Indiana appellate courts will make motions filed in non-confidential appeals available online next month.

Litigants are feeling the absence of Justice Scalia with two 4-4 split decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2016.  Erwin Chemerinsky discusses the impact of having only eight justices in this recent article from the ABA Journal.

Attorney Geoffrey G. Slaughter will be sworn in as an Indiana Supreme Court Justice on Monday, June 13 in a brief, private ceremony.

Judge Richard A. Posner of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently authored an interesting (and highly entertaining) article entitled What is Obviously Wrong with the Federal Judiciary, Yet Eminently Curable - Part I. In the article, Judge Posner offers his take on three phases of the federal judicial process: trials, intermediate appeals, and decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court.

On May 23, The Seventh Circuit held that a lawyer may appeal a district court’s order sanctioning the lawyer for misconduct even when the sanction lacks a monetary component. The decision, Mary E. McClellan v. Elain E. Bucklo, Nos. 15-2752, 15-3410, affirmed an order from the Northern District of Illinois.

Governor Mike Pence today named Geoffrey G. Slaughter as the 109th Justice to the Indiana Supreme Court.

On April 20, The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Indiana Supreme Court courtroom, but this time the Court was also on the road. This argument took place in the original courtroom of the Hoosier State’s highest court, located in the first state Capitol building in Corydon.

Indiana Appellate Courts have made briefs filed in non-confidential appeals available online as of April 1.

Hamilton County Circuit and Superior Courts on July 1, 2016. The announcement comes after the successful launch of voluntary e-filing last year.

The IndyBar is excited to announce the launch of Listservs for all sections/divisions!