Indiana Injunction Law

Donald Nicodemus v. City of South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana civil rights lawyers represent the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment declaring Indiana's "buffer law" unconstitutional. MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem... More...

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Elevance Health, Inc. v. Vinod Mohan

Indianapolis, Indiana commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a misappropriation of trade secrets theory. n August 22, 2023, Plaintiff Elevance Health, Inc. ("Elevance") filed this diversity action against its former employee, Defendant Vinod Mohan ("Ms. Mohan"), alleging that Ms. Mohan misappropriated trade secrets. Dkt. 1. Elevance also fil... More...

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John Crouch v. State of Indiana, Britni Saunders

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> On December 5, 2018, Crouch filed a complaint and demand for jury trial against the State of In... More...

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Jackson County Bank v. Mathew R. DuSablon

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.insd.uscourts.gov/sites/insd/files/indianapolis.png"> </center> Jackson County Bank sued its former employee, Mathew R. DuSablon, in Indiana state court, asserting various state law claims, including theft of property and breach of contract. Following his unsuccessful motion to dismiss, DuSablon removed the case to federal ... More...

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Augustus Mendenhall v. State of Indiana

<center> <img width="300" src="https://mediaassets.theindychannel.com/photo/2012/08/15/Augustus-Mendenhall-21501891_20299_ver1.0_640_480.jpg "> <h2> </h2> </center> The parties to this case have a long and storied past. In 1983, Burke Mendenhall (Burke), a real estate developer and Mendenhall’s father, leased property within the Lafayette ... More...

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Whitesell Precision Components, Inc. v. Autoform Tool & Manufacturing, LLC <table> <td>

Whitesell is in the business of manufacturing and distributing engineered, specialty, and standard components and parts used in various industries, including in the assembly and manufacture of automobiles.2 Autoform is in the business of manufacturing components used in the assembly and manufacture of automobiles. Autoform uses injector cups supplied by Whitesell to produce <... More...

$0 (09-03-2018 - IN)

The William R. Lee Irrevocable Trust v. Lester L. Lee

Lester Lee merged two companies he controlled. A trust administered by his nephews, with a pre-merger minority interest in one of the companies, dissented from the merger pursuant to Indiana’s Dissenters’ Rights Statute and obtained a judgment against that company. Lester filed a personal bankruptcy petition. The Trust commenced an adversary proceeding in that bankruptcy action, seeking to pie... More...

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Bobbi Kilburn-Winnie v. Town of Fortville, et al.

Bobbi Kilburn‐Winnie and Michelle Allen‐Gregory (collectively, “Appellants”) filed suit against the 2 No. 17‐2498 Town of Fortville, Indiana, Fortville Waterworks, and Fortville Utilities (collectively, “Fortville”), alleging that their Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process rights were violated when Fortville disconnected their water service.... More...

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Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Concord Community Schools

Since ancient times, people have been celebrating the winter solstice, which occurs around the third week of December in the Northern Hemisphere. Many of these celebrations are religious in nature, and so in the modern United States they have led to a depressingly steady stream of First Amendment challenges, in which one party wishes to express its religious views in the pu... More...

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John Doe v. Eric Holcomb

John Doe, whose legal name is Jane Doe,1 is a transgender man residing in Marion County, Indiana. Though Doe is originally from Mexico, the United States granted him asylum in 2015 because of the persecution he might face in Mexico for being transgender. But this suit arises out of Doe’s treatment in the United States. He alleges that he faces harassment and discriminatio... More...

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Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al.

Indianapolis, IN - Federal Judge Enters Temporary Injunction In Favor of Plaintiffs In Anti-Abortion Legislation Challenge Plaintiff Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. sued the Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health seeking a declaratory judge invalidating an Indiana anti-abortion law passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor claiming that the law was un... More...

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John Belork v. Robin Latimer, Davis Township Trustee and DMK&H Farms, Inc

Belork is the owner of real property in Starke County, Indiana, which he uses in part to raise cattle. Jan Ferch is the owner of real property along the eastern boundary of Belork’s property, and Ferch’s farming operation includes grain production. DMK&H is the owner of real property along the southern boundary of Belork’s property, and its farming operation includes gr... More...

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Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc., and Hammond Gavit High School v. Nasir Cade, et al.

Both Hammond and Griffith are voluntary members of the IHSAA. On Saturday, February 7, 2015, the Hammond varsity boys’ basketball team played the Griffith team at Griffith. A Hammond player fouled a Griffith player during the game, which caused the Griffith player to slam into the padded wall behind the basket and fall onto the floor.2 Thereafter, members of both teams <br... More...

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Grace Schools v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell

The district court entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiffs, a number of religious, not-for-profit organizations, preventing the defendants from applying or enforcing the so-called “contraceptive mandate” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“ACA”) to the plaintiffs. See 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-13(a)(4); Pub. 2 Nos. 14-1430 & 14-1... More...

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Grace Schools v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell

The ACA requires group health plans and third-party administrators of self-insured plans to cover preventive care for women under guidelines supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-13(a)(4); 45 C.F.R. § 147.130(a)(1)(iv); University of Notre Dame v. Burwell, 786 F.3d 606,... More...

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Zachary Medlock v. Trustees of Indiana University

This is an eyeâ€opening case, but not because of any legal profundities or political reverberationsâ€” rather because of the glimpse it affords into contemporary student and administrative cultures of American universities. Zachary Medlock was in the spring of 2011 a sophomore at Indiana University's main campus, in Bloomington, living 2 No. 13â€1900 by choice i... More...

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Wanda Goodpaster v. City of Indianapolis

Appellants, who own bars in Indianapolis-Marion County, Indiana, filed suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against enforcement of the 2 No. 13-1629 2012 Indianapolis-Marion County smoking ordinance. The district court denied the bar owners' motion for a preliminary and permanent injunction and entered judgment in favor of the City. The bar owners now appeal. I. BACK... More...

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Patriotic Veterans, Inc. v. State of Indiana

Legislators in the State of Indiana believe that the bulk of its citizens find automated telephone messages to be an annoyance, and one worthy of government protection. These types of telephone calls are made by 2 No. 11â€3265 an automatic dialingâ€announcing device that (according to Indiana's definition) selects and dials telephone numbers and disseminates a prerecorded o... More...

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Northeastern Rural Electric Membership v. Wasbash Valley Power Association, Inc.

This appeal tests the boundaries of federal-question subject matter jurisdiction. The issue is whether a claim for breach of a longterm requirements contract for wholesale electricity arises under federal law or state law. We conclude that the claim arises under state law, that the district court therefore lacked jurisdiction to enter its preliminary injunction, and that the case should be remande... More...

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Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. v. Commissioner of Indiana State Department of Health

In 2011 Indiana adopted a law prohibiting state agencies from providing state or federal funds to "any entity that performs abortions or maintains or operates a facility where abortions are performed.â€ IND. CODE Â§ 5-22-17-5.5(b). The Hyde Amendment already forbids states from using federal funds to pay for most nontherapeutic abortions; Indiana has a similar ban on the use of state funds.... More...

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Sandra M. Bontrager v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

On May 5, 2011, Sandra M. Bontrager filed a putative class action complaint challenging Indiana's $1,000 annual limit for dental services covered by Medicaid. The district court granted Bontrager's request for a preliminary injunction, holding that Indiana is required to cover all medically necessary dental services, irrespective of the monetary cap. We affirm. I. BACKGROUND T... More...

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Trust No. 6011 v. Homeowners Association

Simon and Victoria J. Beemsterboer reside on property ("the Beemsterboer Propertyâ€) owned by Trust No. 6011, Lake County Trust Company, Trustee. Victoria is the beneficiary of the Trust. The Beemsterboer Property shares a border with Heil's Haven Condominiums. When the condominiums were developed, several agreements were executed between the Heil's Haven Condominiums Homeowners Association (... More...

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Roy Wirtz v. City of South Bend

This motion to dismiss an appeal in a case arising under the First Amendment's establishment clause presents a novel jurisdictional issue: whether a municipal land use case can come within the exception to the doctrine of mootness for cases that are capable of repetition yet elude review. There is also an issue of timeliness. The City of South Bend bought a tract of land with the intention ... More...

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Emergency Services Billing Corporation, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Company

This appeal concerns the interpretation of the phrase "consumer product in consumer useâ€ in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLAâ€). 42 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 9601 et seq. Plaintiff-appellant, Emergency Services Billing Corporation ("ESBCâ€), is the billing agent for the Volunteer Fire Department of Westville ("Fire Departmentâ€), a town ... More...

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Amber Parker v. Franklin County Community School Corporation

A packed gymnasium, cheerleaders rallying the fans, the crowd on their feet supporting their team, and the pep band playing the school song: these are all things you might expect to see at an Indiana high school basketball game on a Friday night. The crowd becomes part of the game; they provide motivation, support, and encouragement to the players. After all, what would a spectator sport be withou... More...

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Roche Diagnostics Corporation v. Medical Automation Systems, Inc., Gregory A. Menk and Kurt M. Wassenaar

Roche Diagnostics makes glucosemonitors and other diabetes-related products that incorporatesoftware written by Medical Automation Systems (MAS). Roche's contract with MAS entitles it to use the software for two years after the contract's initial term (2006 through 2010) and any extension. It also gives Roche a right of first refusal should MAS agree to sell its stock or assets to one of Roche's ... More...

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In Re: Richard Bergeron

Rich Bergeron asks us to remove the judge presiding in Eppley v. Iacovelli, a case pending in the district court. Bergeron had repeatedly asked her, without success, to recuse herself. Eppley, a plastic surgeon, had sued Iacovelli, a former patient, in 2009 for defamation and other alleged wrongs arising from Iacovelli's dissatisfaction with the face-lift operation that Eppley had performed... More...

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Cynthia Kartman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

After a severe hailstorm struck central Indiana in April 2006, thousands of homeowners filed claims with State Farm Fire and Casualty Company1 for hail damage to the roofs of their homes. State Farm thereafter paid millions in property-damage claims, but not all of the policyholders were satisfied with their payments. Several brought this proposed class action in state court alleging breach of con... More...

