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Ind. Law - "Proposed property tax caps won't prevent increases in bills" [Updated]
Posted on December 12, 2009Lesley Stedman Weidenbener's Louisville Courier Journal must-read column for Sunday, Dec.13:INDIANAPOLIS ? As lawmakers begin debating a proposed constitutional amendment...
Ind. Gov't. - "Filed State Amicus Briefs 2009 AG Zoeller"
Posted on December 12, 2009I'm in the process of updating the Table, "Filed State Amicus Briefs 2009 AG Zoeller", available here, and always available...
Ind. Decisions - Two more NFP COA decisions reclassified
Posted on December 11, 2009The cases are: Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, et al. v. Heather Charles (49A04-0906-CV-308) - NFP opinion issued 10/14/09; Appellee's...
Ind. Courts - LaPorte County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Alevizos in news again today
Posted on December 11, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from yesterday, where the judge received a Distinguished Hoosier Award from the Corrections Department, Stan Maddux...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues Attorney Discipline Action
Posted on December 11, 2009In the Matter of Jeffrey S. Rasley and, In the Matter of David M. Wood is an 8-page, 5-0, per...
Environment - The other side of CAFO manure spills and run-off
Posted on December 11, 2009Cattlenetwork has this long story today, titled "Delayed Harvest Has Producers Scrambling To Apply Manure," that begins:WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -...
Ind. Decisions - Indiana Chrysler bankruptcy challenge cert petition being reviewed today
Posted on December 11, 2009According to this entry from SCOTUSLaw Blog, the petition in case of Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler, LLC...
Ind. Gov't. - "Ky., Ind. appliance rebate plans approved"
Posted on December 11, 2009From a long report by Jere Downs in the Louisville Courier Journal:Kentuckians and Hoosiers replacing their appliances with energy-efficient models...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on December 11, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Warren Johnson v. Estate of Timothy Brazill; Biran Zaiger, et al. , a 12-page...
Ind. Courts - "Raided Harrison dog breeders file notice against state"
Posted on December 11, 2009Ben Zion Hershberg has this Dec.10th story in the Louisville Courier Journal. It begins:The Harrison County owners of what Indiana?s...
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court considers driver's license suit"
Posted on December 11, 2009Oral argument was heard yesterday before the Supreme Court in the case of Leone v. Commissioner Indiana Bureau of Motor...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Disciplinary charges against suspended LaPorte Superior Court Judge Jennifer L. Koethe"
Posted on December 11, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Alici Gallegos of the South Bend Tribune has this story today, including:Kathryn Dolan, a spokeswoman for...
Ind. Courts - "Matthew Eric Wrinkles, 49, was executed this morning"
Posted on December 11, 2009Charles Wilson's Associated Press report begins:MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- An Indiana death row inmate who refused to request clemency was...
Ind. Gov't. - "Fort Wayne cuts loose 1 of 2 gambling lobby firms"
Posted on December 11, 2009Wednesday Niki Kelly reported in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in a story that began:INDIANAPOLIS ? Prospects for casino gambling...
Law - "Paper-based data breaches on the rise"
Posted on December 11, 2009Recall earlier ILB entries such as "Boxes of medical files found abandoned in South Bend" from Nov. 14, 2009, and...
Ind. Decisions - "Should a suspended sentence be treated the same as an executed sentence for purposes of Appellate Rule 7(B) review?"
Posted on December 11, 2009On Nov. 30, 2009, the Court of Appeals issued its opinion(s) in the case of Desmond Davidson v. State...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on December 10, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of K.P.; B.S. v. IDCS (NFP)...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana Supreme Court affirms Wilkes' death sentence"
Posted on December 10, 2009Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press reports on the Supreme Court opinion issued this morning in the...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides two today
Posted on December 10, 2009In Danny Ray Wilkes v. State of Indiana, a 24-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:In this direct appeal, Daniel Wilkes...
Ind. Decisions - Two opinions yesterday from Tax Court
Posted on December 10, 2009In Big Foot Stores LLC v. Franklin Twp. Assessor, Mill Twp. Assessor, et al., a 10-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:On...
Ind. Courts - "U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana names new chief justice"
Posted on December 10, 2009That is the headline today to this brief story by Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press, that...
Ind. Decisions - Redmond v. State, revisited this week by the Indiana Code Revision Commission
Posted on December 10, 2009Some readers may remember the Jan. 28, 2009 Court of Appeals decision in the case of Dale Redmond v....
Ind. Courts - "Is death penalty worth the price? Single case can cost taxpayers as much as $1 million"
Posted on December 10, 2009That is the headline to this lengthy, front-page story today in the Indianapolis Star, reported by Jon Murray:Nowhere is the...
Ind. Decisions - Two cases granted transfer Dec. 10th
Posted on December 10, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available hopefully by Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has just received notice that transfer was...
Ind. Courts - " IDOC Commissioner Recognizes LaPorte County Judge"
Posted on December 10, 2009From an IDOP press release:LaPorte, Indiana (December 10, 2009) ? Today in a ceremony at the LaPorte County Juvenile Center,...
Courts - "Kentucky Court will reconsider fetuses, drug use: Some maintain that it's a form of child abuse"
Posted on December 10, 2009From a lengthy story dated Dec. 9th, by Andrew Wolfson in the Louisville Courier Journal:When Ina Cochran and her newborn...
Ind. Courts - "After Wrinkles, 12 Others Await Execution in Indiana"
Posted on December 10, 2009Indianapolis WIBC's Eric Berman reports this afternoon in a comprehensive story:The early-morning execution of Eric Wrinkles will be Indiana's first...
Law - "Legal Heavies Tackle the First-Year Associate Dilemma"
Posted on December 10, 2009Well worth reading, this WSJ Law Blog entry today. A sample:For our money, the most interesting exchange focused on first...
nd. Courts - Still more on "ACLU Lawsuit claims Indiana law examiners violate the ADA "
Posted on December 10, 2009Updating this August 16, 2009 ILB entry, and this July 9th, 2009 entry which quoted from a National Law Journal...
Ind. Courts - "Disciplinary charges against suspended LaPorte Superior Court Judge Jennifer L. Koethe"
Posted on December 10, 2009Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on suspended LaPorte Superior Court Judge Jennifer L. Koethe, who suffered...
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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?
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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....








