Sufficiency of Evidence – Property Classification
We accepted review in these cases to decide whether an injunction prohibiting agricultural use of a residentially-zoned property controls the property's tax assessment classification.
Due Process Violation
American politics is not for the thin‐skinned. In this case, a dispute between an elected school board member and a student outside a high school play escalated quickly.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 2010, a jury convicted Petitioner Ivy Tucker of conspiring to distribute more than one gram of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
Sufficiency of Evidence – Expert Testimony
Dr. Anthony Mimms is a physician licensed by the Indiana Medical Licensing Board.
False Claims Act
In January 2015, Quinn Heath applied to become an Indianapolis firefighter.
6th Amendment Violation
Demarrel Jones was convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon.
Breach of Contract
Graphics-design firm LimeCoral, Ltd., sued the job website CareerBuilder, LLC, for breach of copyright and breach of an alleged oral agreement to pay LimeCoral for each annual renewal of a graphic design that LimeCoral prepared for a job posting on CareerBuilder’s website.
Federal Jurisdiction – Statutory Interpretation
The parties cast this case as one about arbitral immunity, which is the ground on which the district court dismissed the complaint.
1st Amendment Violation
Lorenzo Davis worked for Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority.
Securities Exchange Fees – SEC – Lack of Jurisdiction
In Citadel Securities, LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., we held that “the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing [the] case [of certain securities firms] for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.”
Declaratory Judgment – Ordinance Violation – 1st Amendment
HH-Indianapolis, LLC (“HH”), intended to open a retail establishment in Indianapolis under the name “Hustler Hollywood.”
Voting Rights – Sex Offender
Plaintiff Brian Valenti is a convicted felon and registered sex offender.
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