Three Marion County judges retiring at end of 2018
Seventeen other judges are scheduled for a new process for selecting and retaining Indianapolis judges that gets under way next month.
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Indianapolis judge being considered for nation’s drug czar
Marion Superior Judge William Nelson, whose stepson died of a drug overdose, confirmed Monday he again is under consideration for the post after the October withdrawal of President Trump’s pick.
Indianapolis tries to halt Carmel’s 96th Street roundabout plan
In a lawsuit filed this month in Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis claims its northern neighbor is encroaching on the city’s corporate boundary. The seven-page complaint is seeking a preliminary injunction preventing Carmel from continuing with plans to build four roundabouts.
Fletcher Place distillery grows beyond original expectations
Four law school grads and a businessman took a flyer on founding Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery in 2014. Its spirits now are sold in five states and soon will be in U.S. Navy commissaries throughout the country.
ITT’s bankruptcy fallout includes warehouse of paperwork
Hundreds of boxes of potentially important records are being stored as part of the ITT Educational Services bankruptcy. Among them are legal documents, loan information, Social Security numbers and other personal data.
Judge halts Brownsburg annexation, rules town did not prove need
A Marion County Court has stopped an annexation by the town of Brownsburg after finding the municipality did not show that the land it wants to annex was needed for future development.
Suit claims Indy police misappropriating forfeiture money
Claiming that Indianapolis law enforcement is illegally keeping millions of dollars from civil forfeitures, a national legal organization filed a complaint Wednesday to stop the flow of proceeds into city coffers.
Obama nominates Selby, Ong for federal judgeships
Winfield Ong, chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, was nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Myra Selby, former Indiana Supreme Court justice, was nominated for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Monarch Beverage again fails in liquor distribution suit
Monarch Beverage Co.’s arguments that Indiana's alcohol wholesale laws are discriminatory fell flat at the Indiana Court of Appeals, marking the second time this week that attempts to overturn state statutes regarding booze came up empty.
Appeals court upholds Indiana’s cold beer law
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a state law that prohibits convenience stores, gas stations and other retailers from selling beer cold in the state.
Appeals court tosses Ponzi schemer’s 40-year sentence
A financial broker who bilked clients out of $8.9 million in an investment scam had his state sentence and order to pay restitution overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals.