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Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending March 12, 2010
Posted on March 15, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending March 12, 2010. It is 2 pages long (but...
Ind. Courts - Even more on: "Judges to jurors: Stay off the Web"
Posted on March 14, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 5, 2010, which links to the newly released Indiana juror rule amendments, effective July...
Ind. Gov't. - "Indiana gets an F for public access"
Posted on March 14, 2010It is Sunshine Week again, and the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is running a four-part series. Today Dan Stockman has...
Ind. Courts - "More probationers showing up drunk, Porter County Courthouse now armed with portable breath testers"
Posted on March 14, 2010Interesting story here by Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times on the problem and how it is being addressed in...
Ind. Law - More on: What happened ...
Posted on March 14, 2010Some wrap-ups. Here are a couple wrap-ups. Mary Beth Schneiderand Bill Ruthhart of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy story...
Ind. Law - Still more on: What happened ...
Posted on March 14, 2010Here is Eric Bradner's exhaustive coverage of what happened as a result of the 2010 General Assembly session, from today's...
Courts - "The Second Circuit held Friday that a ban on the use of nicknames like "Heavy Hitters" or client testimonials about pending cases violates the First Amendment."
Posted on March 13, 2010A New York attorney has successfuuly challenged the New York rules on lawyer advertising. Here are some quotes from a...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court suspends LaPorte County judge
Posted on March 13, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 11, 2010, Matt Field of the LaPorte Argus Herald writes today:Judge Jennifer Evans-Koethe apologized...
Ind. Gov't. - Encourage CAFOs, penalize small farmers and meat processors?
Posted on March 13, 2010Doesn't seem right. At my local farmer's market this winter every third stand seems to be selling locally produced meat...
Ind. Law - What happened ...
Posted on March 13, 2010Masson's Blog has just posted a detailed list of the five bills that passed last night and are on their...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided today by 7th Circuit
Posted on March 12, 2010In U.S. v. Sykes (SD Ind., McKinney), a 12-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:Defendant Marcus Sykes pleaded guilty to being...
Ind. Decisions - Vanderburgh Circuit Court rejects Presbyterian Church (USA) claims to a local church's property
Posted on March 12, 2010The only writeup the ILB has seen of the March 9, 2010 decision by Judge Carl Heldt is in The...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on March 12, 2010For publication opinions today (3): In Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of A.B., et al.; A.B. v. IDCS, an 11-page opinion,...
Courts - "3rd Circuit Asked to Clarify Student Internet Speech Cases"
Posted on March 12, 2010Read this in conjunction with yesterday's ILB entry, "School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix." Shannon P. Duffy of...
Ind. Decisions - "Valpo Cafe vows to press its case against VU"
Posted on March 12, 2010The Court of Appeals' Feb. 1, 2010 decision in Borovilos Restaurant Corporation, II v. Lutheran University Association, Inc. (ILB summary...
Ind. Decisions - Federal Judge orders Pastrick, allies to pay $108M to East Chicago
Posted on March 12, 2010Some quotes from Dan Hinkel's report today in the NWI Times:HAMMOND | Region political icon Robert Pastrick and two former...
Courts - Still more on "Test Case Linking Vaccines and Autism Reaches Federal Court"
Posted on March 12, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 10, 2007, the LA Times reports today, in a story by Thomas H. Maugh...
Ind. Court - CCR Filed for SB149 removes language re placement of children by juvenile courts outside of Indiana
Posted on March 12, 2010Take a look here. Remember what happened in the SS Conference Committee Report last year - it was one of...
Ind. Courts - More on: HEA 1491, vetoed last year, is on today's House calendar
Posted on March 11, 2010As the ILB reported yesterday morning, HEA 1491 from the 2009 regular session, which would abolish merit selection of St....
Courts - More on "Three lawsuits may change how NCAA operates"
Posted on March 11, 2010Updating this Feb. 13, 2010 ILB entry, Katie Thoas of the NY Times reports today:Eleven former college football and basketball...
Ind. Courts - Most court systems in other states cut to bone
Posted on March 11, 2010As the Indiana General Assembly contemplates the possible override of the Governor's 2009 veto of HEA 1491, thereby expanding the...
Ind. Courts - Clerk's Office Accepting Applications for Appellate Case Manager
Posted on March 11, 2010See the notice here. More:The Clerk's Office of the Division of Supreme Court Administration is accepting applications for the position...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on March 11, 2010For publication opinions today (5): In Heather L. Smitson v. Klinten M. Craig, a 4-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:H.S. (?Mother?)...
Ind. Courts - "Lawyers seek limits on details in Simon case"
Posted on March 11, 2010Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star, who has been covering (see, e.g, this Feb. 3rd ILB entry) the Simon estate...
Law - Magnus-Stinson joins three other Hossiers awaiting Senate approval
Posted on March 11, 2010Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, whose nomination to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana was held over...
Ind. Decisions - "Pinnacle doctors settle lawsuit against attorney"
Posted on March 11, 2010Teresa Auch Schultz of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:A lawsuit filed by a group of Pinnacle Hospital doctors and owners...
Ind. Courts - "Anderson attorney faces child porn charges"
Posted on March 11, 2010Vic Ryckaert reported last evening in the Indianapolis Star:An Anderson attorney remained in federal custody Wednesday after authorities say he...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "7th Circuit Judges May Testify in Retrial Over Web Threats"
Posted on March 11, 2010Updating this ILB entry from March 3rd, Mark Fass of the New York Law Journal reports today:The second trial of...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Timing was terrible on guns at work bill"
Posted on March 11, 2010Updaitng this ILB entry from March 8th, Bob Kasarda reported in the March 10th NWI Times:VALPARAISO | Bond was set...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix"
Posted on March 11, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 31, 2009, relating to "two girls, both sophomore fall-sport athletes, [who] were suspended from...
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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....








