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$102,300 Verdict Rendered on Exception to the Common Enemy Doctrine
September 1, 2016 – Brothers Bennett and Bodine owned a residence which was occupied by Bennett adjacent to a subdivision being developed by Liter’s. At the time of the trial only six of the proposed 63 lots had been developed. …
High court limits drunken-driving test laws
(The Indiana Lawyer) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on state laws that make it a crime for motorists suspected of drunken driving to refuse alcohol tests. The justices ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before…
NCAA athletes face long next yard in bid for free-market pay
(The Indiana Lawyer) – College athletes are heading back to court in pursuit of pay for play one day after a major setback in their quest for a larger share of the multibillion-dollar industry. A timeout might help. The next…
Absent agreement, man can’t be ordered to pay restitution if not convicted
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A man who pleaded guilty to one count of theft for stealing grain, but admitted to stealing from the victim on other occasions, had his restitution amount reduced from nearly $150,000 to just around $28,000. Logan M….
Supreme Court Of The United States begins October Term 2015
The Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) will begin October 5th with arguments being heard on various cases. SCOTUS is scheduled to release orders or opinions on October 13th & 19th. Normally the orders and opinions are released on…
New Indiana attorneys sworn in during admission ceremony
(The Indiana Lawyer) – The state’s legal profession welcomed 312 new lawyers to its ranks Monday during an admission ceremony hosted by the Indiana Supreme Court. Recent law graduates, their families and friends, and members of Indiana’s legal community and…
Lack of evidence gets criminal confinement conviction dropped
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A Jefferson County man, convicted of beating up someone who testified against his daughter’s boyfriend, did not confine the victim during the assault, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled. Gary Allen Gibson was convicted of one…
Supreme Court affirms death sentence for Floyd County man
(The Indiana Lawyer) – Finding the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion during the selection of jurors for the murder trial of William Clyde Gibson II, the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed his death penalty sentence. Gibson appealed…
Indiana Supreme Court rules on Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress appeal
In Indiana, there are two rules under which a person can recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress. One of these—the bystander rule—requires, in part, that the person claiming emotional trauma meet certain “circumstantial” factors, which this Court has previously…
Father wrongly ordered to pay cost of private university
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A trial court wrongly ordered a father to pay college costs for his daughter based on the cost of a private university, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The appeals panel sent the order back to…
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to Visit UK Law
The University of Kentucky College of Law is pleased to announce US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito as the Fall 2015 Roy R. and Virginia F. Ray Distinguished Lecturer Thursday, September 24, 2015, 6:00 p.m., The Kincaid Auditorium, Gatton College…
As the 2015 Term opens: The Court’s unusual Eighth Amendment focus
(SCOTUSblog) – Last June, the Supreme Court’s Term ended not with the same-sex marriage opinions (announced three days earlier), but rather with Justice Stephen Breyer’s surprising and comprehensive opinion (joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) in Glossip v. Gross, which…
7th Circuit tosses slating system for Indy judges
(The Indiana Lawyer) – Now that Indianapolis’ pay-to-play slating system that evenly divvied judgeships between Democrats and Republicans has been ruled unconstitutional, it’s up to the General Assembly to figure out how Marion County should select its judges. Key lawmakers…
Kim Davis’ latest appeal to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied
Kim Davis, Clerk of Rowan County, KY, had filed a second appeal to the earlier ruling by the 6th District Court for Eastern Kentucky. In that appeal, Davis asks for both an injunction against Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Commissioner…
Shoddy documents draws Court Of Appeals ire
(The Indiana Lawyer) – After appearing to shrug off the need to authenticate documents, a company claiming to own the appellant’s credit card debt got a lesson in Indiana court rules and precedence. Asset Acceptance, LLC, asserting it had purchased…
RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. The European Community Appeal to Supreme Court
On appeal from the 2nd District Court Of Appeal, the question is :Whether, or to what extent, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) applies extraterritorially. Currently, the case has been ongoing since 2004. The case involves an accusation…
Double jeopardy voids two cocaine convictions
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A trial court violated the prohibition against double jeopardy by convicting a man in a bench trial of three felony cocaine possession counts, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in tossing out two of the convictions….
U.S. judge rules Republicans can pursue Obamacare lawsuit
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Wednesday congressional Republicans could move forward with parts of a lawsuit that alleges executive overreach by President Barack Obama’s administration in implementing his signature healthcare law. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, appointed by…
7th Circuit: Marion County judge elections unconstitutional
(The Indiana Lawyer) – The way Marion County judges are elected is unconstitutional, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday, throwing out a system that assured an even split of Democratic and Republican judges and facilitated a pay-to-play party…
U.S. Constitution: Public Officials Wanted, Willingness to Follow the Law a Must
(Huffington Post) – In June, the Supreme Court issued its historic ruling affirming that the 14th Amendment protects the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry, in every state across the nation. Recognizing that there were still some Americans…
Go-it-alone defendant has hard day in court
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A pro se defendant who changed his mind and asked for counsel mid-trial instead got a lesson in legal precedent. Jared Allen Mynatt insisted to the Morgan Superior Court he could represent himself at trial against…
Judge lets Brady play, ruling against NFL in ‘Deflategate’
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A federal judge in New York let the air out of “Deflategate” Thursday, erasing New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for a controversy that the NFL claimed threatened football’s integrity. U.S. District Judge Richard M….
A new legal cloud over same-sex marriage in Kentucky?
(SCOTUSBlog) – Five deputy county clerks in Rowan County, Kentucky — the scene of the first major courthouse battle over a conflict between the Supreme Court’s view on same-sex marriage and religious objections to it — told a federal judge that…
Judge jails Kentucky clerk for refusing marriage licenses
(The Indiana Lawyer) – A defiant county clerk was sent to jail for contempt Thursday after insisting that her “conscience will not allow” her to follow a federal judge’s orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. “God’s moral law…
Altice sworn in as Court of Appeals judge
(The Indiana Lawyer) – Former Marion Superior Judge Robert R. Altice Jr. was sworn in as a judge on the Indiana Court of Appeals Wednesday by Chief Justice Loretta Rush, the court said in a statement. Altice, the first appellate court…