Indiana Supreme Court Cases: The First Half of the 2020 Fiscal Year

By Mitchell Osterday, Indiana Supreme Court

The Indiana Supreme Court has issued 22 judicial opinions since the start of the state’s new fiscal year on July 1, 2019. Those 22 opinions are broken down here.

• Opinions by Author (15)
  • Chief Justice Rush
    • In the Matter of M.I. issued August 9, 2019
    • State of Indiana v. Tyson Timbs issued October 28, 2019
    • In the Matter of Ma.H. issued October 31, 2019
    • Heraeus Medical, LLC. et al. v. Zimmer, Inc., et al. issued December 3, 2019
  • Justice David
    • State of Indiana v. Pebble Stafford issued August 7, 2019
    • Alberto Baiza Rodriguez v. State of Indiana issued August 7, 2019
    • Katrina Murray v. Indianapolis Public Schools issued August 8, 2019
    • American Consulting, Inc. v. Hannum Wagle & Cline Engineering, Inc. et al. issued December 18, 2019
  • Justice Massa
    • Derrick Cardosi v. State of Indiana issued August 7, 2019
    • William Clyde Gibson, III v. State of Indiana issued October 24, 2019
  • Justice Slaughter
    • Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. et al. v. Katrina Carter and Quentin Lintner issued September 13, 2019
  • Justice Goff
    • Tracie Easler v. State of Indiana issued September 20, 2019
    • C.S., Jr. v. State of Indiana; Z.T. v. State of Indiana issued October 1, 2019
    • A.M. v. State of Indiana issued November 12, 2019
    • Kenworth of Indianapolis, Inc., et al. v. Seventy-Seven Limited, et al. issued November 12, 2019
• Per Curiam Opinions (6)
  • Mohamed M. Dadouch v. State of Indiana issued July 16, 2019
  • Troy R. Shaw v. State of Indiana issued August 21, 2019
  • Corey R. Faith v. State of Indiana issued September 6, 2019 
  • Brian L. Paquette v. State of Indiana issued September 11, 2019
  • Rodney W. Falls v. State of Indiana issued October 8, 2019
  • Kevin Andrew Schuler v. State of Indiana issued October 18, 2019
• Opinions on Rehearing (1)
  • International Business Machines Corporation v. State of Indiana, acting on behalf of the Indiana Family & Social Services Administration issued October 10, 2019

Ten out of 15 (66 percent) of the opinions issued by an author were unanimous. Two additional opinions, Kenworth v. Seventy-Seven Limited and A.M. v. State of Indiana, were unanimous with the exception of either a partial concurrence or a concurrence in the judgment with a separate opinion. Only three opinions by an author and the one opinion on rehearing contained a dissenting opinion—State v. Timbs (Justice Slaughter dissenting), C.S., Jr./Z.T. v. State (Justice David concurring in part/dissenting in part), American Consulting v. Hannum Wagle & Cline (Justice Slaughter concurring in part/dissenting in part), and IBM v. State (Justice Slaughter dissenting from partial grant of rehearing). 

A full listing of these opinions can be found on the Indiana Supreme Court’s website here. Oral arguments of the court can be streamed live or from the court’s oral argument archive here.

*These are unofficial figures compiled from the Indiana Supreme Court website. The author writes in his private capacity and not as an employee of the Indiana Supreme Court.

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