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Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending March 26, 2010
Posted on March 29, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending March 26, 2010. It is one page long. No...
Ind. Courts - More on "Anderson attorney faces child porn charges"
Posted on March 28, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 11, 2010, Christina M/ Wright reports today in the Anderson Herald Bulletin:ANDERSON ? The...
Ind. Gov't - State reclassifying special-needs foster children as children without special needs, to save money
Posted on March 28, 2010Charles D. Wilson and Carly Everson of the AP have the report today. Some quotes from the long story:INDIANAPOLIS ?...
Courts - More on "Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's"
Posted on March 27, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 21, 2009, Andrew Wolfson reported yesterday in the Louisville Courier Journal, under the headline...
Ind. Courts - Even more on: Wisconsin's diploma privilege under attack
Posted on March 27, 2010The ILB has had several entries on Wisconsin's "diploma privilege" and a legal challenge to it. This entry from April...
Law - Obama makes nine recess appointments, but not Dawn Johnsen
Posted on March 27, 2010Here is the story by David Ingram of the Blog of Legal Times, which includes biographical material on all nine...
Environment - Portending the future of the Great Lakes?
Posted on March 27, 2010"Asian carp spreading through Tenn. waters" is the headline of a story today by Anne Paine of The Tennessean. Some...
Ind. Courts - "Sent Truckin'! Court Shifts Celadon General Counsel's Career Into 'Neutral'"
Posted on March 26, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 24th, Sue Reisinger of Corporate Counsel reports about the Indiana Supreme Court's ruling March...
Courts - "After victory, conservatives mount new challenges to campaign finance limits"
Posted on March 26, 2010Indiana attorney James Bopp is the focus of this story today in the Washington Post, reported by Tomoeh Murakami Tse,...
Law - Revamping of Student Loans is Final
Posted on March 26, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 24th, David M. Herszenhorn and Tamar Levin report in the NY Times in a...
Ind. Law - Governor signs final 6 bills March 25th
Posted on March 26, 2010Governor Daniels signed the six remaining bills yesterday. No bills were vetoed this year. See the bill list here....
Courts - New DC gun laws tested under Heller standard
Posted on March 26, 2010In Heller v. DC, in 2008, the SCOTUS reinterpreted the 2nd amendment and invalidated DC gun laws. Now the District...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on March 26, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Maxitrol Company v. Lupke Rice Insurance Agency, an 8-page opinion, Sr. Judge Sharpnack writes:Maxitrol...
Environment - "Is Tippecanoe County next for wind farms?"
Posted on March 26, 2010Max Showalter reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:As wind turbines pile up next door in Benton and White counties,...
ind. Courts - "Judge rejects part of Simon will suit"
Posted on March 26, 2010Updating this list of earlier ILB entries, Dana Hunsinger's story today in the Indianapolis Star begins:Part of Deborah Simon's lawsuit...
Courts - Anonymous commenter turns out to be judge's daughter
Posted on March 26, 2010Following on this ILB entry March 22nd headed "Courts in a quandary over cheap shots by anonymous bloggers," and its...
Law - "Don't forget to multiply those per minute charges by 60 and let everyone at your firm know that accessing a brief will cost you $3,300.00 an hour"
Posted on March 25, 2010That is a quote in this entry headed "Shock and Awe-Inspiring: All Your WestlawNext Pricing Questions Answered in a Simple...
Environment - EPA Releases Public Database on Risk Assessments
Posted on March 25, 2010From a March 24, 2010 EPA press release:WASHINGTON - Today, EPA is releasing the Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO)...
Ind. Law - "New traffic court law fixes excessive fines"
Posted on March 25, 2010Yesterday Governor Daniels signed SEA 399, which now will go into effect July 1, 2009. Jon Murray reports today in...
Ind. Law - This month's Doxpop Docket has items of interest
Posted on March 25, 2010The March issue of the Doxpop Docket (Doxpop is one of the ILB's supporters) has several items of interest, including...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on March 25, 2010In the Matter of the Hon. David A. Moreland, Judge of the Bicknell City Court is a 3-page, per curiam...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on March 25, 2010For publication opinions today (5): In Mark Harness, Jr. v. Paul Schmitt and Town of Winona Lake, a 13-page, 2-1...
Environment - "Manure Raises New Stink" says WSJ
Posted on March 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 15, 2009 which reported "Neighbors have complained about giant bubbles in the lagoon's synthetic...
Ind. Decisions - One today from 7th Circuit, re the pollution exclusion
Posted on March 25, 2010In West Bend Mutual Ins. v. U.S. Fidelity (ND Ind., Judge Miller), a 27-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Plaintiff-appellant...
Ind. Courts - Tax Court issues three yesterday
Posted on March 25, 2010In Indiana Dept. of State Revenue, Inheritance Tax Div. v. Estate of Doris K. Parker, a 14-page opinion, Judge Fisher...
Ind. Decisions - Clay County woman wins Medicaid suit against state; More
Posted on March 25, 2010Arthur Foulkes reports today in the Terre Haute Tribune Star:A rural Clay County woman has defeated an attempt by the...
Courts - "Kentucky High court rules on open records"
Posted on March 25, 2010Reminiscent of the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in Knightstown Banner, LLC v. Town of Knightstown, et al. (see ILB...
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court rules no additional criminal behavior needed for a search of person on probation"
Posted on March 25, 2010The Supreme Court's decision yesterday in the case of State of Indiana v. Allan M. Schlechty (see ILB summary here)...
Ind. Gov't. - "Trustee spend $20,000 to defend $758 decision"
Posted on March 25, 2010Here are some quotes from a story today in the Indianapolis Star, reported by Heather Gillers:Washington Township has spent about...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Superior Court to survey Warrick Co. residents about David Camm"
Posted on March 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 5, 2010, FOX41.com this afternoon has a copy of the survey, along with this...
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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....








