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Ind. Go'vt. - May the state privatize/lease its lottery and still comply with federal law? [Updated]

Posted on October 24, 2008
The Governor's Office issued a press release today about a 13-page opinion issued Oct. 16th by the U.S. DOJ, Criminal Division, addressing the question of:whether a lottery operating under such a long-term private management arrangement would qualify as a lottery...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Curley Plaintiffs petition for immediate consideration by Supreme Court

Posted on October 24, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, the ILB has just received this information from a reliable source: The Indiana Supreme Court just agreed, by a vote of 3-2, to decline jurisdiction over the Republicans? appeal. This means their only recourse...

Ind. Courts - "Daniels appoints St. Joseph Superior Court judge"

Posted on October 24, 2008
Just released from the Governor's office:Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the appointment of Margot Fisher Reagan of South Bend as St. Joseph Superior Court judge. She succeeds Judge William T. Means, who retired on September 30. Reagan has been in...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 5 NFP)

Posted on October 24, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Ash, Inc. - This case involved a lease dispute between the BMV, and Ash, the owner of the real estate. The BMV raised the following issues: 1. Whether the...

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Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today

Posted on October 24, 2008
In Interactive Intelligence v. Keycorp (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 10-page opinion, Judge Evans writes: Interactive Intelligence, Inc. filed this action against KeyCorp, KeyBank, and Adam Ravens (a former employee of KeyBank), alleging various contractual and tort theories of...

About this blog - ILB has agreed to act as a host for the RealMatch legal job network

Posted on October 24, 2008
The ILB has agreed to act as a host for the RealMatch job network -- providing access to Indiana legal jobs for both job seekers, and employers. You will shortly be able to access the network from the ILB and...

Ind. Decisions - Federal Judge Hamilton's ruling in a drug-labeling case featured in ABA story

Posted on October 24, 2008
A lengthy feature article in the newly available this morning November issue of the ABA Journal, written by Tery Carter, begins:In July, a federal judge in the Southern District of Indiana did something unusual on a motion to reconsider a...

Courts - Two 7th Circuit judges named in speculation for Supreme Court seats

Posted on October 23, 2008
Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY has a long and interesting story today about the potential legacies the two opposing tickets for President could create by their appointments to the Supreme Court. The story begins:WASHINGTON ? One candidate taught constitutional law...

Ind. Courts - More on "Attorney Crabtree charged with embezzling $1 million"

Posted on October 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Bill Dolan reports today under the headline: "State seeks to suspend attorney's license." Some quotes:HAMMOND | A Schererville attorney is facing federal fraud charges and suspension from his law practice. William G...

Courts - "Negative ad rolled out in Michigan Supreme Court race"

Posted on October 23, 2008
This is not about Indiana, but Michigan - an AP story by David Eggert, published today in the South Bend Tribune, begins:LANSING ? The Michigan Supreme Court race was jolted out of a peaceful slumber when Democrats rolled out a...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Decision in the Lake County early voting case

Posted on October 23, 2008
Updating this entry from yesterday, updated here, there are additional stories today. John Byrne of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:HAMMOND -- Early voting will continue in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago, but the hotly debated issue now is headed for the...

Ind. Courts - "Newcomers vie for Adams Superior Court bench"

Posted on October 23, 2008
Becky Manley reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on the race for 26th District Superior Court judge in a story that begins:Republican Patrick R. Miller and Democrat Thomas Wade Sheets are seeking the judge?s seat. The judge serves...

Ind. Courts - "E.C. developer claims feds took a pass on Second Century"

Posted on October 23, 2008
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two different cases, City of East Chicago v. East Chicago Second Century, and Steve Carter v. East Chicago Second Century (see more info about the cases here). Patrick Guinane of the NWI...

Ind. Decisions - Curley Plaintiffs petition for immediate consideration by Supreme Court

Posted on October 23, 2008
Here is the Verified Motion to Acknowledge Jursidiction and Establish Expedited Briefing Schedule in the case of Curley v. Lake County Election Board, filed late this afternoon with the Supreme Court:Plaintiffs and Appellants, John B. Curley, as Chairman of the...

Ind. Law - "Accomplished White Collar Crime Attorneys Join Barnes & Thornburg LLP?s Washington, D.C., Office"

Posted on October 23, 2008
From a lengthy press release dated Oct. 23:Solomon Wisenberg and Adrienne Urrutia Wisenberg, two nationally recognized white collar crime criminal defense attorneys, have joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP?s Washington, D.C., office and the firm?s White Collar Crime Defense Group...

