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Ind. Decisions - "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"; My thoughts
Posted on September 17, 2009Today's Court of Appeals decision in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, summarized earlier today in...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"; My thoughts [Updated]
Posted on September 17, 2009Today's Court of Appeals decision in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, summarized earlier today in...
Ind. Courts - More on: Supreme Court adds new Evidence Rule 617
Posted on September 16, 2009Following up on yesterday's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story (see latter part of this ILB entry), Niki Kelly and Jeff...
Ind. Decisions - "Walmart, Sam's Club workers from '94 to March of this year are set to share up to $28M"
Posted on September 16, 2009Erika D. Smith reports in today's Indianapolis Star:Nearly 300,000 Wal-Mart Stores workers in Indiana and their attorneys could receive up...
Ind. Courts - Briefs for upcoming argument in Thomas v. FSSA
Posted on September 16, 2009Here are the briefs for the upcoming oral argument in Thomas v. FSSA, set for 5:00 PM at the Wynne...
Ind. Courts - Revised Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines Approved by Supreme Court
Posted on September 16, 2009In addition to the changes to the rules of evidence announced yesterday, the Court also issued an order making substantial...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 16, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Mesha Marie Youngblood v. State...
Ind. Law - More on: Indiana malpractice cap may be challenged
Posted on September 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6th, the Indianapolis Star just posted this item that begins:Attorneys for a widower who...
Law - Carl Malamud speaks on "why access to the working of government by private citizens is crucial for our economy and for our democracy"
Posted on September 16, 2009The Gov 2.0 Summit took place in Washington DC from Sept. 9-10. Among the spealers was Carl Malamud, who has...
Environment - California water bottling company to build Plainfield plant
Posted on September 16, 2009Bruce C. Smith reports today in the Indianapolis Star:The largest private label bottler of water in the country will build...
Ind. Gov't - More on: "State no longer holds all cards"
Posted on September 16, 2009Following up on this ILB entry from Sept. 13th, here is a Sept. 10th story I had missed, by Ian...
Ind. Courts - Court makes a number of rule changes
Posted on September 16, 2009In addition to new evidence rule 617, and the rewrite of the child support rules, the Supreme Court has issued...
Environment - Updating "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana"
Posted on September 15, 2009This Aug. 18th ILB entry quoted by an Indianapolis Star report on citizens "lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 15, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Antoine Sanders v. State of...
Environment - "Randolph County dairy fined over manure spill"
Posted on September 15, 2009Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:WINCHESTER -- Union-Go Dairy recently agreed to pay a $2,125 civil penalty for...
Ind. Law - "The lawyer is in, thanks to the doctor"
Posted on September 15, 2009The Indianapolis Star published a good article yesterday by Shari Rudavsky on "Medical-legal partnerships address patients' health and social needs."...
Ind. Courts - "Johnson County Judges frown on casual attire in courtroom"
Posted on September 15, 2009Jason White of the Johnson County Daily Journal reported ($$) Sept. 9th:No shoes, no shirt, no court. And flip-flops do...
Law - Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Posted on September 15, 2009Last Sunday, Sept. 13th, Donovan Slack and Michael Levenson of the Boston Globe reported under the headline "Boston Mayor Menino?s...
Environment - "Environmental groups to sue EPA over coal-ash ponds"
Posted on September 15, 2009So reports James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal in this story dated Sept. 14th that begins:Three environmental groups have...
Ind. Courts - "Albion lawyer suspended following 2007 jailhouse ruse"
Posted on September 15, 2009Jeff Wiehe reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:An Albion-based attorney will have her law license suspended for at...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court adds new Evidence Rule 617
Posted on September 15, 2009From the press release:The Indiana Supreme Court has amended the Indiana Rules of Evidence to prohibit evidence of a suspect's...
Courts - "Bowman on the Supreme Court's Sentencing Jurisprudence"
Posted on September 15, 2009Legal Theory Blog notes that "Frank O. Bowman III (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted Debacle: How the...
Ind. Courts - "Arguments today in Central Library appeal"
Posted on September 15, 2009As noted in this ILB entry Monday, today at 9:00 AM the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Central...
Ind. Courts - Judge David Hamlton's still-pending nomination is focus of New Yorker story
Posted on September 14, 2009Jeffrey Tobin has a very long article in the upcoming (Sept. 21st) issue of The New Yorker, titled "Bench Press:...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on September 14, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 9/14/09): Tuesday, September 15th 9:00 AM - Indianapolis Marion County...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending September 11, 2009
Posted on September 14, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending September 11, 2009. It is five pages long. Six transfers...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Golf carts limited to city, town streets"
Posted on September 14, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week examines Indiana's new golf cart law:Golf courses are...
Courts - "Lawsuit challenging Alaska judge choice tossed"; system similar to Indiana's
Posted on September 14, 2009Lisa Demer reported Sept. 11th in the Anchorage Daily News Some quotes:A lawsuit challenging how Alaska chooses its judges was...
Environment - Several recent environmental stories
Posted on September 14, 2009Sunday, Sept. 13th the NY Times had a major front-page story that continued on to two full inside pages: "Toxic...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 14, 2009US v. Anthony D. Edwards (ND Ind., Judge Simon)...
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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?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
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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....








