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The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390. [1][2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437. [2] Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
Government of Indiana. The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches: the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana. County and local governments are also ...
Courts of Indiana include: State courts of Indiana The E. Ross Adair Federal Building, seat of the Fort Wayne division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Indiana Supreme Court [1] Indiana Court of Appeals (5 districts; previously Indiana Appellate Court) [2] Indiana Tax Court [3] Indiana Circuit Courts (91 circuits ...
For example, in Howard County, Indiana, with a population of less than 100,000, [3] the Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile cases, [4] while the Superior Court 1 primarily hears criminal drug and domestic violence cases. [5]
The Indiana Appellate Court was created by the Indiana General Assembly by statute in 1891. It was originally created to be a temporary appellate court to handle overflow cases from the Indiana Supreme Court. The Appellate Court was not intended to be a permanent institution; the original statute specified that it would only exist for six years ...
The Indiana Supreme Court was established in 1816 when Indiana was granted statehood. The new Court replaced the General Court of the Indiana Territory, which consisted of a three-member panel. Housed in a three-room building it shared with the Indiana legislature, the Court held its first session in Corydon on May 5, 1817. Under the state ...
The Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund (TRF) was created by the Indiana General Assembly in 1921. Today, TRF manages and distributes the retirement benefits of educators in all public schools, as well as some charter schools and universities, throughout Indiana. Headed by a governor-appointed executive director and a six-member Board of ...
Randall Terry Shepard was born in Lafayette in 1946, but spent most of his formative years in Evansville, Indiana. Shepard is a seventh generation Hoosier. He is an Eagle Scout and has received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. [2] He graduated from Princeton University in 1969 and from the Yale Law School in 1972, and earned a Master of ...