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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 28 NFP)
Posted on August 31, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Timothy Hamby, et al. v. Board of Zoning Appeals . an 11-page opinion, The...
Ind. Gov't. - Requests from courts are "just one more area that is going to be hard to address during this upcoming long and difficult budget time"
Posted on August 31, 2010Kathy Kreag Richardson, State Representative District 29, has a column dated August 28th in The Times ("serving Noblesville and Hamilton...
Courts - "NY Times Series on Civil Commitment and Sex Offenders"
Posted on August 31, 2010Sex Crimes, "a blog devoted top the criminal laws regulating and punishing sexual violence," yesterday featured a "multimedia New York...
Ind. Courts - More on: Tippecanoe County judges pull plug on cell phone use
Posted on August 31, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Sohia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal Courier has a follow-up story today headed "Some grumble at...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 30, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/30/10): Thursday, September 2nd 9:00 AM - Matthew Baugh...
Environment - BP refinery apparently not "good neighbor" in Texas
Posted on August 30, 2010"With Neighbors Unaware, Toxic Spill at a BP Plant" is the headline to a story today in the NY Times...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana opinions from 7th Circuit today
Posted on August 30, 2010In US v. Howard (ND Ind., Springmann), a 13-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Jennifer Howard was convicted of access device...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 30, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Terry Gene Lay v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge Kirsch writes:Terry...
Ind. Law - "What fuels fraud? Classic reasons underlie most embezzlement cases"
Posted on August 30, 2010A long, interesting story today in the South Bend Tribune, reported by Dave Stephens, begins:Imagine a triangle. One side is...
Ind. Decisions - Combined medical malpractice verdicts could tap $90M from state fund
Posted on August 30, 2010Mark Taylor of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 29th in a long story that begins:Friday's $300,000 jury verdict in the...
Ind. Courts - Tippecanoe County judges pull plug on cell phone use
Posted on August 30, 2010Sophia Voravong reported in the August 29th Lafayette Journal Courier:The good news, for people who fear not being able to...
Ind. Courts - "Jeffersonville official Peggy Wilder ordered to use ignition interlock device"
Posted on August 30, 2010Ben Zion Hershberg reported in the Louisville Courier Journal on August 27th:At her initial court hearing Friday on a drunken...
Ind. Decisions - "Alleged half-sister must prove relationship for claim to millions"
Posted on August 30, 2010Friday, August 27th's COA decision in Victor C. Regalado v. Estate of Joseph Regalado (ILB entry here) was the subject...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "ACLU of Ohio produces major report on prison growth and problems"
Posted on August 30, 2010In this August 18th ILB entry, I asked what was happening with the Indiana Pew report project. Today Vic Ryckaert...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 27, 2010
Posted on August 30, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending August 27, 2010. It is two pages (and 23...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Finally a U.S. attorney nomination for the SD Ind?
Posted on August 30, 2010Here is the 64-page questionnaire Mr. Hogsell has submitted to U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Legal career information begins...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court rules on long-pending challenge to FSSA to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for transportation expenses
Posted on August 30, 2010The Supreme Court issued a per curiam decision in a long outstanding appeal late this afternoon. Oral arguments were held...
Ind. Decisions - "COA upholds Terry Lay convictions"
Posted on August 30, 2010So reports the Evansville Courier & Press this afternoon, in re the COA decision this morning in the case of...
Ind. Law - More on: Blood draw law might benefit from another look by the legislature
Posted on August 30, 2010This ILB entry from August 23rd concluded:Take a look at the entire IC 9-30-6-6, including the changes made to subsection...
Courts - More on "Lawsuit seeks to change how Kansas Supreme Court judges are appointed"
Posted on August 29, 2010Updating this ILB entry from August 27, 2010, here is the complaint filed in USDC, District of Kansas on...
Ind. Gov't. - "Show us the IPS numbers"
Posted on August 28, 2010Last year this time the ILB had several entries under the heading "The Indianapolis Public School Board adopted the district's...
Ind. Courts - "Probe against Judge Scheibenberger dropped "
Posted on August 27, 2010Kevin Leininger of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reports this afternoon:Members of the Allen County Election Board have decided not to...
Ind. Law - More on "Lawyer Found Dead in Home After Suicidal Gunman Shoots at Downtown Indy Firm"
Posted on August 27, 2010Updating this ILB entry from this morning, Am Law Daily has a similar story, posted by Brian Baxter, with some...
Courts - "Lawsuit seeks to change how Kansas Supreme Court judges are appointed"
Posted on August 27, 2010A story by Ron Sylvester of the Wichita Eagle begins:An Indiana lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of...
Ind. Law - "Lawyer Found Dead in Home After Suicidal Gunman Shoots at Downtown Indy Firm"
Posted on August 27, 2010Molly McDonough of the ABA Journal has compiled a comprehensive report on this sad event, involving the death of Indianapolis...
Law - U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain"
Posted on August 27, 2010A long story August 24th in the NY Times, reported by William Neuman, begins:Faced with a crisis more than a...
Ind. Decisions - More on: 7th Circuit reverses stun gun decision
Posted on August 27, 2010Re yesterday's 7th Circuit opinion (ILB summary here), Mark Wilson reported yesterday in the Evansville Courier & Press:A federal appeals...
Courts - California on its way to a woman chief justice
Posted on August 27, 2010From the August 26th Recorder, a story by Kate Moser headed "Judicial Committee Unanimously Confirms California's First Filipina-American Chief Justice"...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on August 27, 2010For publication opinions today (3): Victor C. Regalado v. Estate of Joseph Regalado Brian Adcock v. State of Indiana -...
Ind. Courts - Mark Dinsmore named U.S. Magistrate
Posted on August 27, 2010Mark J. Dinsmore has been selected United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Indiana at Indianapolis, filling the...
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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?
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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....








