Judge rebuffs bid for class of all 91 Indiana prosecutors in abortion clinic...
An out-of-state abortion provider who was granted permission to open a South Bend clinic last month after the state denied a permit lost its bid Tuesday to certify a defendant class made up of every...
View ArticleAG Hill asks full 7th Circuit to review blocked abortion consent law
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for en banc review to reconsider a challenge to an Indiana law requiring parents be notified before their mature minor...
View ArticleHistory of judicial confirmation process to be featured at federal court...
The Southern Indiana District Court will be providing some perspective on the federal confirmation process as part of its 12th Annual Court History and Continuing Legal Education Symposium. The post...
View ArticleIndiana Court Decisions – Sept. 12–25, 2019
Read Indiana appellate decisions from the most recent reporting period. The post Indiana Court Decisions – Sept. 12–25, 2019 appeared first on The Indiana Lawyer.
View ArticleTrump lets states, cities refuse refugees for 1st time in US
When President Donald Trump dramatically slashed the number of refugees allowed into the U.S., he also gave state and local governments the authority to refuse to accept them for the first time in...
View ArticleAbortion appeals, including Indiana case, awaiting Supreme Court action
Both sides of the abortion debate are waiting to see if the Supreme Court adds new disputes over state abortion regulations to its election-year docket, including an Indiana case in which a federal...
View ArticleTitle VII questions at U.S. Supreme Court echo Indiana case
The issue that arose in Indiana from the employment discrimination case against Ivy Tech will go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday as the nine justices will be asked whether Title VII...
View Article7th Circuit: Corruption concerns regarding ex-Biomet employee not defamation
A former Biomet employee has lost his argument before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that he was defamed by his former employer when it included his name in a list for the Department of Justice as...
View ArticleSentence enhancement upheld in child sexual exploitation case
A man convicted of sexually exploiting a minor couldn’t convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that an enhancement to his sentence was not triggered by his prior state convictions for...
View Article7th Circuit vacates pleas in broad drug ring
Two guilty pleas have been vacated in a sweeping drug conspiracy that involved dozens of firearms and multiple illicit substances, though the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to also...
View Article7th Circuit tosses animal cruelty case for lack of jurisdiction
A case alleging state and private actors conspired to give false claims of animal neglect about two Washington County residents’ livestock was dismissed by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals for lack of...
View ArticleRapper ‘The Game’ loses 7th Circuit appeal of $7M sexual assault damages
It’s game over for rapper “The Game’s” 7th Circuit appeal of more than $7 million in damages that a federal jury awarded to a woman he publicly sexually assaulted then trashed on social media. The post...
View ArticleEx-assistant principal loses rights suit in student discipline matter
A former high school assistant principal who alleged she was coerced to quit for disagreeing with the school superintendent about a student discipline issue was not denied protected speech or due...
View Article7th Circuit: Marion County sheriff not liable for overdetaining inmate
Although the Marion County Sheriff’s remedy failed to fix a glitch between two different computer systems and caused an inmate to be detained longer than the court had ordered, the 7th Circuit Court of...
View ArticleJudgment for hospital affirmed in blood draw after drunken-driving crash
A man who was seriously injured in a car crash lost his appeal claiming his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when Fort Wayne hospital staff ordered a blood draw that was provided to police,...
View ArticleChew on this: Positive meth test sufficient to affirm possession
A federal offender on supervised release argued that just because he tested positive for meth didn’t mean he had possessed it. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals had a bite-sized, easy-to-digest ruling...
View Article7th Circuit overturns habeas relief for child molester
A convicted child molester’s 80-year sentence has once again been reinstated after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the grant of a habeas petition. The appellate panel on Thursday reversed...
View ArticleOsborne: Landlords may be liable for tenant-on-tenant harassment
Some attorneys may be familiar with and can competently advise their clients regarding the federal and state causes of action for hostile work environment. However, there is a similar, lesser-known...
View ArticleAbortion parental notification law possibly headed for SCOTUS after 7th...
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will not revisit a prior ruling that upheld an injunction on an Indiana law requiring “mature minors” to notify their parents before they have an abortion, setting the...
View ArticleIndiana appeals vacated conviction in IU student’s killing
Indiana is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the release of a man convicted in the 2000 killing of an Indiana University student. The post Indiana appeals vacated conviction in IU...
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