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Torrey Bauer v. Randall T. Shepard

The Supreme Court held in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002) (White I), that elected judges, and candidates for judicial office, have a right under the first amendment to declare their legal views to the electorate during their campaigns. The decision left open myriad questions of implementation, and litigation has ensued across the country in those states that give the vo... More...

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Estate of Wavie Luster v. Allstate Insurance Company

This diversity suit for breach of an insurance contract was dismissed on summary judgment. The suit is governed, so far as the substantive issues are concerned, by Indiana law, and the plaintiff's appeal presents issues of both contract interpretation and Indiana insurance law. Mrs. Luster was a widow living alone in her house in Merrillville, Indiana. She had a homeowner's insurance policy... More...

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Estate of Wavie Luster v. Allstate Insurance Company

This diversity suit for breach of an insurance contract was dismissed on summary judgment. The suit is governed, so far as the substantive issues are concerned, by Indiana law, and the plaintiff's appeal presents issues of both contract interpretation and Indiana insurance law. Mrs. Luster was a widow living alone in her house in Merrillville, Indiana. She had a homeowner's insurance... More...

$0 (03-23-2010 - IN)

Zimmer, Inc. v. Todd O. Davis

Zimmer, Inc. ("Zimmerâ€) sought a preliminary injunction against its former employee Todd O. Davis ("Davisâ€) to enforce the confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition provisions of their Employment Agreement with Davis.. The trial court denied Zimmer's request for injunctive relief. Zimmer now appeals presenting the following restated issue for our review: whether the trial c... More...

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New Albany DVA, LLC v. City of New Albany, Indiana

New Albany DVD operates an adult store in New Albany, Indiana. It does not provide live or recorded entertainment on site. Customers buy books, magazines, or videos, which they read or watch at home. Plaintiff bought land for this operation in 2003, secured all necessary licenses, and renovated the site's store to meet its requirements. The land was properly zoned for the business it proposed to o... More...

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Daniel E. Hoagland, et al. v. Town of Clear Lake, et al.

Daniel and Karen Hoagland and the Hoagland Family Limited Partnership (collectively, the Hoaglands) appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the Town of Clear Lake, Indiana (the Town), and Robert T. Troll, Derold Covell, Emma Brown, William Geiger, Joe Driver, and Thomas Reith, individually and in their official capacities as current and former members of the Clear Lake Town ... More...

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Joseph Jaskolski, et al. v. Rick Daniels and Anna Daniels

Joseph Jaskolski and the National Insurance Crime Bureau ("NICBâ€) bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court"s denial of their Petition for Certification under the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1998, commonly known as the Westfall Act. See 28 U.S.C. Â§ 2679 (2009). The Westfall Act provides that the remedies available under the Federal Tort Claim... More...

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Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey v. Johannes DeGroot

Appellants-Plaintiffs Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey (collectively, "the Lindseysâ€) appeal from the trial court"s order granting summary judgment in favor of Johannes DeGroot, Egberdien DeGroot, and DeGroot Dairy, LLC (collectively, "DeGroot Dairyâ€). On appeal, the Lindseys contend that the trial court incorrectly interpreted and applied the Indiana Right to Farm Act to the fa... More...

$0 (01-12-2009 - IN)

David Sees and Robert Ables v. Koorsen Fire & Security, Inc.

David Sees and Robert Ables (collectively, "Appellantsâ€) bring this interlocutory appeal of the trial court's preliminary injunction in the action brought against them by Koorsen Fire & Security, Inc. ("Koorsenâ€). We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand. ISSUES 1. Whether the trial court erred by entering an order that enjoined Ables from competing against Koorsen f... More...

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Patroit Homes, Inc., et al. v. Forest River Housing, Inc. d/b/a Sterling Homes

Two companies, Patriot Homes and Forest River Housing, compete in the modular hous2 ing manufacturing industry. Patriot sued Forest River Housing's subsidiary, Sterling Homes, and four former Patriot employees (now Sterling employees) for copying their home designs. Sterling appeals the district court's preliminary injunction order which enjoined it from misappropriating Patriot's copyri... More...

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Lori Engle, et al. v. Foxcliff Estates South Homeowners Association, Inc.

Lori Engle, Kurt Vogel, and David Huelster, on their behalf and on behalf of other homeowners of Foxcliff Estates South ("the Homeowners") appeal the trial court's grant of judgment on the pleadings in their action for a mandatory injunction against Foxcliff Estates South Homeowners Association, Inc. ("the HOA"). They raise three issues, which we consolidate and restate as: I. Whether t... More...

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John C. Roberts, M.D. v. Community Hospitals of Indiana, Inc.

Appellant-Plaintiff, Dr. John C. Roberts, M.D. (Roberts), appeals the trial court's award of judgment in favor of Appellee-Defendant, Community Hospitals of Indiana, Inc. (Community). We reverse and remand for further proceedings. ISSUES Roberts presents two issues for our review: (1) Whether the trial court erred when it consolidated the preliminary injunction hearing with trial on... More...

$0 (12-17-2007 - IN)