The Hoosier State’s new abortion law, passed weeks after Roe v. Wade was struck down last summer, will go before the Indiana Supreme Court Thursday, becoming one of the first near-total abortion bans in the country to face scrutiny from a state’s justices.
An Indianapolis attorney who failed to provide competent representation and communication to one of his clients has been suspended from practicing law in Indiana for 60 days, all stayed subject to his completion of at least one year of probation with JLAP monitoring.
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and life without parole sentence of a Grant County woman, finding the child victim’s behavior did not cause adequate provocation to support the defendant’s claim she acted in “sudden heat.”
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.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has reversed for a widow who was denied a motion to substitute real party in interest in a wrongful death case, concluding her filing was timely as tolled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush is set to give the annual State of the Judiciary address to members of the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Granting transfer to clarify a procedural question, the Indiana Supreme Court has determined that a Marion County local rule regarding dispositive motions doesn’t conflict with the Indiana Trial Rules.
Indiana’s top Republican lawmakers say they’re holding off on new abortion legislation in the 2023 legislative session — at least for now. But the future is less clear on tangential issues of mail-order abortion pills and contraception.
The Indiana Supreme Court has raised the baseline for senior judge service days in 2023 to 20 — a five-day increase compared to the previous year.
The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Vectren energy, finding it followed state law when it changed its method of determining the credit its customers receive when producing excess solar and wind energy.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the most recent reporting period.
An already-suspended Monticello attorney who pleaded guilty last year to felony drug possession and who is now facing new felony and misdemeanor charges has once again been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana.
The long row of numbers and letters that follow the titles and identify the cases filed in Indiana trial courts is getting tweaked Jan. 1, 2023, with a case type being added for the state’s “red flag” law.
In observance of New Year’s Day, Indiana state and federal courts are scheduled for closure.
The Indiana Supreme Court is changing some verbiage in the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure pertaining to protective orders in domestic relations cases and is also adding language to the joint orders subsection.
The Indiana Supreme Court is amending the appellate rules to allow litigants to cite to memorandum decisions for “persuasive value,” a change the Appellate Practice Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association has been advocating for since 2013.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the latest reporting period.
To wrap up 2022, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year, as voted on by IL staff.
While the “top stories” of each year are usually easy to define, there are always other stories that, while perhaps not as high-profile, are equally as important to our readers.
Indiana justices granted transfer to one case last week, handing down an opinion while declining to review six other petitions for transfer.