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Focus is on Indiana law, and on interesting developments in law, government, and more (not just in Indiana).
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Environment - Still more on "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected"
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating this important Feb. 14, 2010 ILB entry headed "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected" about how Steuben County's effort to...
Ind. Law - Is timely special election to replace Souder mandated by law?
Posted on May 25, 2010See Doug Masson's post this morning on interpreting IC 3-10-8-1(3). ILB entries on the special vs. general election speculation are...
Law - 'How Facebook Is Redefining Privacy"
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating this May 14th ILB entry, headed "Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options," NPR's Morning Edition this morning had...
Ind. Courts - "Simon daughter seeks e-mails for estate case"
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating earlier ILB entries in the Melvin Simon estate dispute, Jeff Swiatek reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Bren Simon's e-mails...
Ind. Courts - "Harrison Sheriff Deatrick's court hearing canceled while judge appointment is decided"
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating a list of ILB entries under the heading "Harrison sheriff indicted in lengthy sexual harassment probe", the most recent...
Ind. Courts - "Two states ? Idaho and Indiana ? have no women on their highest courts"
Posted on May 25, 2010That is the word via this May 14, 2009 story out of South Carolina. This ILB entry from Oct. 6,...
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court Justice Boehm Steps Down From Bench"
Posted on May 25, 2010From the Court's press release:Justice Theodore R. Boehm, Indiana?s 104th Supreme Court Justice will step down from the bench on...
Ind. Law - "Elkhart Chamber to Review State?s Gun Law"
Posted on May 25, 2010An announcement in RVBusiness, dated May 18, 2010:A new gun law passed by the 2010 Indiana General Assembly voids the...
About the ILB - More on: ILB entries now listed on Twitter
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 25, 2010, announcing that all ILB entries were now linked on the ILB's Twitter...
Courts - Kagan's Harvard Law report card
Posted on May 25, 2010Here it is, via the NY Times story today by Charlie Savage and Lisa Faye Petak, headed "A B-Minus? The...
Ind. Courts - Statement from Governor Daniels about Indiana Supreme Court Justice Ted Boehm?s resignation announcement
Posted on May 25, 2010The Governor's office has just released this statement:?Indiana?s Supreme Court is nationally renowned, and Justice Ted Boehm is a big...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer brief lauded by CJ Shepard now available
Posted on May 25, 2010In this ILB entry on Monday, I wrote:No transfers were granted last week. However, the denial of transfer in the...
Ind. Courts - More on "Anderson attorney faces child porn charges"
Posted on May 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 11, 2010, concerning Anderson attorney and blogger Samuel C. Hasler (Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce...
Ind. Courts - "Indiana Supreme Court's Boehm to end 14-year tenure"
Posted on May 25, 2010This long and comprehensive story by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener will appear in tomorow's Louisville Courier Journal. It begins:INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana...
Law - "Outdated patents are new company liability: Court opens the door for lawsuits that threaten to yield big fines for companies"
Posted on May 24, 2010An interesting article yesterday in the Indianapolis Star business section reported by Bruce C. Smith. Some quotes:Those tiny patent numbers...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on May 24, 2010Here is the answer to "What did you miss from the ILB during the weekend?" From Sunday, May 23, 2010:...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on May 24, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 5/24/10): None currently scheduled. Thursday, May 13th 9:00 AM...
Ind. Courts - A look at Wallace and IC 11-8-8-22
Posted on May 24, 2010In this Feb. 23, 2010 ILB entry, I pointed to some problems I saw with the proposed amendment to IC...
Courts - More on "NCAA Documents in Fraud Case Made Public by Florida State"
Posted on May 24, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 15, 2009, Paul Flemming of the Tallahassee News Journal reports today under the headline:...
Ind. Courts - "Gov. Daniels rooting for card counter in lawsuit against casino"
Posted on May 24, 2010Lesley Stedman Weidenbener reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Gov. Mitch Daniels acknowledged in a commencement speech Saturday that he's...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on May 24, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Spencer R. Wiggins v. State of Indiana , an 8-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:On...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending May 21, 2010
Posted on May 24, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending May 21, 2010. It is one page long. No...
Courts - SCOTUS action today [Updated]
Posted on May 24, 2010The SCOTUS has granted cert in 5 cases, and issued a number of opinions this morning. Check SCOTUSblog here. [Updated]...
Law - "Daley to post all investigative reporter requests online "
Posted on May 23, 2010There were several somewhat outraged stories last week reporting that Chicago's Mayor Daley was posting all FOI requests online. For...
Ind. Gov't. - "Limit on prison visits angers South Bend family"
Posted on May 23, 2010Alicia Gallegos reports today in the South Bend Tribune in a story that begins:SOUTH BEND ? When Sam Dickens' son...
Ind. Courts - "Clark County Legal Self-Help Center has a green light, even if full judicial support is yet to be determined"
Posted on May 23, 2010So reports Braden Lammers today in the New Albany News & Tribune. Some quotes:Clark Circuit Court Judge Dan Moore has...
Ind. Courts - "Local judge appointed in Marion County traffic case"
Posted on May 23, 2010Keith Rhoades reported May 22, 2010 in the Martinsville Reporter-Times:MARTINSVILLE Morgan County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Hanson has been selected...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Grand jury can be used to insulate prosecutor"
Posted on May 23, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 18, 2010, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star have a lengthy...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Sylvia Smith Gets Souder Exclusive Interview"
Posted on May 23, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 21st, here is Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Washingon editor Sylvia Smith's lengthy exclusive interview...
About this blog - ILB ranks high
Posted on May 22, 2010This post today on the Adjunct Law Prof Blog, headed "Justia Ranks Adjunct Law Prof Blog 61st Most Popular of...
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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....








