Justices agree to hear divorce, juvenile commitment cases
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to two cases last week, one involving a divorce dispute and another involving a juvenile’s commitment to the Department of Correction.
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IN Supreme Court grants transfer to cases involving imposed charges, denied suppression motion
Indiana Supreme Court justices granted transfer to two cases for the week ending Aug. 25, including one in which the Court of Appeals of Indiana declined to address a pro se litigant’s challenge to the constitutionality of a vehicle search.
‘Trifecta of errors’ warrants transfer in case of waived appeal, Chief Justice Rush writes in dissent
A woman who pleaded guilty to felony dealing in methamphetamine did not knowingly or voluntarily waive her constitutional right to appeal her 48-year sentence, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote in a dissenting opinion to the high court’s decision to deny transfer to the case.
IN justices deny transfer to 22 cases, split in 6 denials
The Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer to 22 cases for the week ending July 28, with the justices splitting in six denials. No cases were granted transfer.
Justices grant transfer to wrongful death case, 2 others
Indiana Supreme Court justices granted transfer to three cases for the week ending July 14, including a case involving two restaurants accused of overserving a man who later killed another driver in a vehicle crash.
IN Supreme Court grants transfer to case involving default judgment, plus 2 others
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to three cases for the week ending June 30, including one involving a a pool company that, according to the Court of Appeals of Indiana’s judgment, didn’t properly file a motion to set aside default judgment.
Split IN Supreme Court affirms summary judgment for providers sued in manslaughter-mental health case
Guilty pleas have the same preclusive effect as trial verdicts, a split Indiana Supreme Court ruled in affirming a trial court’s decision to enter summary judgment for mental health providers sued by a man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter.
IN Supreme Court affirms trial court’s summary judgment to school corporation in wind turbine case
A school corporation’s contract with a company for access to a wind turbine represented an unauthorized investment under Indiana law and was void and unenforceable, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in affirming a trial court’s granting of summary judgment.
IN justices grant transfer to Duke Energy, custody cases, deny transfer to separate Duke case
Indiana justices granted transfer to two cases for the week ending June 23, including one that involves Duke Energy’s nearly $2 billion economic development plan.
IN Supreme Court granted no transfers last week
Indiana Supreme Court justices denied 16 transfer petitions for the week ending June 9. There were no transfers granted.
IN justices grant transfer to 2 Duke Energy cases, vacate transfer in suppression case
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to two cases involving Duke Energy, including one in which the company challenged the city of Noblesville’s jurisdiction to regulate its activities.
Split justices revoke transfer in ‘inactive’ car registration case
After holding oral arguments May 17, a split Indiana Supreme Court issued an order revoking transfer and reinstating precedent holding that an “inactive” car registration should not be conflated with an “expired” registration.
Split IN Supreme Court denies adoption transfer, with Rush, Massa dissenting
A split Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer in an adoption case after hearing oral arguments in March.
IN justices denied all 19 transfer petitions last week
Indiana Supreme Court justices denied transfer to all 19 petitions for the week ending May 12.
IN Supreme Court denies transfer to 2 gender-marker change cases despite pleas from Rokita, COA
The Indiana Supreme Court will not consider two cases involving transgender children whose parents’ petitions to change their gender markers on their birth certificates were denied.
IN justices grant 3 transfers, deny case involving sheriff indicted for resisting law enforcement
Indiana Supreme Court justices granted transfer to three cases last week, including one involving a patient who sued a hospital network for sharing her diagnosis with the wrong person.
IN justices take med-mal, delinquency cases
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to two cases out of 22 last week, including a medical malpractice case and a juvenile delinquency adjudication voided by the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
IN Supreme Court should consider resisting law enforcement case, Chief Justice Rush writes in dissent to transfer denial
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush has penned a dissent to the denial of transfer to a case involving a woman convicted of resisting law enforcement, writing that the case would be an opportunity to clarify what it means to “forcibly” resist law enforcement.
Justices to consider DOC case where inmate alleged medical malpractice
Indiana Supreme Court justices have granted transfer to a case involving an inmate who alleged medical malpractice at the Department of Correction facility where he was incarcerated.
IN Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in wind turbine, adoption cases
The Indiana Supreme Court is set to hear two oral arguments next week involving a wind turbine access dispute and a challenge to an adoption proceeding.