March 26, 2013
Associated PressIn a 5-0 vote, the justices rejected claims that the law primarily benefited religious institutions that run private schools.
The decision paves the way for a possible expansion of the program.
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December 13, 2012
Associated PressA top state attorney defended Indiana's punitive damages law Thursday against claims that it renders trials meaningless
by forcing judges to reduce awards in lawsuits without telling jurors.
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November 7, 2012
Associated PressLoretta Rush became the second female Indiana Supreme Court justice in state history during a private swearing-in ceremony
Wednesday.
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October 19, 2012
Associated PressJustice Steven David must pass a yes or no vote in the Nov. 6 election to remain on the state's highest court. But opponents
want David ousted.
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September 20, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court will decide whether the nation's largest school voucher program violates the state constitution.
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September 14, 2012
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels has named a Tippecanoe County judge as the first woman on the Indiana Supreme Court in 13 years.
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September 12, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday informed Walter B. Duncan, former executive director of the Greater Brownsburg Chamber
of Commerce, that it won't hear his appeal related to a pay dispute after he was forced to resign in 2010.
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September 6, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments Oct. 24 in the case involving a California lawyer that stems from
a separate suit filed by a former nanny of Herb and Bui Simon.
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August 9, 2012
Associated Press, Indiana Lawyer StaffHamilton Superior Judge Steve Nation, Tippecanoe Superior Judge Loretta Rush and Indianapolis attorney Geoffrey Slaughter
were chosen Wednesday by the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission.
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August 6, 2012
Associated PressLongtime Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent Dickson has been formally sworn in as the state's first new chief justice
since 1987.
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June 1, 2012
The university appointed Randall Shepard to a two-year term as its first executive-in-residence of its Public Policy Institute
within the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Shepard stepped down as chief justice in March.
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May 15, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission voted Tuesday to make Brent Dickson the state's first new chief justice in
25 years.
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May 14, 2012
J.K. WallMuch of the nearly 45 minutes of arguments and questioning on May 10 involved the justices and the lawyers for both parties
trying unsuccessfully to apply various scenarios from the retail world of commerce to health care pricing.
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May 7, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's newest Supreme Court justice says the court and its justices are "fallible" and that public institutions
should acknowledge that they won't always get things right.
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May 7, 2012
J.K. WallThe Indiana Supreme Court this week will consider whether hospital billing practices should be put on trial. The state’s
highest court will hear oral arguments Thursday in a case in which two uninsured patients have sued Indiana University Health
for charging them much higher prices than it would have charged insured patients.
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May 5, 2012
Scott OlsonA spate of turnover on the Indiana Supreme Court won't bring a change in the court's reputation for consensus-building and
consistency, court watchers say.
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April 2, 2012
Associated PressJustice Frank Sullivan Jr. announced Monday that he will be leaving the court after 19 years to join the faculty at Indiana
University's law school in Indianapolis. Sullivan says he will remain on the court until near the start of the law school's
fall semester.
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April 2, 2012
Associated PressThe newest member of the Indiana Supreme Court has been sworn into office. The court says Mark Massa took the oath to become
Indiana's 107th Supreme Court justice during a private ceremony Monday morning.
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March 26, 2012
Associated PressBrent Dickson will preside as the acting chief justice on the Indiana Supreme Court following the retirement of longtime Chief
Justice Randall Shepard.
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March 23, 2012
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels on Friday named 50-year-old Mark Massa to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Randall
T. Shepard from the Indiana Supreme Court.
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March 22, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid,
food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why.
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March 19, 2012
Associated PressJudges, attorneys, many former law clerks and others honored retiring Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard on Monday, praising
his ongoing commitment to the state and leadership in its legal community.
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March 15, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that ousted Secretary of State Charlie White had been eligible to run
for office in 2010, rejecting a Democratic challenge and clearing the way for Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels to appoint a replacement.
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February 29, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Supreme Court justices peppered attorneys with questions Wednesday during arguments to determine whether ousted Secretary
of State Charlie White was ever a legal candidate for the office, and who gets to appoint his successor.
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February 13, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Supreme Court said Monday afternoon that Gov. Mitch Daniels doesn't have to answer questions under oath in a $400
million lawsuit that the state filed against IBM Corp.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.