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Ind. Law - More on "What the hell is going on with female lawyers in Indiana?"
Posted on January 07, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 4, 2011, Carrie Ritchie of the Indianapolis Star reports today:A Marion County deputy prosecutor...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on January 07, 2011For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (0): Anthony V. Collins-Caudill v. State...
Ind. Gov't. - Does access to public records include reasonably prompt access?
Posted on January 07, 2011The Indiana Public Access Counselor's Office posted yesterday, January 6, 2011, a slew of advisory opinions (at least 40),...
Courts - "End the impeachment war on judges"
Posted on January 07, 2011That is the heading to this opinion piece in today's Washington Post by Bert Brandenburg, who is "executive director of...
Ind. Gov't. - "White sworn in as inquiries go on: State's new top election official denies he committed voter fraud in primary"
Posted on January 07, 2011Updating this list of ILB entries on the candidacy of Charlie White for Secretary or State, and particularly this entry...
Ind. Courts - "Plea deals trump trials in Indiana"
Posted on January 07, 2011Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal has reviewed recent Indiana Trial Court Statistics for this lengthy story dated...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending January 7, 2011
Posted on January 07, 2011Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending January 7, 2011. It is two pages (and 28...
Ind. Courts - "Judge to hear complaints about ex-prosecutor Brizzi"
Posted on January 06, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 9, 2009, headed "Disciplinary complaint filed against Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi," Carrie Richie...
Ind. Courts - "Judge blocks discovery into aspiring lawyers' mental health"
Posted on January 06, 2011Leigh Jones of the National Law Journal reported on Jan. 4, 2011 in a story that begins:A federal judge has...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on January 06, 2011For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Jeremiah Hayes v. State of...
Ind. Courts - Important Notice re Indiana Appellate Rule 45
Posted on January 06, 2011The ILB has just received this alert via the ISBA Appellate Section:West Publishing inadvertently deleted Appellate Rule 45(B)(2), (B)(3), and...
Ind. Courts - Public defenders highlighted at Elkhart County funeral
Posted on January 06, 2011Justin Leighty of the Elkhart Truth has a very long story today on the role public defenders: it begins with...
Ind. Courts - "New Tippecanoe clerk says, 'I don't'"
Posted on January 06, 2011Dorothy Schneider of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today:The Tippecanoe County clerk's office is no longer offering marriage ceremonies --...
Ind. Gov't. - "16 Weeks of this to go?" Some ILB observations
Posted on January 06, 2011Mary Beth Schneider and Heather Gillers of the Indianapolis Star had the coverage with the best headline re the rocky...
Ind. Courts - "Judge chosen for Clarksville town court"
Posted on January 05, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 28, 2010, the Town of Clarksville now has not only decided not to scrape...
Ind. Decisions - "12-Year-Old in Indiana Gets 25-Year Sentence"
Posted on January 05, 2011Another Indiana law story this week goes national. Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog has this lengthy entry, followed...
Courts - In Illinois, "Can you cite to unpublished opinions?" What about Indiana?
Posted on January 05, 2011The answer, according to an article by Helen W. Gunnarsson in the Illinois Bar Journal, is "In Illinois state court,...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana Hospital Not Liable in Elbow-Replacement Case: Patient claimed that Floyd Memorial Hospital should have approved an implant that a surgeon used"
Posted on January 05, 2011One of the Dec. 22,2010 COA opinions that the ILB did not have the opportunity to summarize, Tracey L. Beswick...
Ind. Courts - "Lawsuit over Greensburg short-hair rule may be a long shot"
Posted on January 05, 2011Carrie Ritchie of the Indianapolis Star has a good story yesterday on high school's regulation of hair length. Some quotes:The...
Ind. Gov't. - "Burns Harbor has no standing to sue own BZA, judge rules"
Posted on January 05, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 27, 2010 headed "Town of Burns Harbor in court against itself Monday," yesterday Paulene...
Ind. Law - Bill introduced re divying up of civil forfeiture monies
Posted on January 05, 2011A press release today begins:STATEHOUSE (Jan. 5, 2011) ? State Sen. Richard Bray (R-Martinsville) today announced he?s filed a bill...
Ind. Courts - "Convicted rapist Brian Mast freed again"
Posted on January 04, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 17, 2009, and this one from Feb. 13, 2010, both under the heading "Conviction...
Courts - "Scalia on ?Controverisal Stuff?: ?I Don?t Even Have to Read the Briefs?"
Posted on January 04, 2011Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog posted this worth-reading entry today....
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issued one Indiana ruling today
Posted on January 04, 2011In US v. Redd (ND Ind., Springmann), a 4-page opinion, Chief Judge Easterbrook writes:Timothy Redd was convicted in 2005...
Ind. Law - "What the hell is going on with female lawyers in Indiana?"
Posted on January 04, 2011That unfortunately is a quote from the widely-read, national law blog, Above the Law. In an entry headed "Lawyer of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on January 04, 2011For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of D.S., et al.; D.H. &...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending December 31, 2010
Posted on January 04, 2011Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending December 31, 2010. It is one page (and 4...
Law - Cell phones in prison, more
Posted on January 04, 2011The NY Times had an eye-opening story Jan. 2, 2011, reported by Kim Severson and Robbie Brown, headlined "Outlawed, Cellphones...
Law - "Lawyers Still Cleaning Up Over Superfund Sites: Superfund has been good for the legal profession"
Posted on January 04, 2011From the NY Times today, a story by Lawrence Hurley. Some quotes from the long story:Entering the fourth decade of...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Harrison Sheriff Deatrick's court hearing canceled while judge appointment is decided"
Posted on January 04, 2011Updating this most recent (June 5, 2010) of a list of ILB entries on former Harrison County sheriff Mike Deatrick,...
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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...
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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....








