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Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit posts one Indiana decision today
Posted on August 28, 2008In Ben-Yisrayl v. Buss (ND Ind., Judge Sharp), a 26-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl, formerly known as Christopher Peterson, was convicted of two counts of murder by an Indiana jury. After extensive proceedings through the Indiana and federal...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on August 28, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In H.M. v. State of Indiana , an 8-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:After the juvenile court issued true findings that H.M. is a juvenile delinquent for committing offenses that would be Class D felony criminal...
Ind. Law - Yet another confusing story about the legality of golf carts of public streets and roads
Posted on August 28, 2008Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here is a story by Katie Shane at WabashValley.com. Some quotes:By the look of it Gene Deckard is ready for a round of golf. But if you look closer Gene is also ready for fishing and...
Ind. Courts - Yet again on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Posted on August 28, 2008Updating this June 11th ILB entry (see all ILB entries on "pipeline" here), Jason Thomas of the Indianapolis Star has an interesting report today. Some quotes:A paragraph in a Decatur County zoning ordinance has led the developers of a multistate...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Terre Haute paper loses $1.5 million defamation suit
Posted on August 28, 2008Updating this ILB entry from July 25th, the Tribune-Star reports today under the headline "Tribune-Star launches appeal of libel verdict," that:The Tribune-Star has asked the judge who presided over the libel trial against the paper to set aside the $1...
Environment - More on "Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant"
Posted on August 28, 2008Following up on this story yesterday broken by the Gary Post-Tribune, Christine Kraly of the NWI Times reports today:HAMMOND | The BP refinery in Whiting has withdrawn its plans to build a portion of its $3.8 billion expansion in the...
Environment - Different takes on water pollution antidegradation rule progress
Posted on August 28, 2008Patrick Guinance writes today in the NWI Times under the headline "State sees progress on water pollution rule." Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS | A critical water quality rule designed to head off controversies like the one that dogged BP's Whiting Refinery expansion...
Ind. Law - More on: AG announces filing suit to stop illegal fax blaster
Posted on August 28, 2008Recall this ILB entry from August 19th, where the AG announced he was filing suit "seeking more than $1.5 million in civil damages from a New Jersey-based company accused of breaking Indiana?s Do Not Fax law." Here is a story...
Courts - More on: "Bankruptcy Filings Near Million Mark for 12-Month Period Ending June 30, 2008"
Posted on August 28, 2008Supplementing this ILB entry yesterday is a story today in the Indianapolis Star, reported by John Russell and Ted Evanoff, that has an Indiana focus. Headed "Bankruptcy filings are soaring in Indiana: As bankruptcies rise, Indiana ranks 5th on a...
Ind. Courts - "Judge Wayne Lennington could face criminal charges"
Posted on August 28, 2008The ILB has had a number of earlier entries about former Delaware Circuit Court 5 Judge Wayne Lennington. Today the Muncie Star-Press has a story headlined "Judge Wayne Lennington could face criminal charges." Reporter Rick Yencer writes in a story...
Ind. Law - More on: State Police issue golf carts press release [Updated with answer from ISP]
Posted on August 27, 2008The ILB posted the Indiana State Police press release yesterday and thought it was a clear statement of the ISP's interpretation of what is the law is regarding driving golf carts on public roads. The interpretation turns on this paragraph...
Courts - Big county courthouse is a hub for local business
Posted on August 27, 2008ABA News today highlights an interesting story that appeared last Friday, Aug. 22nd in the Columbus Ohio Business First publication. Written by Kevin Kemper and headed "Downtown court complex economic stimulus to many an entrepreneur," the report begins:It?s almost a...
Courts - "Bankruptcy Filings Near Million Mark for 12-Month Period Ending June 30, 2008"
Posted on August 27, 2008Here is the news release from US Courts on the most recently compiled bankruptcy statistics. It begins:August 27, 2008 ? In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2008, there were 967,831 bankruptcy cases filed, according to statistics released today by...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on August 27, 2008For publication opinions today (4): In Grover Fitzgerald v. U.S. Steel, a 13-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Grover Fitzgerald appeals from the Worker?s Compensation Board?s (?Board?) dismissal of his application for adjustment of claim. Concluding that Fitzgerald?s application is time-barred under...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues two today
Posted on August 27, 2008In Brian Woods v. State of Indiana, a 7-page opinion, Justice Rucker writes:To reverse a trial court?s decision to exclude evidence, there must have been error by the court that affected the defendant?s substantial rights and the defendant must have....
Environment - "Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant"
Posted on August 27, 2008A story from the Aug. 5, 2007 NWI Times includes this quote:Concerns over BP's compliance with city health and safety regulations also led the [Hammond] Board of Zoning Appeals to postpone any approval of a $110 million asphalt production facility...
Ind. Courts - "State supreme court wants documents about McKinney pay"
Posted on August 27, 2008A story today in the Muncie Star-Press, reported by Rick Yencer, begins:MUNCIE ? The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission this week subpoenaed city records documenting payment of attorney fees to Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney for civil forfeiture work...
Ind. Courts - "Court scuffle puts new alert system to test"
Posted on August 27, 2008Updating this story from yesterday, Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a story that begins:Monday?s Courthouse brawl provided one of the most serious tests of a relatively new panic alarm system installed in a...
Ind. Law - State Police issue golf carts press release
Posted on August 26, 2008The Indiana State Police has just issued a press release on golf carts. Here is the whole thing; here are some quotes:Title 9 of the Indiana Code (I.C.) which regulates ?Motor Vehicles? does not specifically ban or restrict the use...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on August 26, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In R.W., Sr. (father) and D.B.W.(mother) v. Marion Co. Dept. of Child Svcs., et al. , an 18-page opinion, Judge Friedlander writes:Diane B-W. (Mother) and Richard W. (Father) appeal the termination of their parental rights...
Law - More on: US News Law School ranking system may be changed
Posted on August 26, 2008If you read the entry earlier today with interest, you may want to check it again -- I've updated it several times now with more information....
Courts - "Ever-More-Expensive Court Races Heading Higher "
Posted on August 26, 2008Three of Indiana's five Supreme Court justices will be on the ballot this fall. But they do not have opponents. Instead, Indiana's justices are appointed by the Governor, from a list of nominees submitted to him by the Judicial Nominating...
Courts - U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
Posted on August 26, 2008SCOTUSBlog's Lyle Denniston has a long entry today that begins:The U.S. government, arguing that the lower courts have fallen into confusion and disagreement over federal power to protect wetlands, has urged the Supreme Court to make clear what it meant...
Ind. Courts - More on: "ACLU suit targets state welfare fixes"
Posted on August 26, 2008This ILB entry from May 20th reported on a suit brought in Marion County by the ACLU. Today the Indianapolis Star's Tim Evans reports on the filing of a second suit, under the headline: "LaPorte County suit seeks to halt...
Law - US News Law School ranking system may be changed [Updated]
Posted on August 26, 2008The WSJ reports today, in a front-page story by Amir Efrati headlined "Law School Rankings Reviewed to Deter 'Gaming,'" that:The most widely watched ranking of U.S. law schools may move to stop an increasingly popular practice: schools gaming the system...
Ind. Decisions - "Former Cal Twp. trustee must change attorneys"
Posted on August 26, 2008Joe Carlson reports in the NWI Times:GARY | A federal judge ruled that former Calumet Township trustee and political insider Dozier Allen cannot use the township's former attorney, Fred Work, as his personal defense attorney in a fraud case. Work's...
Ind. Courts - "Park ban on sex offenders challenged: Man can't watch son play baseball" [Updated]
Posted on August 26, 2008This report Aug. 9th in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune concluded:Judges with the Jeffersonville City Court have twice denied exemption requests filed on behalf of [Eric] Dowdell. The case first came about when Dowdell was coaching his son?s team last...
Law - Still more on "Loan repayment assistance programs progress"
Posted on August 26, 2008Updating earlier ILB entries on the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Act, Julianna Parker of the Norman Oklahoma Transcript reported Aug. 18th in a story headed "Law students being offered debt relief for picking public service roles:"Law students who...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Fight delays manslaughter trial"
Posted on August 26, 2008Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Rebecca S. Green and Jeff Wiehe of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette report today:A brawl in a hallway of the Allen County Courthouse sent two people to the hospital, four people to jail and...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on August 25, 2008In US v. Arreola-Castillo (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 13-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:After a three-day trial, a jury convicted Jesus Arreola-Castillo of participating in a conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. See 21 U...
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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...
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