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Ind. Courts - A Preview of the Final Round of Interviews
Posted on July 29, 2010Here is IU-Indianapolis Law Professor Joel Schumm's preview of the final set of interveiws before the Commission: In this post...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on July 29, 2010For publication opinions today (3): S.T. v. Community Hospital In-Patient Psyciatric Unit - "S.T. appeals her temporary involuntary commitment. Finding...
Courts - "Rick Pitino becomes emotional describing embarrassment from Karen Sypher case"
Posted on July 29, 2010See the Louisville Courier Journal story here....
Ind. Courts - 2nd of 3 panels of semi-finalists for the Supreme Court vacancy to be interviewed Friday, July 30th, 2010
Posted on July 29, 2010Boshkoff, Ellen E. Interview #4 - 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 30, 2010 Attorney, Baker & Daniels...
Ind. Courts - "7th Circuit Removes Chief District Judge Mid-Trial After Evidence Dispute with US Attorney"
Posted on July 29, 2010Martha Neil of ABA Journal blog writes today on this Chicago Tribune story. Read the Tribune story by Ameet Sachdev...
ind. Courts - Two opinions on Indiana cases today from 7th Circuit; also a comment on a "fast track" districts defense
Posted on July 29, 2010In US v. Diaz-Gaudarama (SD Ind., Hamilton), a 9-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Defendant-appellant David Diaz- Gaudarama appeals from the...
Ind. Courts - Nine semi-finalists to be interviewed tomorrow
Posted on July 29, 2010The final round of interviews before the judicial nominating commission begins tomorrow at 8:45 am Here is the schedule. As...
Ind. Courts - Do Law School Grades Matter in Selecting a Supreme Court Justice?
Posted on July 28, 2010Here is IU-Indianapolis Law Professor Joel Schumm's report on the law school grades of the semi-finalists: First on the list...
Ind. Courts - Marshall County video arraignment gets high marks
Posted on July 28, 2010Randy Nixon reports today in the Plymouth Pilot News:After just a little more than three months, the initial reviews are...
Environment - Indiana CAFOs in the news; cows, chickens, pigs
Posted on July 28, 2010"Indiana agency revokes permit for 3,500-cow dairy" - a brief AP story July 27th:LAKEVILLE, Ind. ? Developers haven't given up...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on July 28, 2010For publication opinions today (4): In Adoption of H.W. and IDCS v. L.D. and D.D., a 20-page opinion, Chief Judge...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana appeal decided today by 7th Circuit
Posted on July 28, 2010In US v. Gorman (SD Ind., Barker), a 20-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Jamarkus Gorman was convicted of perjury after...
Law - "Freedom of photography: Police, security often clamp down despite public right"
Posted on July 28, 2010An interesting story today by Annys Shin of the Washington Post - I thought I'd done a similar post a...
Ind. Courts - Senator Steele on legislation impacting the court selection process
Posted on July 28, 2010During the course of this month, the ILB has reviewed the records on appeal of the four trial judge semi-finalists...
Ind. Decisions - "Conviction overturned for man lured online by cop posing as girl"
Posted on July 28, 2010US v. Ciesiolka, issued July 26th by the 7th Circuit (ILB summary here) is the subject of a story in...
Law - "Lawyer Says He Helped Client Show That $45 Garage-Sale Buy is Worth Some $200M" [Updated]
Posted on July 28, 2010A great story put together by the ABA Journal blog. It begins:After paying $45 for a box of old negatives...
Ind. Courts - Judge Mangus-Stinson "said that after being sworn in, she was immediately given 373 cases"
Posted on July 28, 2010"Mount Prospect native appointed federal judge in Indiana" is the headline to this story in the Mount Prospect Daily Herald....
Sports. Law - More on "'Emotional abuse' at IUPUI? 28 have left women's basketball program"
Posted on July 28, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, there is another story today by Indy Star reporters Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans....
Ind. Courts - Reviewing the Nine Remaining Applications: One Semi-Finalist Gets a Wave of New Support
Posted on July 27, 2010IU-Indianapolis Law Professor Joel Schumm wrote this report yesterday afternoon, July 27, 2010, for the ILB: A few weeks ago...
Courts - "Karen Sypher conviction no 'slam dunk' in Rick Pitino extortion case"
Posted on July 27, 2010That is the headline to a lengthy story last evening by Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal that begins:On...
Law - "Should the American Bar Association require law schools to maintain a tenure system?"
Posted on July 27, 2010That is the lede to this story today by Karen Sloan of the National Law Journal. More from the story:The...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana decisions today from 7th Circuit, and a FDCPA case out of Illinois
Posted on July 27, 2010In Prime Eage v. Steel Dynamics (ND Ind., Moody), an 8-page opinion, Chief Judge Easterbrook concludes:Prime Eagle suggests that,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on July 27, 2010For publication opinions today (6): In Steven Spangler and Heidi Brown v. Barbara Bechtel, Expectations Women's Health & Child Bearing...
Ind. Courts - How Have the Judges Fared? Judge Steven Nation
Posted on July 27, 2010As explained in the post headed "How Have the Judges Fared?" the ILB is examining the records on appeal of...
Ind. Courts - La Porte County Judge Kathleen Lang talks criminal justice
Posted on July 27, 2010Matt Field reports today in the Michigan City News Dispatch:La Porte County Superior Court 1 Judge Kathleen Lang stepped down...
Law - Cloud computing for governmental entities
Posted on July 27, 2010To alleviate concerns over the risks of cloud computing by governmental entities, Google announced yesterday:Today we?re excited to announce a...
Law - "IRS extends deadline for small charities "
Posted on July 27, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 14, 2010, headed "Thousands of non-profits could unwittingly lose tax status," the AP is...
Sports. Law - "'Emotional abuse' at IUPUI? 28 have left women's basketball program"
Posted on July 27, 2010Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans wrote this very long investigative story that appeared as the lead story in...
Ind. Courts - Overview of ILB Entries on Filling the Supreme Court Vacancy
Posted on July 27, 2010The ILB's coverage of the process to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Boehm's upcoming retirement...
Courts - "Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades"
Posted on July 26, 2010Adam Liptak reports in a lengthy, front-page NY Times story today on the Roberts Court. A sample:Chief Justice Roberts, 55,...
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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....








