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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one today
Posted on December 22, 2010In Andres Sanchez v. State of Indiana, a 5-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice David writes:Andres Sanchez received consecutive enhanced sentences for...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on December 22, 2010For publication opinions today (5): Mark Eiler v. State of Indiana Robert Neises Construction Corp. v. Grand Innovations, Inc., et...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Mounting State Debts Stoke Fears of a Looming Crisis"
Posted on December 22, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6th, quoting a NYT story, CNBC is reporting "Wave of Muni Defaults to Spur...
Ind. Courts - "Bren Simon on Tuesday asked the Indiana Court of Appeals to halt action in the lawsuit against her over Melvin Simon's disputed will"
Posted on December 22, 2010Jeff Swiatek reports today in the Indianapolis Star:The widow of the shopping mall magnate argues that the judge in the...
Courts - "Blogger Who Threatened 7th Circuit Judges Is Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison"
Posted on December 22, 2010Updating a series of ILB entries ending with this one from August 14, 2010, Mark Fass of the New York...
Ind. Courts - Another story weighing in on the value of city and town courts
Posted on December 22, 2010The recent recent ILB entry on this issue was this one from Dec. 18, 2010, headed "Allen County Prosecutor Karen...
Ind. Decisions - Opinion posted late yesterday by Tax Court
Posted on December 22, 2010In Virgina Garwood, et al. v. Indiana Dept. of State Revenue, an 11-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:Come now the parties...
Ind. Decisions - Rare "for publication" dissent in order denying petition for rehearing
Posted on December 22, 2010Recall the July 21 COA opinion in Indiana Dept. of Insurance v. Robin Everhart, summarized here by the ILB -...
Courts - ?Chief Justice Roberts promised to just call balls and strikes and then he moved the bases.?
Posted on December 21, 2010Words from retiring Senator Arlen Specter. See the WSJ Law Blog here....
Law - "2 Law Profs Win $5.2M Verdict in Defamation Case Over Pocket Part Authorship"
Posted on December 21, 2010Martha Neil of the ABA Journal Blog had this interesting article today. Be sure to read the earlier coverage too,...
Ind. Courts - "Judge Friedlander donates Supreme Court memorabilia to IU Maurer School of Law"
Posted on December 21, 2010Here is the news release from Indiana University. The items donated include:74 signatures of the U.S. Supreme Court justices who...
Ind. Courts - "Maintaining the Chronological Case Summary"
Posted on December 21, 2010The Indiana Courts website today features a Dec. 1, 2010 article by Doyal McLemore on the chronological case summary (CSS)....
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today, so far
Posted on December 21, 2010In Anthony D. Delarosa v. State of Indiana, a 10-page, 5-0 opinion in a direct appeal, the first opinion we've...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on December 21, 2010For publication opinions today (3): In Sherene M. Poling v. State of Indiana, a 10-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Sherene M....
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion today from 7th Circuit
Posted on December 21, 2010In U.S. v. Lawrence Taylor (ND Ind., J. Miller), a 10-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:Appellant Lawrence Taylor appeals from...
Law - "2010 Census and Redistricting"
Posted on December 21, 2010The NPR Diane Rehm Show this am, at 10 EST:Later today the U.S. Census Bureau will release the first official...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending December 17, 2010
Posted on December 20, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending December 17, 2010. It is one page (and 20...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on December 20, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Bruce R. Smith v. Morgan L. Smith , a 6-page opinion, Judge Kirsch writes:Bruce...
Courts - IU Mauer Law prof's study of post-Booker sentencing realities in Massachusetts federal courts cited
Posted on December 20, 2010"Disparity cited in sentence lengths" is the headline today to this long Boston Globe story by Jonathan Saltzman. The US...
Ind. Courts - Stll more on: "Clark County Legal Self-Help Center has a green light, even if full judicial support is yet to be determined"; Marion County observations
Posted on December 20, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 27, 2010, Ben Zion Hershberg reported Dec. 17th in the Louisville Courier Journal:Individuals and...
Law - LCJ has massive 3-day series on "Preying on Seniors"
Posted on December 20, 2010Day 1 was Sunday, the Louisville Courier Journal Special Report continues today and tomorrow. Here is the overview:PART 1 -...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on December 20, 2010Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB? But first, please think...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on December 20, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 12/20/10): Wednesday, December 22nd 9:00 AM - Steven Siwinski...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues disciplinary order today
Posted on December 20, 2010In the Matter of Stephen A. KRAY is a 2-page order:Stipulated Facts: A client retained Respondent to represent her in...
Law - WSJ today has story on national push to end puppy mills
Posted on December 20, 2010The story may be available here to nonsubscribers. It is reported by Stephanie Simon and headed "States Nip at Dog...
Ind. Courts - "Hendricks Co. prosecutor files charges in Carmel abuse case"
Posted on December 20, 2010Robert Annis of the Indianapolis Star reports this afternoon:DANVILLE ? Hendricks County filed misdemeanor charges against two former Carmel High...
Law - "Chicago's top-ticketing suburbs"
Posted on December 20, 2010An investigative series Saturday in the Chicago Tribune on Chicago's top-ticketing suburbs is of particular interest here because of all...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Well, we have another opinion from the Supreme Court
Posted on December 20, 2010Friday afternoon, Dec. 17th, at 3:57 pm, this 5-0 opinion denying a petition for rehearing in Sheehan Construction Company v....
Ind. Gov't. - "Sylvia A. Smith has worked at The Journal Gazette since 1973 and has covered Washington since 1989. She is the only Washington-based reporter who exclusively covers northeast Indiana."
Posted on December 19, 2010But alas, no more. Ms. Smith writes today at the end of her Sunday column:After about 1,000 Sunday columns for...
Courts - "SCOTUS Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests"
Posted on December 19, 2010The Sunday NY Times has a major, front-page story today on the impact of business interests on the Roberts court:...
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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....








