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Ind. Law. - "LED Signals Seen as Potential Hazard" -- Or not
Posted on January 03, 2010A story from the Jan. 1, 2010 NY Times, reported by Susan Saulny, begins:CHICAGO ? Last April, the driver of...
Ind. Courts - "Closing this library, dismantling the resources, dismissing the librarian -- this is very unfortunate and falls into the 'whatever can they be thinking?' category"
Posted on January 02, 2010The above quote expresses my thoughts on the closing of the Marion County Law Library, one of Indiana's endangered courthouse...
Ind. Laws - More on: "Lawmaker to push texting-driving ban"
Posted on January 02, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 3, 2009, two bills now have been introduced in the General Assembly this year...
Ind. Law - More on: "State hopes database will curb meth"
Posted on January 02, 2010This ILB entry from Oct. 11, 2009, headed "Cold-med law snares allergy sufferers: Pseudoephedrine buyers limited to 3 grams a...
Ind. Law - Indiana's voter ID law: more restrictive than that of other countries?
Posted on January 02, 2010The Jan. 4, 2010 issue of the subscription-only newsletter, Indiana Legislative Insight, includes this item, reprinted here with permission:Electoral...
Courts - More on "Judging the Federal Judges"
Posted on January 02, 2010In this Dec. 14th entry, the ILB quoted from a Houston Chronicle story, reported by Lise Olsen, headed "Judging the...
Law - "What 'Could' Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2010?"
Posted on January 01, 2010This is an interesting article that highlights how the protection of copyright has been expanded. Duke Law's Center for the...
Ind. Law - "The tales of two Wilders"
Posted on January 01, 2010The ILB has posted a number of entries involving either attorney Larry Wilder or Peggy Wilder, both of Jeffersonville, Clark...
Law - "Feds Warn Small Businesses to Use Dedicated PC for Online Banking"
Posted on January 01, 2010The ILB has had a number of earlier entries on the growing problem of thefts of funds out of bank...
Courts - "Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers "
Posted on January 01, 2010John Schwartz of the NY Times has this story today. Some quotes, read the entire article for some views on...
Ind. Decisions - ND Judge rules LaPorte must replace crumbling sidewalks
Posted on January 01, 2010A brief AP story this afternoon alerted the ILB to this Dec. 22, 2009 decision in Jon Culvahouse, et al....
Ind. Decisions - Concluding its year-end push, Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 17 NFP)
Posted on December 31, 2009For publication opinions today (7): In The Guardianship of S.M. and N.M.; S.M. v. S.G. , a 7-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Law - More on: Several Indiana papers look back on 2009
Posted on December 31, 2009Updating this ILB entry from this morning, Laurie Wink reports today in the Michigan City News-Dispatch:MICHIGAN CITY - The staff...
Ind. Courts - "LaGrange County Commissioners Create Public Defender Board"
Posted on December 31, 2009From WLKI 100.3 News today:(LAGRANGE) - LaGrange County will soon have a three person public defender board. County Commissioners approved...
Courts - "FaceBook App Maker Hit With Data-Breach Class Action"; Indiana connection
Posted on December 31, 2009David Kravets of Wired's Threat Level has this entry about a lawsuit filed in federal court in California that begins:RockYou,...
Environment - More on Environment - "Indiana Attorney General Zoeller to support Michigan in Asian carp lawsuit"
Posted on December 31, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the latest word is that "Wisconsin joins other states in Asian carp battle." This map from...
Ind. Law - Several Indiana papers look back on 2009
Posted on December 31, 2009"Floyd County Top Stories of 2009," compiled in the News & Tribune, leads off with:David Camm?s conviction overturned; headed to...
Ind. Decisions - Still continuing its year-end push, Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 17 NFP)
Posted on December 30, 2009For publication opinions today (6): In A. Stemer & E. Stokar Partnership v. Excel Development I, LLC , a 7-page...
Ind. Decisions - Question re dissent in COA opinion yesterday
Posted on December 30, 2009If you read the dissent in the Court of Appeals opinion yesterday in the case of Lisa A. Leever v....
About this Blog - Please sign on as annual ILB supporter
Posted on December 30, 2009Don't know how you kept up before the Indiana Law Blog? Are you an Indiana Law Blog addict? Does someone...
Law - "IU professor Dawn Johnsen's nomination to legal post sent back to White House"
Posted on December 30, 2009ILB readers first learned the news in this December 24th ILB entry. And there has been a number of ILB...
Ind. Decisions - "Indy Northwest side residents win lawsuit over sewer hookups"
Posted on December 30, 2009The City of Indianapolis, et al v. Christine Armour, et al, one of the opinions issued by the Court of...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides RLUIPA case today
Posted on December 30, 2009Illinois cases, but a much-debated federal law are at the center of these two combined decisions today by the 7th...
Law - Cost of parking meters in Chicago to climb again
Posted on December 30, 2009The Chesterton Tribune reports today:CHICAGO (AP) ? Starting next week, the price of metered parking on city streets will climb....
Environment - "Indiana Attorney General Zoeller to support Michigan in Asian carp lawsuit"
Posted on December 30, 2009The Chesterton Tribune is quoting a press release on its website late this afternoon: INDIANAPOLIS ? Indiana Attorney General Greg...
About this Blog - Words from an annual ILB supporter
Posted on December 30, 2009Earlier today I posted this entry, urging ILB readers to help support this 7-year-old endeavor. I have just received, and...
Ind. Courts - George B. Hoffman, Jr., a former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Indiana, has died
Posted on December 29, 2009See the news release here. Some quotes:The Honorable George B. Hoffman, Jr., a former Chief Judge of the Court of...
Ind. Decisions - Continuing its year-end push, Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 15 NFP)
Posted on December 29, 2009For publication opinions today (7): Wurster Construction Co. v. Essex Ins. Co., Kane Construction, Inc., et al. - "Finding that...
Ind. Decisions - "Invader?s sentence halved for young age: 70 years reduced to 32 in wake of appeals order"
Posted on December 29, 2009The May 18, 2009 Court of Appeals opinion in the case of Malcolm K. Ellis v. State of Indiana (NFP)...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana rulings today from 7th Circuit, including one remanded because of a typo
Posted on December 29, 2009In U.S. v. Marion (SD Ind., McKinney), a 4-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:The district court denied Kelvin Marion?s motion...
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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....








