A Hendricks Superior Court judge has found the Indiana Department of Child Services in civil contempt for failing to search the emails of its current and former directors in a case involving a 4-year-old who was killed.
Indiana Office of Management and Budget senior official Justin McAdam will be the state’s next tax court judge, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Tuesday.
The ACLU asked the court in September to grant certification of a class that includes all Hoosiers whose religious beliefs “direct them to obtain abortions in situations” prohibited by Senate Enrolled Act 1, the near-total abortion ban.
The fate of the Indiana attorney general’s lawsuit against the social media company TikTok appears to be in danger after a federal judge lambasted much of the case.
Proponents of the bill hope better pay will increase jury turnout and lead to getting more attentive jurors.
With key hearings scheduled in licensing and civil litigation against Indianapolis OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard this month, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office will be down four attorneys who worked on the case but have now resigned.
According to court documents, the man illegally transferred funds from the union’s bank account to his personal bank accounts on multiple occasions between 2013 and 2019.
Prosecutors say Sen. Eric Koch’s Senate Joint Resolution 1 would keep dangerous people off the streets before trial, while defenders and civil rights advocates say its subjectivity could endanger the rights of those presumed innocent until convicted.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush’s speech mainly focused on the work by the courts that “makes Indiana an attractive state for economic development and how it can protect public safety in Indiana.”
The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Doris Pryor to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a bipartisan 60-31 vote Monday evening, making her the first woman of color from Indiana to sit on the Chicago-based appellate court.
According to the Indiana Supreme Court’s annual report, there were 609 complaints alleging judicial misconduct filed statewide during fiscal year 2021-2022. Of those complaints, 51 cases were not summarily dismissed.
The federal judiciary has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of users of the nationwide online records system as part of a proposed settlement made public Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit aimed at reducing the cost to access court records.
In bloody, emotional and never-before-seen or heard detail, the events of the early morning hours of May 1, 2019—when Clark County judges Andrew Adams and Bradley Jacobs were shot—are playing out in a Marion County courtroom.
The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police said the confidence vote included input from police officers from every law enforcement agency in Indianapolis and Marion County.
The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by the county’s director of human resources lists Boone County Councilman Aaron Williams and Boone County as co-defendants.
Embattled Crawford Circuit Court Judge Sabrina R. Bell, who was previously disciplined for her role in a shooting in downtown Indianapolis, has resigned following her arrest for allegedly hitting her ex-husband in front of their children.
The long-debated question of whether cameras should be allowed in the courtroom is up for conversation in a proposed rule before the Indiana Supreme Court, which is asking for public feedback on the matter.
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana have conceded defeat in their fight to block two anti-abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month to end constitutional protection for abortion.
The ruling issued Wednesday will allow the law to take effect as scheduled on Friday.
The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.
