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Ind. Gov't. - Keeping track of the legislative session
Posted on January 18, 2009Lesley Stedman Weidenbener's column, Capitol Notebook, this Sunday is headed "It pays off to pay attention to session." She explains...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Public records not released from Jeffersonville's Clerk-Treasurer's Office"
Posted on January 17, 2009On August 10th, the David A. Mann of the Jeffersonville Evening News & Tribune had a story about a public...
Ind. Courts - Two forfeiture rulings in Delaware County courts
Posted on January 17, 2009In the long-running DTF dispute in Delaware County (see ILB list of stories here), Rick Yencer reports today in the...
Ind. Courts - "Attorney jailed again in fatal crash case"
Posted on January 17, 2009Updating this most recent entry in the ILB, from Sept. 23, 2008, quoting a story which ended:Charges were filed after...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on January 16, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Joel Stoffel v. United Farm Family Mutual Insurance Co. (NFP)...
Courts - Two SCOTUS rulings on Indiana cases cited in recent decisions
Posted on January 16, 2009"Psychotic Defendant, Though Competent to Stand Trial, Can't Be His Own Lawyer" is the headline to this story by Henry...
Ind. Gov't. - Editorial supports teeth for Open Records Law
Posted on January 16, 2009From an editorial today in the Evansville Courier & Press:Indiana state Sen. Beverly Gard, a Republican from Greenfield who has...
Environment - "Tennessee coal ash accident should be lesson to Indiana"
Posted on January 16, 2009So reads the headline to this abbreviated editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette....
Ind. Courts - Stiil more on Vanderburgh Little Hatch Act cases
Posted on January 16, 2009Thomas B. Langhorne reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press in a lengthy story that begins:A ruling on whether...
Environment - A new environmental rule review board to ensure "no more stringent" rules
Posted on January 15, 2009This would be SB 79, which the ILB wrote about as the second item in this entry Jan. 11th. The...
Ind. Decisions - COA upholds sentencing in 2007 murder, feticide
Posted on January 15, 2009Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today on the COA's NFP decision yesterday in the case...
Ind. Courts - A report on yesterday's annual State of the Judiciary address
Posted on January 15, 2009See yesterday's ILB entry for links to the video and text. Today Eric Bradner of the Evansville Couirer & Press...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Record-Setting Zyprexa Settlement Could Come Tomorrow"
Posted on January 15, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, John Russell has this report today in the Indianapolis Star. It begins:Hoping to end one of...
Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Veolia accused of failing to read meters regularly and overestimating usage"
Posted on January 15, 2009The Indianapolis Star today has an updated version of Jon Murray's story from yesterday afternoon, that begins:A group of Indianapolis...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Libraries are overwhelmed by unemployed filing for help"
Posted on January 15, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, for which I wrote an apparently prescient lead-in, today the Wall Street Journal has a front-page...
Law - Two SCOTUS rulings yesterday generate much news coverage
Posted on January 15, 2009Yesterday's SCOTUS decisions in Herring V. U.S. and Oregon v. Ice (earlier ILB entry here) are the subject of a...
Ind. Courts - Senate Judiciary committee reassigns Court bills during hearing
Posted on January 15, 2009Kelly Lynch of the Martinsville Reporter-Times reports today:The Senate Judiciary committee spent much of its Wednesday morning meeting sending bills...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on January 15, 2009For publication opinions today (1): Mead Johnson & Company v. Kenco Group - "Third-Party Plantiff/Appellant Mead Johnson & Company appeals...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on January 15, 2009In a 5-page Per Curium opinion today, the panel affirms SD Ind. Chief Judge Hamilton's decision in U.S. v. Derrik...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Record-Setting Zyprexa Settlement
Posted on January 15, 2009A reader has sent this note re the ILB entry posted earlier today:The Star article calls it a whistleblower case....
Ind. Decisions - Zyprexa Documents
Posted on January 15, 2009Here is one of the Zyprexa diocuments, via Findlaw. This is "Eli Lilly's Guilty Plea Agreement," which totals 17 pages,...
Ind. Decisions - Some opinions not available
Posted on January 15, 2009I've received this note from Kathryn Dolan, Indiana Supreme Court Public Information Officer:Thought you may want to know there is...
Law - "Angie's List claims data theft"
Posted on January 14, 2009From a report by Daniel Lee in today's Indianapolis Star:Indianapolis-based consumer rating service Angie's List is suing a rival startup,...
Ind. Courts - State of the Judiciary Address today at 2 PM
Posted on January 14, 2009Here is the news release. It includes a link to watch the event live. Later today I expect to post...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on January 14, 2009For publication opinions today (4): Juan I. Olvera v. State of Indiana - "Juan I. Olvera appeals the denial of...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from 7th Circuit
Posted on January 14, 2009In US v. Strode (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 14-page opinion, Judge Manion writes: After a five-day trial, a...
Courts - "At least 6 lawyers seek WD Kentucky U.S. attorney post"
Posted on January 14, 2009Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:At least six lawyers have met with...
Courts - Yet more on "Kentucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Posted on January 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 8, 2008, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story...
Law - "Bush pushed the limits of presidential power"
Posted on January 14, 2009Warren Richey, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, has a lengthy article today on presidential power. A quote:[E]ven Mr....
Courts - SCOTUS expands judges? sentencing powers
Posted on January 14, 2009Lyle Denniston reports today in SCOTUSBlog, in an entry that begins:Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it...
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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....








