The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed former Justice Myra Selby to hear allegations that state Attorney General Curtis Hill committed professional misconduct by allegedly groping a lawmaker and three legislative staffers at a bar.

A disciplinary case against Attorney General Curtis Hill will move forward as the state Supreme Court appointed a hearing officer Monday.

The courts decision eliminates a carve-out that had allowed the cities of Bloomington and West Lafayette -- with their large, transient college populations -- to charge more than $5 per unit for inspections or to register the unit with the city.

The program will expose students to rural and smaller-city practice and courtroom practice and procedure while letting them assist trial judges with research, drafting motions and opinions.

Indiana's bar passage rate ticked up very slightly this year, to 61 percent. But it had gotten worse six consecutive years before that.

The state's highest court ruled a long-standing Indiana statute was regulating the railroad business.

The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case that challenges how Marion County police and prosecutors disburse proceeds from property they've seized and sold.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that rail transportation is governed by federal law.

Judge Geoff Robison had been deciding cases involving state law infractions, such as speeding, and offering deferrals, in addition to processing city ordinance violations without a prosecuting attorney practicing in the court.

Indiana has seven family recovery courts, with four more in the planning stages.