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Indiana Court of Appeals upholds abortion ban injunction

JURIST

On Thursday, the Indiana Court of Appeals largely affirmed an injunction the trial court had placed on the state’s near-total abortion ban. The Court of Appeals ruling will send the lawsuit back to the trial court to narrow the effect of the trial court injunction. The vote was unanimous.

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Indiana Univ. Can Keep COVID Vax Mandate During Appeal

Law 360

Indiana University can continue its policy mandating that students get a COVID-19 vaccine before the fall term while a group of students appeals a federal district court ruling upholding the requirement through the litigation process, the Seventh Circuit said Monday.

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Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting lawsuit out of Indiana where Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer is suing the National Football League (NFL) for defamation after the NFL claimed that his shooting of an African American man was due to “systemic racism.” Screenshot from federal complaint.

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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

Attorney at Work

The court ordered additional briefings, but the lawyer then missed multiple deadlines, claiming earlier orders were lost among numerous notifications on his mobile phone. The Solution: Integrated Court Rules. Today law firms have multiple options for automated rules and calendar management.

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Biden’s “Come on, Man” Defense Will Not Fly on Religious Freedom

JonathanTurley

.” The health care workers can refile if circumstances change or if the appellate court rules against them. They also can refile if the lower court has not reached a decision by Oct. He cited the Supreme Court’s 1905 ruling in Jacobson v. 29, when the vaccine requirement is scheduled to go into effect.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

When agencies refused to turn over public records, ProPublica’s lawyers threatened litigation and in one case sued. In one exchange, Harpster told Lewis that he had spent two hours on the phone with some officers and a prosecutor in Indiana. After the meeting, the prosecutor remarked that Harpster’s ideas sounded like “voodoo magic.”.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys.

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