Authorities said Friday they had not yet identified a gunman who stormed a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, killing eight people and wounding several others before taking his own life.
Read moreA federal court ruled that BP’s Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery failed to comply with the Clean Air Act’s operating permit emissions limitations and testing requirements as to certain boiler stacks.
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On remand from the Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit reaffirmed an injunction against Indiana’s requirement that a minor’s parents be notified if she is seeking an abortion through the judicial bypass process, finding that constitutional standards for state regulations on a woman’s right to end a pregnancy are “not stable, but they have not been changed, at least not yet, in a way that would change the outcome here.”
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The Seventh Circuit ruled for Indiana in a challenge brought by truckers to a 35% toll hike on I-90. The state, like any private proprietor, may turn a profit from its maintenance of the toll road and is not required to reinvest all toll monies into road maintenance. The toll is neutral with respect to the origin and destination of the trucks so it does not discriminate against interstate commerce.
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A split Seventh Circuit panel ruled that a holiday nativity scene displayed on the grounds of a county courthouse does not violate the Constitution.
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The Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in Indiana’s appeal of a ruling that found a state law requiring providers to report medical complications associated with abortions is unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal judge ruled that Indianapolis bars and nightclubs cannot sue the city for enforcing a county-wide public health order prohibiting public gatherings in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The city cannot be held responsible for an order it did not issue, without evidence that the city worked in conjunction with the county to impose restrictions on nightlife establishments.
Read moreA federal court in Indiana declined to block a public health order that imposes restrictions on bars, nightclubs and restaurants in the state. While the court is “sympathetic to the hardships” the pandemic restrictions have placed on the venue owners, the “potential harm to the public overwhelms the harms” the plaintiffs face.
Read moreA federal court in Indiana temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s residency and minimum food sales requirements, which require out-of-state limited liability companies operating establishments that serve alcoholic drinks to earn annual gross food sales exceeding $100,000, while not imposing minimum food sales on Indiana companies.
Read moreBlind voters in Indiana claim in a federal lawsuit that they can only vote absentee by appointment with a “traveling board” of election officials to help them fill out their ballots, while non-blind Hoosiers can vote absentee by mail, fax or email.
Read moreA man was properly convicted of dealing a fake drug substance — a felony — for attempting to sell baking soda, which he referred to as “white girl,” to a casino patron, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled, finding that the seized evidence was properly admitted under the Fourth Amendment.
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The Seventh Circuit heard arguments Thursday over whether an Indiana county’s Christmas nativity scene on courthouse grounds violates the Constitution’s ban on state-sanctioned religion.
Read moreA federal court in Indiana denied a county’s request for a stay pending appeal of a ruling that prohibited it from displaying a nativity scene on courthouse grounds.
Read moreNightclubs failed to convince an appeals court in Indiana that a Covid-19-related ordinance in Fort Wayne, which required “semi-nude” employees at sexually-oriented businesses to stay six feet away from all patrons, violated their constitutional rights to free speech.
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States cannot unfairly single out heavy vehicles in their operation of toll roads, a trucking association challenging Indiana’s toll system argued before a Seventh Circuit panel Monday.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit stayed an injunction that had required Indiana to count all absentee ballots received by Nov. 13, finding the state’s law requiring all ballots to be received by noon on Election Day is “rational.” The circuit court added that the Supreme Court “insists the federal judges not change electoral rules close to an election.”
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The Seventh Circuit has rejected a lawsuit that sought to give all Indiana voters the right to cast their ballots by mail in the November general election.
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The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that seeks to expand access to absentee voting to all Indiana residents who want to cast their ballots by mail in the November election.
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