As March Madness was wrapping up in Indianapolis, United States Supreme Court justices heard oral argument in a monumental compensation case that sports law experts anticipate will forever change the landscape of college athletics — including the nation’s most beloved and profitable college basketball competition.
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The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made many visits to Indiana during her tenure on the Supreme Court. She had friendships with the law professors and deans at the law schools in the Hoosier State, and she influenced law students, lawyers and judges across the state. “Imagine a young law student faced with the challenge by a Supreme Court Justice,” recalled a former IU Maruer law student who is now a federal judge.
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Though there have been some technical hiccups, lawyers report generally positive experiences with remote appellate oral arguments. Even so, some advocates say the most impactful arguments are made in person.
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After more than 10 years with a criminal record, an Elkhart man successfully petitioned to reduce his felony conviction to a misdemeanor. But when he tried to expunge the conviction two years later, he faced an unexpected setback. The Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether he and others in his situation must wait longer for an expungement.
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The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered the state to submit motions in response to death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie’s counsel, who requested a stay and oral arguments last week.
Bedford Recycling is challenging the revocation of its zoning permit. County officials yanked the permit after competing national conglomerate Republic Services objected to its issuance.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel to Crawfordsville later this month and hear oral arguments in a case involving four Indiana cities that have sued Netflix, accusing the company and several other streaming service providers of failing to obtain franchises.
One case involves grandparent visitation and the other is a dispute over a settlement following a motor vehicle accident.
The case involves an Avon woman who sued the owner of a pit bull after the dog bit her.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling to South Adams High School on Thursday to hear oral arguments in a case involving a fatal car accident.
Braven Harris is appealing his sentence in the June 2022 shooting death of 23-year-old Payton Wilson on the near east side of Indianapolis.
Judge Richard Poynter came up with a plan to eliminate a position and split the position’s salary among other workers to provide them a raise. But the county council didn’t go along.
The cases stem from situations in which one delivery driver was killed and another was injured after they exited their trucks while trying to figure out how to navigate and enter Amazon’s fulfillment center in Mt. Comfort.
An Indiana man maintains that an agency error cost him a job opportunity, over $1,000 in fines and a night in jail — but state attorneys argued Thursday that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles isn’t responsible for any damages, instead directing him to an administrative review process.
Chelsea Crossland, who was sentenced to life without parole, argues that the Jay Circuit Court abused its discretion by denying her request for a change of venue and her motion to refuse certain jurors.
The case involves a dispute over whether the state’s one-percent cap on homeowner property taxes can be limited to just one acre surrounding a home.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for two cases Thursday, including one involving an Indianapolis man who died in 2018 from injuries sustained when an IndyGo bus driver allegedly ran over him at a bus stop.
The Whitley County case involves a 15-year-old boy who was diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome at birth.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear a case involving the alleged medical malpractice by a hospital in Gary after a man claimed he had his leg amputated due to the damage caused by a nurse’s placement of an IV catheter.
I recommend thinking, writing and arguing in threes. Considering the reasons behind the power of three underscores why, when and how to bring a nice case of the threes into your future persuasion.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in January in a case where a woman sued the South Bend Community School Corporation, alleging wrongful termination of her employment with the school district.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in January for a case involving a tax assessment dispute between a Pennsylvania company with gaming and entertainment ventures in multiple states, including Indiana, and the state’s department of revenue.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in December for a case involving an Indianapolis attorney’s public records request that had been denied by the Indiana Family & Social Services Administration.
A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump.