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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 10 NFP)

Posted on October 03, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In David King v. State of Indiana , a 6-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:David King appeals his six-year sentence to be served in the Department of Correction for Class B felony dealing in cocaine. Specifically,...

Ind. Law - July 2008 Indiana Bar Exam

Posted on October 03, 2008
Here is the 5-page, double-column, single-spaced list of those successful....

Environment - "EPA cites BP for Clean Air Act violations"

Posted on October 02, 2008
So reports Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune in a breaking story that begins:BP began its Whiting expansion project three years before being granted the proper permit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Thursday. Beginning construction before receiving the right...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)

Posted on October 02, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Joshua Perez-Grahovac v. State of Indiana , a 13-page opinion on an interlouctory appeal, Judge Barnes writes:[Issue] Whether collateral estoppel precluded the trial court from denying Perez-Grahovac?s motion to suppress evidence...

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Ind. Law - "Prof. Amy Applegate honored with 2008 Women in the Law Award"

Posted on October 02, 2008
From an IU release today that begins:BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Amy Applegate, clinical professor and director of the Family and Children Mediation Clinic at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, will be honored today (Oct. 2) with the 2008 Women in...

Courts - "Campaign-finance reform urged for Michigan Supreme Court races"

Posted on October 02, 2008
Lynn Turner reports in the Kalamazoo Gazette: KALAMAZOO -- More than $20 million has been spent in Michigan Supreme Court races since January 2000, and in some cases it's impossible to tell where the money came from, the executive director...

Environment - "An Increasingly Environmental Term"

Posted on October 02, 2008
That is the heading of an entry by Jonathan Adler on The Volokh Conspiracy that lists and discusses six grants so far....

Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Leaky roof a catalyst for moldy record books in Boonville"

Posted on October 02, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 30th, Lydia X. McCoy has a follow-up today in the Evansville Courier & Press:BOONVILLE, Ind. ? Donning face masks, gloves and protective suits, Warrick County officials spent most of Wednesday going through volumes of...

Ind. Decisions - "Courts are tending to side with faculty members who seek unemployment payments when their contracts are terminated through no fault of their own"

Posted on October 02, 2008
The Indiana Supreme Court's June 17th decision in the case of Indiana State University v. William C. LaFief and IDWD (Review Bd.) - see ILB entries here and here, is the subject of a commentary by Nicolas M. Manicone in...

Ind. Courts - "Attorney wants new venues after judge allegedly curses client"

Posted on October 02, 2008
Shawn McGrath of the Anderson Herald Bulletin reports in a story that begins:An Anderson attorney wants a new venue for five criminal cases after a judge used an expletive to describe one of his clients during a court hearing and...

Law - "Registration lawsuits could shape election"

Posted on October 02, 2008
Tim Jones has an interesting story today in the Chicago Tribune that begins:In a furious, multistate campaign raging far from television cameras and cable TV chatter, scores of lawyers are arguing over the voting rights of perhaps millions of Americans...

Ind. Courts - Information about appellate jurists on the November ballot

Posted on October 02, 2008
At the Commission on Courts meeting August 28th, as noted in this Sept. 1st ILB entry:Judges Terry Crone and Cale Bradford appeared before the Commission on Courts to discuss with legislators what the judiciary is doing to insure a more...

Ind. Courts - "Group calls for merit selection of Lake County judges"

Posted on October 02, 2008
John Byrne of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:Representatives of the Lake County Bar Association and local officials will testify Friday before the state Commission on Courts to explain why County Division judges in Lake County should be chosen by merit, rather...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues Illinois election decision that references Indiana

Posted on October 01, 2008
In Allan J. Stevo v. Keith et al, a decision just posted by the 7th Circuit, "in typescript", and argued 9/25/08, which deals with the number of signatures required to get one's name on the November 2008 general ballot...

Ind. Decisions - Court grants one transfer this week

Posted on October 01, 2008
The formal transfer list will not be out until next Monday, but the ILB has just received notice that the case of Brandon Stanley v. Danny Walker was granted transfer yesterday, Sept. 30th. See the ILB summary from June 3rd...

