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Courts - More on: NJ Governor's failure to grant tenure to sitting justice causes controvery
Posted on June 07, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 15, 2010, Henry Gottlieb of the New Jersey Law Journal reports today in a...
Ind. Courts - More on: Magnus-Stinson set for Senate vote; no word on Tanya Walton Pratt [Updates]
Posted on June 07, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 4th, votes are being taken in order on:Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, of Missouri, to be...
Courts "Distasteful speech protected, too"
Posted on June 06, 2010That is the heading to a commentary today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, authored by their Washington editor, Sylvia...
Ind. Gov't. - Chrysler bankruptcy challenge issue in Treasurer's race
Posted on June 06, 2010Eric Bradner of the Evansvile Courier & Press reports today in a ong story headed "Chrysler bankruptcy drives Ind. treasurer's...
Ind. Law - "Democratic nominee for Lake County assessor soon may learn the outcome of a state investigation into whether she violated state law by holding driver's licenses in both Indiana and Michigan"
Posted on June 06, 2010Bill Dolan reports for the NWI Times:Both Indiana and Michigan state officials have acknowledged Carol Ann Seaton held a Michigan...
Ind. Gov't. - "Legislature sets summer study committees "
Posted on June 06, 2010Dan Carden reported June 3rd, 2010 in the NWI Times in a story that begins:State legislators will study health care...
Ind. Courts - "Two Elkhart County judges: No major drug testing issues"
Posted on June 06, 2010Tim Vandenack reports in the Elkhart Truth in a long story that begins:Two Elkhart County judges report no major issues...
Ind. Courts - More on: Newton County prosecutor unlicensed
Posted on June 05, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 10, 2010, Sophia Voravong reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:Newton County Prosecutor J....
Ind. Courts - More on "Harrison Sheriff Deatrick's court hearing canceled while judge appointment is decided"
Posted on June 05, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 25, 2010, Grace Schneider reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Clark Superior Court Judge...
Inbd. Decisions - "State justices slam traffic judge's handling of case that landed woman in jail"
Posted on June 04, 2010Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in the case of Christian Hollinsworth v. State of Indiana [Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division 13,...
Courts - "Did a Minnesota judge and his law clerk attempt to collude to put a clerk on the bench? "
Posted on June 04, 2010Remember that this spring a Lake County judge withdrew his candidacy for reelection four minutes before the close of filing...
Ind. Courts - Still more on the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
Posted on June 04, 2010Supplementing this ILB entry from June 2nd, where I noted:Unfortunately, little biographical information has been located at this time by...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on June 04, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Michael Berkshire v. City of Logansport, et al. , a 25-page opinion, Chief Judge...
Ind. Courts - More on: First list of potentials for upcoming Supreme Court vacancy
Posted on June 04, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 28th, which published, with permission, Indiana Legislative Insight's list of potentials for the...
Environment - Problems at Michigan City sanitary district?
Posted on June 04, 2010This story today by Matt Field of the Michigan City News Dispatch, headed "State AG will take over Meer...
Courts - More on: "Did a Minnesota judge and his law clerk attempt to collude to put a clerk on the bench? "
Posted on June 04, 2010Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Above the Law now has another entry....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending June 4, 2010
Posted on June 04, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending June 4, 2010. It is one page long. One...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on June 03, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Nathan Brittain v. State of...
Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit Judge Hamilton to relocate to IU Law-Bloomington
Posted on June 03, 2010A press release today from IU News:BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Honorable David F. Hamilton, judge of the United States Court...
Law - "Divorce attorneys catching cheaters on Facebook"
Posted on June 03, 2010Stephanie Chen of CNN Tech reported June 1, 2010 in a long story - some quotes:Posting hugging and kissing photos...
Courts - "Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries"
Posted on June 03, 2010Shaila Dewan reported in the June 1, 2010 NY Times in a long story that began:In late April in a...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on Carr v. United States
Posted on June 03, 2010A good opinion recap of Carr v. United States by Anna Christensen of SCOTUSblog yesterday. This in particular caught my...
Courts - More on "Eight Judges Out: Mass Recusal Cripples 5th Circuit"
Posted on June 03, 2010It is not only the circuit judges, the district judges are also recusing themselves. Tresa Baldas of The National Law...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues two this afternoon
Posted on June 03, 2010In Christian Hollinsworth v. State of Indiana [Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division 13, Judge William Young ], a 3-page, 4-1...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Speaker regrets giving governor budget powers " ILB is confused
Posted on June 02, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 26, 2010, there are a number of stories today of demands for details of...
Ind. Courts - "Local judge appointed in Marion County traffic case"
Posted on June 02, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 23rd, which reported that "Morgan County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Hanson has been selected...
Ind. Courts - More on the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
Posted on June 02, 2010Details on the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission: Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Chair Indiana Supreme Court Indianapolis...
Courts - "Eight Judges Out: Mass Recusal Cripples 5th Circuit"
Posted on June 02, 2010Ashby Jones reports in a worth reading in full entry in the WSJ Law Blog:[A] full eight judges on the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 16 NFP)
Posted on June 02, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Auto-Owners Insurance Co., et al. v. Cara Stansifer (NFP) -...
Ind. Gov't. - And how did that work out for you?
Posted on June 02, 2010The award-winning environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, Gitte Laasby, who has broken many stories (including the BP permits issues...
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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....








