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Courts - Protest during military funerals oral argument
Posted on October 09, 2010The SCOTUS recently announced that this term it would make audio tapes of oral arguments available at the end of...
Courts - The Rise of the Specialized Supreme Court Bar
Posted on October 09, 2010Long, fascinating article today by the NY Times Adam Liptak....
Environment - "White House 'Asian Carp Czar' Outlines His Strategy For Eradicating Species"
Posted on October 08, 2010NPR yesterday afternoon on "All Things Considered" ran this nearly 5 minute story on Indiana's John Goss:Almost a month ago,...
Ind. Decisions - "State workers still owed back pay, but not as much"
Posted on October 08, 2010The COA decision earlier today in Richmond State Hospital, et al. v. Paula Brittain, et al. (ILB summary here) is...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on October 08, 2010For publication opinions today (4): Richmond State Hospital, et al. v. Paula Brittain, et al. is the state employees' back...
Ind. Courts - "Hogsett marks first day on the job"
Posted on October 08, 2010See WISH TV 8 report here....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending October 8, 2010
Posted on October 08, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending October 8, 2010. It is one page (and 2...
Courts - More on: How significant are halting foreclosures to the housing market overall?
Posted on October 07, 2010Supplementing yesterday's ILB entry, which included this quote from the NPR story:But how significant are halting foreclosures to the housing...
Ind. Courts - "Warrick County will elect its first female prosecutor in November"
Posted on October 07, 2010Garret Mathews of the Evansville Courier & Press has this report today on the contest between Dawnya Taylor and JoAnn...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana Supreme Court sees no problem with drug searches of any car parked in a public lot"
Posted on October 07, 2010That is the headline to a story today in The Newspaper.com ("A journal of the politics of driving"), referencing the...
Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Magistrates failing to keep up with case loads"
Posted on October 07, 2010Updating this list of earlier ILB entries, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:VALPARAISO...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Not everyone is happy with our Supreme Court's unauthorized practice decision
Posted on October 07, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 22, 2010, in fact United Financial Systems was so unhappy with the decision in...
Ind. Decisions - "After Client Adoption Files Blow Into Public View, Court Reprimands Attorney"
Posted on October 07, 2010The Indiana Supreme Court disciplinary ruling in In the Matter of Steven C. Litz (ILB summary here, 2nd case) is...
Ind. Courts - Mongomery County renames building after its Circuit Court Judge
Posted on October 07, 2010The Paper 24-7 ("of Montgomery County online") has a report today by Frank Phillips that begins:Circuit Court Judge Thomas Milligan...
Ind. Courts - SD Ind. has opening for another magistrate judge
Posted on October 07, 2010Applications are due Nov. 3, 2010. Application....
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: "Indiana couple fights to keep child raised since birth"
Posted on October 07, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 29 and this one from Sept. 24, the Toledo Blade is reporting this afternoon:COLUMBUS...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit ruling on fast track sentencing [Updated]
Posted on October 07, 2010In USA v. Jaime Reyes-Hernandez, a 36-page opinion in two cases out of Illinois, Judge Kanne writes:The Supreme Court?s...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on October 07, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): L. Steven Beckham, Jacquelyn K. Beckham, and Amos Agri Products,...
Ind. Gov't. - "Governor accepts BMV Commissioner's resignation"
Posted on October 07, 2010From a press release just issued:This afternoon, Andy Miller resigned effective immediately as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Motor...
Ind. Courts - "Newton County prosecutor reprimanded for lapsed license"
Posted on October 06, 2010The Sept. 30, 2010 Supreme Court disciplinary ruling, In the Matter of James E. Barce, is the subject of a...
Ind. Courts - "Kagan to Oversee Emergency Appeals for 6th and 7th Circuits"
Posted on October 06, 2010So reports Tony Mauro today in this article from The National Law Journal. - "the same circuits her predecessor John...
Ind. Gov't. - Here is a headline you really don't want to see
Posted on October 06, 2010"Regulators postpone Duke hearing amid scandal" It heads this just-posted IBJ story by Chris O'Malley that begins:The Indiana Utility Regulatory...
Environment - Still more on "Contaminated soil from Louisville arena site dumped in Clarksville"
Posted on October 06, 2010Updating ILB entries from May 13th and May 14th, 2010, Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on October 06, 2010For publication opinions today (0): In Charles J. Kennedy v. State of Indiana , a 19-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:The...
Ind. Courts - More on the upcoming JNC/JDC election [Updated]
Posted on October 06, 2010As the ILB reported in this August 3, 2010 entry:Ballots and biographies of each candidate will be mailed to all...
Ind. Gov't. - "IURC Appointment process differs from most states" [Updated]
Posted on October 06, 2010Tim Evans has this story in the Indianapolis Star today, suggesting that Indiana's utility commissioners might better be elected, or...
Ind. Gov't. - "Daniels fires chairman of utility regulatory agency"
Posted on October 06, 2010The Louisville Courier Journal's Lesley Stedman Weidenbener has this coverage today on the IURC firing - the lengthy story begins:INDIANAPOLIS...
Ind. Courts - Justice Boehm: Sr. Justice Boehm: Sr. Judge Boehm?
Posted on October 06, 2010Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Oct. 5, which noted four Supreme Court opinions signed Oct. 5, 2010 by Justice...
Ind. Gov't. - 6 News: "BMV Head [allegedly] Arrested On Public Indecency Charge"
Posted on October 06, 2010Here is another headline you don't really want to see....
Courts - How significant are halting foreclosures to the housing market overall?
Posted on October 06, 2010An excellent review from NPR's All Things Considered, audio will be available at about 7 pm....
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The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....

The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....








