An Indiana man maintains that an agency error cost him a job opportunity, over $1,000 in fines and a night in jail—but state attorneys argued Thursday that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles isn’t responsible for any damages.
The outcome of the heated situation between Rokita and the disciplinary commission now rests with the Indiana Supreme Court.
In its complaint, the disciplinary commission alleged Rokita violated the Indiana Professional Rules of Conduct by making false statements to the Indiana Supreme Court.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is calling for new rules that would allow the state disciplinary commission to quickly dismiss politically motivated complaints against attorneys and require it to follow the same impartiality guidelines as judges.
No Supreme Court justice has lost a retention vote since the process was instituted in 1970.
The Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed a professional misconduct complaint against Grady Ray after allegations that he failed to file paperwork in a timely manner and was non-responsive to clients in three separate cases.
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush said Indiana’s judges have made progress but still have work to do when it comes to handling mental health crises and drug addiction.
The Indiana State Bar Association leadership released a statement encouraging Hoosiers to analyze Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter based on their entire careers as a judges and not on isolated rulings.
A so-called “retention question” appears on the Nov. 5 election ballot, asking voters whether they want to keep Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justices Mark Massa and Derek Molter on the state’s high court.
The court suspended Richard Malad, effective immediately, after he pleaded guilty Sept. 3 in Morgan Superior Court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a Level 6 felony.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a disciplinary order against Robert T. Miller for forging family case managers’ names to child in need of services petitions.
Indiana’s Judicial Nominating Commission took only minutes to confer before unanimously selecting Indiana Supreme Court Justice Loretta Rush to continue in her role as chief justice.
Rush has been on the high court’s bench for 12 years and is currently in her 10th year as chief justice.
The attorney was disciplined for his refusal to refund fees to a client after not filing a sentence modification petition.
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Mark Massa said Rust doesn’t have a fundamental right to run for U.S. Senate as a Republican and can still appear on the November ballot as an independent, Libertarian or write-in candidate.
The stay issued Thursday puts an earlier ruling on hold and allows challenges to U.S. Senate hopeful John Rust’s candidacy.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over the state’s challenge to a lower court ruling that would allow John Rust to run for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the state GOP doesn’t back his candidacy.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita submitted a new and bombastic filing on Wednesday accusing the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission of caving to outside pressure in a “political melee,” saying it could no longer give him fair treatment.
Before Santa Claus, Indiana, became a well-known destination for amusement park lovers, two entrepreneurs engaged in a long legal battle that was eventually decided by the state’s highest court.
The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita for comments he made about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the OB-GYN at the center of a controversy over abortion in Indiana.
