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Ind. Courts - "Life, Death and Insurance: Indiana's $15 Million Mystery "
Posted on April 12, 2010That is the headline to this long story today in the WS Journal, reported by Leslie Scism and Mark Maremont....
Ind. Courts - "Changes coming for Tippecanoe County Drug Court"
Posted on April 12, 2010Sophia Voravong reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:Nonviolent offenders charged in Tippecanoe County with narcotics-related offenses will no longer...
Courts - How Stevens leaving will change the SCOTUS internal dynamics
Posted on April 12, 2010The knowledgeable Lyle Denniston SCOTUSBlog has of valuable insights on how Justice Steven's leaving will affect the role played by...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on April 12, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Donnell Jones v. State of Indiana , a 6-page opinion, Judge Kirsch writes:Donnell Jones...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending April 9, 2010
Posted on April 12, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending April 9, 2010. It is 1 page long. No...
Law - "Dawn Johnsen secret keeps David Hamilton appointment festive"
Posted on April 11, 2010More from Prof. Johnsen's "home town" paper, the Bloomington Herald Times, today -- reporter Mike Leonard has a long commentary...
Ind. Courts - "Gary City Court in session, barely: Deal keeps City Court open, but more cost-cutting, closure possible"
Posted on April 11, 2010Jon Seidel has a long story in today's Gary Post Tribune that begins:GARY -- Judge Pro Tem J. Maurice Patton...
Ind. Courts - More on "Supreme Court hears card counting case"
Posted on April 11, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 7th, the Louisville Courier Journal has an editorial today headed "Who's counting?" A quote:Mr....
Ind. Gov't. - Who's on your ballot?
Posted on April 11, 2010Use this Indiana Election Division webpage to find out who is on your ballot for the May primary, and what...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Porter County cannot leave RDA "
Posted on April 10, 2010Bob Kasarda expands his NWI Times story from yesterday, and includes a link to the April 9, 2010 11-page order...
Ind. Courts - Newton County prosecutor unlicensed
Posted on April 10, 2010Updating this ILB entry from July 19, 2009, which quoted a story by the AP's Charles Wilson that began "Hundreds...
Law - More on "Dawn Johnsen withdraws"
Posted on April 10, 2010From the "home town" paper, the Bloomington Herald Times ($$), some quotes:Many of Johnsen?s family members were in Indianapolis Friday...
Courts - Fascinating account of alleged ticket hacking
Posted on April 09, 2010Mary Pat Flaherty of the Washington Post has a lengthy account of how, according to federal investigators, "a ring of...
Ind. Gov't. - "Porter County cannot leave RDA "
Posted on April 09, 2010Bob Kasarda is reporting in the NWI Times: RENSSELAER | A Jasper County judge ruled Friday that the Porter County...
Courts - "The plain terms of the statute prohibit Sec. 1927 sanctions from being imposed against a law firm."
Posted on April 09, 2010That was the ruling of a federal judge in Nevada in the case of Montgomery v. eTreppid Technologies, LLC. From...
Law - "Sex offender housing restrictions may lead to more crimes"
Posted on April 09, 2010From the Chicago Tribune today, a story by Megan Twohey - some quotes:A Tribune review has found that the state's...
Courts - "Regulatory failure? Blame the D.C. Circuit"
Posted on April 09, 2010An interesting opinion piece today in the Washington Post, written by business columnist Steven Pearlstein. A sample:Unfortunately, it often takes...
Ind. Courts - "Lake County judge race pits Paras vs. Dominguez"
Posted on April 09, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 5, 2010, here is another story today from Andy Grimm of the Gary Post...
Ind. Courts - "Girls convicted in 1997 Jeffersonville stabbing seek reduced sentence: Prosecutor wants judge Fleece removed after comments at hearing"
Posted on April 09, 2010So reports Matt Thacker in this story in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune. Some quotes:Two teenage girls convicted in the...
Ind. Gov't. - "State PAC may be asked to sort out South Bend school board fight"
Posted on April 09, 2010Joseph Dits and Margaret Fosmoe have this story in the South Bend Tribune:Should the South Bend Community School Corp. board...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided today by 7th Circuit
Posted on April 09, 2010In U.S. v. DeWayne Hall and Calvin Key (ND Ind., Moody), a 12-page opinion, Judge Stykes writes:DeWayne Hall and...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on April 09, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (0): Michael J. Greig v. State...
Courts - Justice Stevens to Step Down
Posted on April 09, 2010The WSJ Law Blog has some initial coverage. See this entry from from SCOTUSblog, by Lyle Denniston, headed "Stevens? era...
Law - "Dawn Johnsen Withdraws"
Posted on April 09, 2010Not surprising by now, but still very bad news, IMHO. Andrew Ramonas has the story at Main Justice:President Barack Obama?s...
Ind. Courts - "Witness separation at heart of appeal"
Posted on April 08, 2010The Supreme Court held oral arguments yesterday in three cases. One of them was the card-counting case, discussed in detail...
Ind. Law - "Brizzi says he won't heed calls to resign: Prosecutor's actions have hurt the office, fellow Republicans say"
Posted on April 08, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy story today that begins:Carl Brizzi says he...
Courts - Updating: Anonymous commenter turns out to be judge's daughter
Posted on April 08, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Cleveland's WKYC has a report that begins:Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold and her...
Courts - More on: Chief Justice Roberts at Indy Law Tuesday
Posted on April 08, 2010Coverage today of Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts appearance yesterday at Indiana University School of Law -...
Courts - Still more on: Chief Justice Roberts at Indy Law Tuesday
Posted on April 08, 2010Two more takes on Justice Roberts' appearance yesterday:Tony Mauro at The Blog of Legal Times begins his entry:Chief Justice John...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided today by 7th Circuit
Posted on April 08, 2010In U.S. v. Barnes (ND Ind., Springmann), a 13-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:On May 24, 2006, defendantappellant, Marlyn Barnes,...
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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...
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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...
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....