Ind. Decisions - More on yesterday's COA decision in the BMV ID rules case

Posted on October 01, 2008
The COA decision yesterday in the case of In Joel Silverman, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Miguel Villegas, Betty Doe, et al., is the subject of a story today by Eric Berman of WIBC. The story...

Courts - Many new cases added to docket by SCOTUS today

Posted on October 01, 2008
From SCOTUSLaw:The Court also added ten new cases to its decision docket for the year; most of these are likely to be heard in January or February. (All available certiorari-stage filings are available here.) Among those ten, seven involved issues...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)

Posted on October 01, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Robert Brantley, Jr. v. State of Indiana (NFP)...

Ind. Courts - "Why It Mattered That Lincoln Was a Lawyer"

Posted on October 01, 2008
A free 1.5 hour CLE offered by the Indiana Supreme Court this Friday, Oct. 3, from 3-4:30. Or you can view it online, with no CLEs. Either way, info here....

Ind. Courts - More on: "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you."

Posted on October 01, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 26th on the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants, where I commented:I'm told that in at least some Indiana counties little effort is made to determine eligibility before a public defender is assigned. The....

Ind. Law - "When deadly force is justified"

Posted on October 01, 2008
Francesca Jarosz of the Indianapolis Star writes today on the Indiana law justifying the use of deadly force. Some quotes:The Indiana law that justifies use of deadly force for people defending themselves, their home or others in danger is seldom...

Ind. Courts - Court hears oral arguments in plea case of first impression

Posted on October 01, 2008
The oral arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday in the case of Shawn E. Norris v. State (see ILB background) are the subject of a story today by Niki Kelly in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:Four years after...

Law - Law prof creates useful websites for his students and others

Posted on October 01, 2008
Douglas O. Linder, Elmer Powell Peer Professor of Law, University of Missouri- K. C. School of Law, has created a number of very cool law websites, on famous trials, constitutional law, the First Amendment, and the jury. Check them out...

Ind. Law - Still more on: "Can you rely on the Indiana Code?"

Posted on September 30, 2008
In this ILB entry from Aug. 23rd, I reported that I was preparing Part II of my Res Gestae article, "Can you rely on the Indiana Code?" Here is a direct link to Part I, and here are earlier, related...

Ind. Gov't. - "Leaky roof a catalyst for moldy record books in Boonville"

Posted on September 30, 2008
Lydia X. McCoy reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:BOONVILLE, Ind. ? Row after row of old record books fills the former Carquest building on Boonville's Main Street. The county has been using the small, brick building for storage,...

Environment - "Shuttered EPA libraries to open doors tomorrow after two years"

Posted on September 30, 2008
From a release issued by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which begins:Washington, DC ? Under orders from Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tomorrow will again provide access to library services in 15 states and its own headquarters to...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Court grants transfer in school finance case

Posted on September 30, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Karen Francisco, of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's education blog, Learning Curve, has some commentary today. See this ILB from Aug. 19th for links to several of the briefs filed re the transfer petition....

Ind. Decisions - "Mortgage Lenders Fight Off Rescission Class Action in 7th Circuit"

Posted on September 30, 2008
Reporting about the 7th Circuit's Sept. 24th decision in the case of Andrews v. Chevy Chase Bank, Pamela A. MacLean of The National Law Journal writes today:In a boon for the mortgage lending industry, a federal appeals court has...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 24 NFP)

Posted on September 30, 2008
For publication opinions today (4): In Joel Silverman, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles v. Miguel Villegas, Betty Doe, et al. , a 24-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Robb writes:Three illegal aliens instituted a class action against the Commissioner...

Ind. Gov't. - "Utah Tops 2008 Digital States Survey"

Posted on September 29, 2008
So reads the headline to this Sept. 16th story by Steve Towns in Government Technology. The report begins:Utah topped the Center for Digital Government's 2008 Digital States Survey after delivering the clearest evidence yet that electronic delivery of government services...

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