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Ind. Gov't. - Continuing saga of politics of trash in Lake county
Posted on October 05, 2010This spring the ILB linked to a NWI Times series on the politics of trash in Lake County. Bringing you...
Courts - Use of GPS to track person's car without a warrant
Posted on October 05, 2010From an editorial today in the NY Times:In August, three judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Courts - "Should the state require you to show ID to vote?"
Posted on October 05, 2010This question is now an issue in Kansas. Rick Plumlee of the Wichita Eagle has a very long story today...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Governor terminates IURC chairman, issues ethics memo to agency heads"
Posted on October 05, 2010Supplementing two earlier ILB entries from today, Chris O'Malley of the IBJ is now reporting:Duke Energy Corp. placed Mike Reed,...
Ind. Decisions - More opinions from Supreme Court
Posted on October 05, 2010According to this press release, Justice Boehm stepped down from the Supreme Court, effective Sept. 30, 2010. But here are...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on October 05, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Nevin Brooks v. State of Indiana , a 19-page opinion, Sr. Judge Barteau writes:Defendant-Appellant...
Ind. Decisions - Second decision today from the Supreme Court
Posted on October 05, 2010In Indiana Department of State Revenue v. Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, an 11-page, 3-2 opinion. Justice Rucker writes:In this opinion...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Governor terminates IURC chairman, issues ethics memo to agency heads"
Posted on October 05, 2010ILB thoughts: I just took at look at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission re its organization, and read this. The...
Ind. Gov't. - "Governor terminates IURC chairman, issues ethics memo to agency heads"
Posted on October 05, 2010This was just released by the Governor's office: [emphasis by ILB] Governor terminates IURC chairman, issues ethics memo to agency...
Ind. Courts - "Role of the Judicial Nominating Commission in Judicial Selection"
Posted on October 05, 2010Last month (Sept. 3) Adrienne Meiring of the Indiana Judicial Nominating/Disciplinary Commission published this column in Indiana Court Times. Here...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on October 05, 2010In Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of I.A.; J.H. v. IDCS, a 14-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Rucker writes:The trial court terminated...
Ind. Courts - Continuing on with "Life, Death and Insurance: Indiana's $15 Million Mystery "
Posted on October 05, 2010Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries, Leslie Scism and Mark Mremon of the Wall Street Journal report today:A...
Ind. Gov't. - "The Fishers Town Council's actions over the past six months remain in effect even though one of its members moved out of his district, the town attorney said Monday"
Posted on October 05, 2010That is the lede to this story today by Kevin O'Neal in the Indianapolis Star. More:"For public policy reasons, several...
Courts - "Flawed Paperwork Aggravates a Foreclosure Crisis"
Posted on October 04, 2010Supplementing our foreclosure coverage from this weekend, my NY Times this morning has this front-page story by Gretchen Morgenson. The...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on October 04, 2010As noted in this entry July 16th, headed "Sadly, no more ILB on weekends or holidays," the ILB is...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on October 04, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 10/4/10): Monday, September 13th 12:00 PM - Cassie Pfenning...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on October 04, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In R.R. v. Review Board (NFP), a 7-page opinion, Sr. Judge Sullivan writes:This interlocutory appeal...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending October 1, 2010
Posted on October 04, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending October 1, 2010. It is two pages (and 28...
Law - "Hoosier casinos battle cheaters: Ind. casinos' high-tech defense can't always stop the crooks"
Posted on October 04, 2010Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal as two very long stories today on Indiana casinos:"Hoosier casinos battle cheaters: Ind....
Environment - Air pollution issues in NW Indiana and Muncie area
Posted on October 04, 2010"Advocacy groups say State Line Energy allowed to continue violating air permit" is the headline to this long Oct. 2,...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Fallout from "Consumer group criticizes Indiana regulator's move to Duke Energy"
Posted on October 04, 2010Updating two earlier ILB entries, from Sept. 24 and Sept. 25, 2010, here are a few quotes from this commentary...
Courts - The Perils Of Big Money In Judicial Elections As Groups Target Judges Over Narrow Issues, Will That Affect How They Rule?
Posted on October 04, 2010That is the heading to this column by Eliza Newlin Carney of The National Law Journal in her regular series,...
Courts - The SCOTUS women
Posted on October 04, 2010Via SCOTUSblog, a photo of our three current women justices, plus Justice O'Connor....
Ind. Decisions - More on the Supreme Court's two casino rulings last week
Posted on October 04, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 30, 2010, which presents summaries of the Supreme Court's opinions on that date in...
Ind. Courts - ISBA judicial retention poll ballots due
Posted on October 04, 2010ISBA Members: Your electronic ISBA judicial retention poll ballots were originally due today, Oct. 4. The deadline has been extended...
Ind. Decisions - "Porter County wins battle in transfer station war"
Posted on October 04, 2010This Porter County fight against a transfer station variously described as "near Mount Baldy" and near the Town of Pines,...
Courts - Nina Totenberg on Justice Stevens
Posted on October 04, 2010NPR's Nina Totenberg today has a long, two-part feature on Justice Stevens. The first part (nearly 8 minutes) was this...
Ind. Decisions - A number of notable disciplinary decisions in the past week
Posted on October 04, 2010A number of notable disciplinary decisions in the past week: In the Matter of Steven F. Fillenwarth - a...
Courts - "GMAC Mortgage Stops Foreclosures in 23 States"
Posted on October 02, 2010This includes Indiana. What does this mean for the future? What does it mean for finalized foreclosures? The ILB hopes...
Courts - More on "GMAC Mortgage Stops Foreclosures in 23 States"
Posted on October 02, 2010Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, David Streitfeld is reporting today in the NY Times in a story that...
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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....