Ind. Decisions - Prior order granting transfer vacated in Hollars case

Posted on October 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 16, the Supreme Court today has issued an Order Vacating Prior Order Granting Transfer in the case of State v. Shannon Hollars. From the Order, signed by CJ Shepard, with Dickson, Boehm, and Rucker,...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 13 NFP)

Posted on October 23, 2008
For publication opinions today (3): In Anne L. Hickman v. State of Indiana , a 12-page opinion, the issue was whether the Department of Correction had a legal obligation to pay Hickman for unused vacation days upon her termination from...

Ind. Law - "Attorney found dead in field; Marshall coroner rules death suicide" [Updated]

Posted on October 22, 2008
Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune has the report, that begins:A police search for a missing Bremen attorney ended Monday with the discovery of his body in a field southwest of town. After an autopsy Tuesday, Marshall County Coroner...

Ind. Decisions - "Court of Appeals upholds road rage case damages"

Posted on October 22, 2008
Yesterday's Monday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of James G. Clark and Larry A. Biddle III v. Donald and Janet Simbeck (see ILB entry here) is the subject of a story this afternoon by Jeff Parrott of the...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Decision in the Lake County early voting case

Posted on October 22, 2008
Updating the ILB entry from early this afternoon, Bill Dolan of the NWI Times now has a report on the ruling that beings:HAMMOND | Early voting satellite centers in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago will remain open following a Wednesday...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)

Posted on October 22, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): In JDS Real Estate Svc., LLC and Jim Schenk, III v. The Bank of New York Trust Co. N.A. as Successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee, et...

Ind. Decisions - Decision in the Lake County early voting case

Posted on October 22, 2008
Here is the 23-page opinion of Special Judge Diane Kavadias Schneider, in the Lake County early voting case, Curley v. Lake County Election Board, issued late this morning. The ruling concludes:Intervenors' and Steelworkers Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED...

Ind. Law - Recodifications, legislative histories, and tables

Posted on October 22, 2008
Following on the two-part article titled "Can you rely on the Indiana Code," I have a brief article slated for publication in the November issue of Res Gestae, titled "Recodifications, legislative histories, and tables, Part I." This subject was mentioned...

Environment - More on: Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?

Posted on October 22, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 11th, and this one from Dec. 1, 2007, Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today under the headline "Producer of pork pleads guilty to violating environmental laws." The story begins:A former Delaware County...

Ind. Decisions - "Court upholds decision on records in girl's death"

Posted on October 22, 2008
Yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of In the Matter of T.B., and Charity B. v. Indiana Newspapers, Inc. (see ILB summary here) is the subject of a story by Jon Murray today in the Indianapolis Star. Some...

Ind. Courts - "Ex-Monroe County prosecutor assigned to DTF case"

Posted on October 22, 2008
Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports today in a story that begins:MUNCIE -- A special prosecutor will now decide whether Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney and the Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force committed crimes in their handling of drug...

Ind. Courts - "Voters clamor to cast ballots after 4 p.m. deadline"

Posted on October 22, 2008
A ruling in the "early voting" case is expected later today, but meanwhile Bill Dolan of the NWI Times reported last evening from one of the satellite sites in dispute:GARY | Large numbers of voters lining the hallways of the...

Ind. Courts - "Attorney Crabtree charged with embezzling $1 million"

Posted on October 22, 2008
Andy Grimm reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:HAMMOND -- A federal grand jury has charged Schererville attorney William Crabtree with embezzling nearly $1 million from his clients' accounts. William Crabtree II faces two counts of mail fraud and one count...

Ind. Courts - Evansville editorial endorses all 3 candidates for one Superior court judgeship

Posted on October 22, 2008
From today's editorial in the Evansville Courier & Press:Three Evansville lawyers, each with experience in a specific area of law, are candidates in a nonpartisan election race for Superior Court judge. The winner will fill the seat being vacated on....

Law - Jenner & Block "shows 10 partners the door"

Posted on October 21, 2008
Lynne Marek of The National Law Journal has a story that begins:CHICAGO ? Jenner & Block, following in the footsteps of other firms in town, recently notified some partners that they should prepare to leave the firm, according to sources...

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