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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on April 08, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (4): Adrian Howard v. State of...
Ind. Courts - "Noxious fumes shut Steuben?s courthouse"
Posted on April 08, 2010Rebecca S. Green reports in a brief story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The Steuben County Courthouse has been closed...
Ind. Gov't. - "State Panels Prove Resilient to Budget Pruning"
Posted on April 08, 2010Interesting article by William Yardley in the NY Times today, applicable to Indiana as well as other states. It begins:Financially...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues opinion on internet jurisdiction
Posted on April 08, 2010On April 5th the ILB posted this entry headed "Indiana's Legal Precedent Regarding Personal Jurisdiction in Online Auction Cases."...
Ind. Decisions - Two opinions issued today by Supreme Court
Posted on April 08, 2010In Jeffrey Treadway v. State of Indiana, a 27-page, 5-0 opinion, Justuce Dickson writes:After a trial by jury Jeffrey Treadway...
Ind. Decisions - Oral arguments this morning
Posted on April 07, 2010Three oral arguments this morning before the Supreme Court, starting with the blackjack card-counting case at 9 AM. Details here....
Law - "Pittsburgh Law Firm Expands by Adding Family Law Boutique"
Posted on April 07, 2010Interesting story today from Zack Needles of The Legal Intelligencer. Some quotes:Lateral hires and law firm acquisitions are generally meant...
Ind. Courts - More on "Sent Truckin'! Court Shifts Celadon General Counsel's Career Into 'Neutral'"
Posted on April 07, 2010Interesting in light of the ILB entries re the Indiana Supreme Court's order that the general counsel of Indiana-based Celadon...
Ind. Decisions - A second 7th Circuit opinion out of Indiana posted today
Posted on April 07, 2010In U.S. v. Jones (SD Ind., Young), a 31-page opinion, Judge Williams concludes:And given the scant evidence aside from...
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court hears card counting case "
Posted on April 07, 2010Dan Carden of the NWI Times has the first full story I've seen on this interesting appeal. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS |...
Courts - "Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices"
Posted on April 07, 2010That is the headline to this story by Nina Totenberg today on NPR's Morning Edition. The lengthy (5min 23 sec,...
Ind. Law - More on: "Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi ordered lenient deal for business partner's client"
Posted on April 07, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 4th, Jon Murray is reporting in his Indianapolis Star blog, Justice Watch:During a news...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on April 07, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Kenneth Felder v. United States Steel Corporation (NFP) - "Appellant/Plaintiff...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana opinion today
Posted on April 07, 2010In U.S. v. Milbourn (SD Ind. Tinder), an 8-page opinion where Milbourn was involved in a cross burning, Judge...
Ind. Decisions - "Police lawsuit in ?05 death OK?d: Officers broke inside, shot suicidal man; family claims excessive force"
Posted on April 07, 2010The 7th Circuit decision April 5th in the case of Estate of Rudy Escobedo v. Binder (see ILB entry here)...
Law - "New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture"
Posted on April 07, 2010The ILB has had many entries on asset forfeiture. Today Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy highlights "an important new...
Courts - Chief Justice Roberts at Indy Law today, not Thursday [Corrected]
Posted on April 07, 2010From the Lafayette Journal Courier:Chief Justice John Roberts will be the third member of the U.S. Supreme Court to give...
Ind. Courts - Governor Picks New Lawrenceburg Judge
Posted on April 06, 2010Eagle Country 99.3 FM reports:(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - You will see a new judge the next time you get busted for...
Courts - "Why Chicago's Diane Wood Should Replace Justice Stevens"
Posted on April 06, 2010NBC Chicago's entertaining political blog, Ward Room, has posted this entry today by Edward McCLelland...
Ind. Courts - "Daniels appoints judge for Nappanee City Court "
Posted on April 06, 2010From today's Elkhart Turth:NAPPANEE -- On Monday Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the appointment of Christopher G. Walter as judge of...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending April 1, 2010
Posted on April 06, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending April 1, 2010. It is 2 pages long. Two...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on April 06, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Edward Killebrew v. State of Indiana , a 14-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Barnes writes:The...
Environment - Still more on: "Is Tippecanoe County next for wind farms?"
Posted on April 06, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Arpil 1, 2010, Max Showalter reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:With some accommodations made...
Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Allen County judges pulling weekend jail shifts"; another take [Updated]
Posted on April 06, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 2, 2010, an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette states: "Other Indiana...
Courts - Still more on: Anonymous commenter turns out to be judge's daughter
Posted on April 06, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 29, 2010, Patrick O'Donnell of The Plain Dealer reported April 5th: The Cuyahoga County...
Ind. decisions - Supreme Court denies transfer to "birther" suit
Posted on April 06, 2010Thanks to 6News for pointing out that Steve Ankeny, et al. v. Governor of the State of Indiana was one...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on April 05, 2010Here is the answer to "What did you miss from the ILB during the weekend? From Sunday, April 4,...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on April 05, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 4/5/10): Wednesday, April 7th 9:00 AM - Thomas P....
Ind. Decisions - Two transfers granted last week
Posted on April 05, 2010The transfer list for last week is not yet available, but the ILB has learned that the following cases were...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana's Legal Precedent Regarding Personal Jurisdiction in Online Auction Cases"
Posted on April 05, 2010The Indiana Court of Appeals March 13, 2009 decision in the case of Richard and Marlene Attaway v. Llexcyiss Omega...
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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....








