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Law - another entry on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
Posted on December 29, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 27th (where I noted the parallels between Loni's Guinier's nomination and that of Ms....
Ind. Courts - "Man arrested after confrontation with Tippecanoe Judge Michael Morrissey" at a cash machine
Posted on December 29, 2009Sophia Voravong had this report yesterday in the Lafayette Journal Courier:The incident began after [Judge] Morrissey went to an ATM...
Environment - Still more on "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes" What of Indiana?
Posted on December 29, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 26th, where the ILB's inquiry to the Attorney General's press office about whether Indiana...
Environment - "Ever since the fish started heading north, ecologists have warned about the devastation that awaits if they get loose in the Great Lakes, unchecked by natural predators and muscling out every competing species"
Posted on December 29, 2009That is a quote from this editorial today in the NY Times, updating this ILB entry from earlier today....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending December 23, 2009
Posted on December 28, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending December 23, 2009. It is two pages long. No...
Courts - "The Recession Begins Flooding Into the Courts "
Posted on December 28, 2009William Glaberson's lengthy story in today's NY Times begins:New York State?s courts are closing the year with 4.7 million cases...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on December 28, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Terms. of Parent-Child Rel. of D.M., T.M., and W.M.; S.M....
Environment - Michigan environmental agency files suit against Vreba-Hoff dairies
Posted on December 28, 2009A December 27th story in the Richmond Paladium-Item reports:LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality filed a lawsuit...
Ind. Decisions - Appeals Court tells Hammond tavern to pay up
Posted on December 28, 2009The NFP Court of Appeals decision Dec. 22nd in the case of Flat Rock Tap, Inc., and Michael G. Repay...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Casino takes card-counting case to Indiana Supreme Court"
Posted on December 28, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 7th, and this one from Dec. 14th, both re the Court of Appeals decision...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the long Christmas weekend from the ILB?
Posted on December 28, 2009Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?" From Sunday, Dec. 27,...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on December 28, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 12/28/09): None scheduled Next week's oral arguments before the...
Courts - "Oversight of Pa. judges is wrapped in secrecy: The Judicial Conduct Board, created to protect citizens from errant judges, is criticized as doing just the opposite"
Posted on December 27, 2009More fallout surrounding the two Luzerne County Pennsylvania judges who sent thousands of juveniles to detention centers in return for...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Flying J plans can proceed after high court ruling"
Posted on December 27, 2009Updating a long list of ILB entries, including most recently this one from Dec. 23rd, Amanda Iacone has this report...
Courts - More on "Justices Revisit Rule Requiring Lab Testimony"
Posted on December 27, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 20th, the Jan. 2010 issue the ABA Journal has an article by Mark Hensen...
Ind. Law - "State hopes database will curb meth"
Posted on December 27, 2009Angela Mapes Turner has a long story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on planning for a statewide meth...
Law - Still more on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
Posted on December 27, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, which began "I'm not sure what this means," and this one from Dec....
Law - "Stand Your Ground Law vexing Florida courts"
Posted on December 27, 2009Reminiscent of the Yalanda Parrish trial in Clark County earlier this year (some earlier entries here, and this one from...
Courts - More on: Ohio Supreme Court rules warrant required for cell phone searches
Posted on December 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 15th, some quotes from an editorial today in the NY Times:The Ohio Supreme Court...
Environment - More on "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes" What of Indiana? [Updated]
Posted on December 26, 2009This ILB entry from Dec. 22 contained reports that the Michigan attorney general has filed the suit against against Illinois,...
Ind. Courts - Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney "saga drags into 2010"
Posted on December 26, 2009The ILB has had many entries on the various aspect of this story. Today Douglas Walker of the Muncie Star-Press...
Courts - "The World's District Attorney: Legendary prosecutor Robert Morgenthau"
Posted on December 26, 2009A long piece in the opinion section of today's WSJ, that may be freely available (try here), begins:In the criminal...
Ind. Courts - ND Indiana jurors contact federal prosecutor via Facebook after trial, with congratulations
Posted on December 26, 2009Dan Hinkel has the story today in the NWI Times. How did he find out about it? According to the...
Courts - "Michigan Faces Constitutional Case Over Cash-Strapped Public Defenders"
Posted on December 25, 2009Tresa Baldas reported Dec. 24th in The National Law Journal, in this story:Are Michigan's public defenders improperly pushing the poor...
Ind. Courts - "Suits allege unscrupulous debt collection tactics"
Posted on December 25, 2009This Dec. 13th ILB entry was headed "Debt collectors' 'bully' tactics drawing scorn." Yesterday, Teresa Auch Schultz of the Gary...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Foster care payments cut by 10 percent"
Posted on December 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6th, Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star reported yesterday, Dec. 24th:Planned 10 percent cuts...
Courts - More on: Kentucky sex-offender case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Posted on December 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, quoting a LCJ story that began:Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is asking the...
Ind. Law - Get ready for 2010 changes to Child Support Rules & Guidelines
Posted on December 25, 2009Get ready for 2010 changes to Child Support Rules & Guidelines with these aids: A brief survey of the...
Environment - NY Times posts correction to Duke Energy story
Posted on December 25, 2009Here is the correction, published Dec. 25, 2009:An article in some editions on Wednesday about a court settlement requiring Duke...
Law - More on: Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate
Posted on December 25, 2009In light of the Senate's "action" yesterday, this Dec. 9th story by Andrew Ramonas becomes relevant. Some quotes:Two stalled Justice...
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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....








