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Courts - "Supreme Court still resists pressure to televise proceedings"
Posted on April 19, 2010Not only that, but, according to C-Span:[F]or the seventh and final time this term, the Supreme Court has turned down...
Ind. Courts - "Judge leaves East Chicago, Second Century settlement intact, for now"
Posted on April 19, 2010Dan Carden of the NWI Times is reporting this afternoon:A Marion County judge on Monday declined to immediately rule on...
Ind. Gov't. - Marshall County to raise the fee for commercial wind farm permits from $50 to $20,000
Posted on April 19, 2010Virginia Rainsbottom reports in the South Bend Tribune: PLYMOUTH ? Wind farms have begun appearing in Benton and White counties...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on April 19, 2010In U.S. v. Coopman (ND Ind., Lozano), a 10-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Brad Coopman was charged with possession of...
Law - Point, counterpoint on constitutionality of health care law [Updated]
Posted on April 19, 2010Attorney David Orentlicher cites precedents addressing any constitutional concerns; AG Greg Zoeller says Supreme Court must specifically rule on this...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on April 19, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Hubert L. Dunithan,et al. v. Dominion Ventures, et al. (NFP)...
Law - More on: New Michigan law permits vintners inside and outside the state to ship their products directly to consumers
Posted on April 19, 2010That was the heading to this ILB entry from Dec. 16, 2005. A quote from an AP story at the...
Law - Missouri Governor uses "signing statement" to strike part of budget bill
Posted on April 19, 2010Fascinating story from the April 18, 2010 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by David A. Lieb of the AP - some quotes:...
Ind. Law - Confusion continues about the local and state Indiana sex offender registries and the updates required by Wallace v. State
Posted on April 19, 2010This ILB entry from Feb. 26, 2010 included quotes from a story by Jeff Neumeyer, posted Feb. 25th on the...
Ind. Law - More on: New law establishes procedures for AG to seize, secure, store, and destroy abandoned or at risk health records and other records containing personally identifying information
Posted on April 18, 2010This ILB entry from yesterday, April 17, 2010, reports on three laws passed over the past several years relating to...
Ind. Gov't. - Yet more on "Porter County cannot leave RDA "
Posted on April 17, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 15, 2010, Bob Kasarda reported yesterday in the NWI Times in a story that...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Clay County woman wins Medicaid suit against state
Posted on April 17, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 25, 2010, supplemented by this ILB entry from April 1, 2010, Jason Moon of...
Ind. Law - New law establishes procedures for AG to seize, secure, store, and destroy abandoned or at risk health records and other records containing personally identifying information
Posted on April 17, 2010Remember this ILB entry from Nov. 14, 2009, headed "Boxes of medical files found abandoned in South Bend"? It was...
Ind. Gov't. - "How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data"
Posted on April 16, 2010Indiana Legislative Insight's upcoming issue includes this item:In Following The Money: How The 50 States Rate In Providing Online...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today, including very interesting post-Wallace sex offender opinion (and 9 NFP)
Posted on April 16, 2010For publication opinions today (4): In Walter T. Yoost, et al. v. Irwin Zalcberg , a 15-page opinion, Judge Crone...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided today by the 7th Circuit
Posted on April 16, 2010In a ruling today, Chief Judge Easterbrook reverses a decision by then-district court judge David Hamilton, recently elevated to...
Ind. Law - "Indiana family's drug case spawns huge auction of confiscated items"
Posted on April 16, 2010Pam Tharp of the Richmond PalladiumItem reported this long story, today carried in the Louisville Courier Journal. It begins:BROOKVILLE, Ind....
Ind. Law - Continuing series on: "The politics of trash" in Lake County
Posted on April 16, 2010Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Christine Kraly of the NWI Times today has the paper's story, this one titled...
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court says no deal in place with McKinney"
Posted on April 16, 2010From the teaser to The Walker/Roysdon Report, "exclusively in Friday's print edition of The Star Press":While Delaware County Prosecutor Mark...
Ind. Decisions - "Chesterton lawyer hit with reprimand"
Posted on April 16, 2010Teresa Auch Schultz has this story in today's Gary Post Tribune:A Chesterton lawyer is being publicly reprimanded by the...
About this blog - 7th birthday of ILB; how to become a supporter
Posted on April 15, 20107th Birthday. The Indiana Law Blog had its 7th Birthday on March 16th, 2010! To see the first entry you'd...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts another today
Posted on April 15, 2010In Jimmie C. Smith v. Champion Trucking Company, Inc., a 9-page, 5-0 opinion in an appeal where the Trial Lawyers...
Ind. Gov't. - "Federal prosecutors: inmate ran Indiana drug ring from prison
Posted on April 15, 2010Charles Wilson of the AP has a brief story, which I expect will be expanded later: INDIANAPOLIS ? Nineteen people...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one today (so far ...)
Posted on April 15, 2010In David A. Shotts v. State of Indiana, an 11-page opinion, Justice Boehm writes:David Shotts was arrested in Indiana by...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on April 15, 2010For publication opinions today (4): In GIW Industries, Inc. v. Patriot Materials, Inc., et al. , a 10-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Courts - Dana Kenworthy to serve as Grant County Superior Court 2 judge
Posted on April 15, 2010From the Supreme Court press liaison:The Indiana Supreme Court has received a petition (case number 27S00-1004-MS-177) from Grant County Judge...
Ind. Law - Law school rankings out
Posted on April 15, 2010Here here Indiana's four law schools, side-by-side. Notre Dame is ranked 22, IU-Mauer is 27, IU-Indy is 86, Valpo is...
Law - "With Cars as Meth Labs, Evidence Litters Roads"
Posted on April 15, 2010A long story today in the New York Times, by Susan Saulny. The dateline, unfortunately: ELKHART, Ind. The story begins:ELKHART,...
Law - "The Office of Legal Counsel, still in limbo"
Posted on April 15, 2010Excellent editorial today in the Washington Post....
Ind. Gov't. - "Batesville City Council Says No To Golf Carts On Streets"
Posted on April 15, 2010WRBI Country 103.9 reported yesterday:You won?t be seeing golf carts on city streets in Batesville. Batesville City Council had asked...
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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....








