If a party objects to holding a remote hearing, a trial court can’t deny the motion by simply citing COVID-19 without further elaboration.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush outlined the judicial branch’s biennial budget request for a 7% increase in funding, highlighting the work of the court technology office and its need for a steady stream of funding.
While preparing to defend the state’s abortion ban against a constitutional challenge now at the Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana is asking the justices to review a second challenge that claims the ban violates the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
A dispute between a divorced husband and wife that became more inflamed when the arbitrator submitted, and the trial court adopted, an erroneous report caused a split in the Indiana Supreme Court over the decision not to grant transfer.
The Indiana Supreme Court has reinstated a man’s murder and attempted murder convictions related to a 2020 fatal shooting in Gary, rejecting the defendant’s evidentiary challenges and finding that the “whole picture” supports the convictions.
A second legal challenge that has blocked Indiana’s abortion ban from being enforced could also be headed to the state Supreme Court.
The Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer to 24 cases for the week ending Dec. 2, including one case that split the court.
The Indiana Board of Law Examiners, which is responsible for administering the bar examination, is welcoming two new members from the private bar who will serve five-year terms.
Indiana Supreme Court justices have split in denying transfer to a drug case, with the chief justice writing in dissent that the defendant’s maximum sentence should be reduced because he didn’t have access to problem-solving courts.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear two oral arguments this month, including a case involving a drainage dispute and a case in which a mental health patient killed his grandfather.
Angola attorney Amanda R. German has been reinstated to the practice of law after being suspended last month for noncooperation with an investigation by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Wells County Prosecutor Andrew John Carnall has been publicly reprimanded after he improperly engaged with law enforcement during an incident involving his son this past summer.
The Indiana attorney general wants the Indiana Supreme Court to weigh in on a lawsuit that seeks punitive damages for COVID-related college campus closures.
A dispute involving a roof repair that led to a breach of contract claim and a counterclaim alleging a violation of the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act is headed for the Indiana Supreme Court after the justices granted transfer to the case.
In considering the appeal from a woman convicted in the death of her boyfriend, the Court of Appeals of Indiana continued to wrestle with the fallout of Wadle v. State, which overturned the long-used test for resolving substantive double jeopardy claims.
On Nov. 1, my first day as the 17th dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, I attended the robing ceremony for Derek Molter, Indiana’s 111th Supreme Court justice.
LaPorte and Tippecanoe counties are piloting a National Center for State Courts project called “Upstream,” a framework which aims to prevent child maltreatment and out-of-home placement, reduce court involvement, and support safe and healthy families.
This year, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana participated as amicus in a variety of issues of significant interest to the defense bar.
An Angola attorney has been suspended from practicing law for not cooperating with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Indiana Supreme Court justices must decide whether a woman who won $3.24 million in a personal injury case can sue additional defendants for their alleged roles in the same auto accident.