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Ind. Law - Bills on political yard signs, voter ID

Posted on January 19, 2010
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial page editor Tracy Warner includes in his commentary today:Campaign yard signs might be coming home....

Ind. Law - "Lawyers offer free advice in downtown Lafayette to mark Martin Luther King Day"

Posted on January 19, 2010
Eric Weddle reports in the Lafayette Journal Courier in a story that begins:Someone received a get-out-of-jail-free call Monday. Throughout the...

Ind. Courts - More on: Obama to nominate two women to fill SD Indiana vacancies

Posted on January 18, 2010
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 16th, Indy 6News is reporting "2 Women Among Bayh's Federal Judge Nominations: Bayh's Office...

Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?

Posted on January 18, 2010
Good morning and welcome to another work week. Here is the answer to "What did you miss from the...

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Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next

Posted on January 18, 2010
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 1/18/10): Thursday, January 21st 9:00 AM - State of Indiana...

Courts - "Mass. law on wine shipping unconstitutional"

Posted on January 18, 2010
Snipits from the AP story by Bob Salsberg:BOSTON -- A Massachusetts law that sharply restricts out-of-state winemakers from shipping their...

Ind. Courts - "A public reprimand might be the only sanction attorney Jennifer Abrell faces for revealing information about a client represented by her law firm"

Posted on January 18, 2010
So begins this story in today's Muncie Star-Press, reported by Rick Yencer. More:That's what a hearing officer for the Indiana...

Ind. Courts - Part II of "Indiana courts moving toward unified records system"

Posted on January 18, 2010
Part I appeared in the ILB on Jan. 4, 2010. The entry quoted at length from Harold J. Adams' LCJ...

Ind. Courts - "Senator Bayh Makes Historic Judicial Announcements"

Posted on January 18, 2010
Here is the complete text of Senator Bayh's press release:Indianapolis ? Senator Evan Bayh today announced the nomination of three...

Ind. Courts - Supplementing "Cass Superior Court Judge rejects traffic violator plea deal"

Posted on January 17, 2010
The ILB had an entry Jan. 12, 2010, quoting a story from the Logansport Pharos-Tribune that began:A judge has rejected...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Valpo couple wins flooding suit judgment "

Posted on January 17, 2010
There is a second story within the week about a Valpo resident being granted a default judgment for more than...

Ind. Courts - Obama to nominate two women to fill SD Indiana vacancies

Posted on January 16, 2010
The Indianapolis Times Blog reported last evening in a post that begins:U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh will reveal President Barack Obama's...

Courts - Broadcasting same-sex marriage trial, or not; Making anti-same-sex petition signers' names secret, or not

Posted on January 16, 2010
Broadcasting same-sex marriage trial, or not. Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 13th, Robert Barnes of the Washington Post had...

Courts - "Something's Fishy at the High Court"

Posted on January 16, 2010
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal explains how the case got to the Supreme Court so fast, in this...

Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from 7th Circuit

Posted on January 15, 2010
In U.S. v. Jason E. Clinton (ND Ind., Van Bokkelen), a 10-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:Jason Clinton appeals his...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today

Posted on January 15, 2010
In State of Indiana v. Michael Haldeman/ Rachel Lawson, an 8-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:Each of these two consolidated...

Environment - "Crawford County residents question biomass power project"

Posted on January 15, 2010
Interesting, especially in light of: (1) this ILB entry from Jan. 7, 2010 headed "Environment - Rules proposed again to...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)

Posted on January 15, 2010
For publication opinions today (1): In Michael P. Dunn v. State of Indiana , a 9-page opinion, Judge Crone writes:Michael...

Environment - "SCOTUS Expected To Hear Asian Carp Arguments Today"

Posted on January 15, 2010
Holland Michigan's WHTC is reporting:The fight to close locks in Chicago feeding into Lake Michigan to prevent the spread of...

Ind. Courts - Returning to: Appellate Clerk's Office now authorized to serve orders, notices and opinions via e-mail

Posted on January 15, 2010
In this entry on Wednesday, Jan. 13th, the ILB related practitioners' problems with the Appellate Court Clerk's Office's current implementation...

Environment - More on "SCOTUS Expected To Hear Asian Carp Arguments Today"

Posted on January 15, 2010
It never happened. Tina Lam of the Detroit Free Press reports this evening:The U.S. Supreme Court, which met today in...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments

Posted on January 14, 2010
A reminder -- three oral arguments this morning before the Supreme Court, including Garcia-Torres, involving whether the taking of a...

Courts - More on both the Citizens United and Prop. 8 cases

Posted on January 14, 2010
The anticipated SCOTUS ruling re Citizens United v. FEC apparently will not issue this week. Yestersday Rick Hasen of Election...

Ind. Law - Indiana State Treasurer urges Hoosiers to make a will

Posted on January 14, 2010
Several papers this week, including the Herald-Argus, have carried this press release from Treasurer Richard Mourdock:A few times each year,...

Courts - "Kentucky's judicial branch has joined a Web site promoting government transparency"

Posted on January 14, 2010
From the Lexington Herald-Leader:Gov. Steve Beshear and Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. announced Tuesday that Kentucky's Open Door Web...

Ind. Courts - "Embattled Delaware County prosecutor McKinney gets court date"

Posted on January 14, 2010
Rick Yencer reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:MUNCIE -- Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney will face voters before facing a...

Ind. Courts - Evans-Koethe: "No recollection of details from shooting"

Posted on January 14, 2010
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 6th, Alicia Ebaugh reports today in the LaPorte Herald-Argus:LA PORTE ? Jennifer Evans-Koethe, the...

Courts - "Judge finds jury misconduct in taser death case"

Posted on January 14, 2010
A federal district court decision today dealing with both tasers and juror misconduct (by accessing the internet). The AP has...

Ind. Gov't. - "Geographic Distribution of Per Capita Net Tax Payments"

Posted on January 14, 2010
An editorial today in the Indianapolis Star points to a report of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute. The editorial begins:Imagine...

Ind. Decisions - "Victim?s threat sparks mistrial in carjacking"

Posted on January 14, 2010
Rebecca S. Green reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The trial of an accused armed robber ended in a...

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