Indiana Supreme Court

The Indiana Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Indiana and is established by Article 7 of the Indiana Constitution. Its chambers are in the north wing of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. In December 1816 it succeeded the General Court of the Indiana Territory as the state high court, beginning as a three-member panel and being reformed in 1852 and 1971. In 2008 it consisted of one chief justice and four associate justices, the constitutional minimum, and the General Assembly may raise the total to nine. It has no original jurisdiction in most cases and hears appeals from the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Tax Court, but it holds sole jurisdiction over the practice of law and the discipline of lower court judges.