 3, including two cases in which the Indiana Court of Appeals were split in their rulings on a drug case and an insurance case.
Justices take state employee back-pay case
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear the case in which past and present state workers were initially granted more than $42 million in damages in their suit to recover back pay. That amount was later reduced by the Indiana Court of Appeals.