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Courts - changes in store for PACER?
Posted on August 26, 2009The Blog of Legal Times reports this afternoon:The Administrative Office of the United States Courts announced Monday that they are...
Courts - "This is the most free-wheeling, 'look ma no hands' legal decision I've read in a long time"
Posted on August 26, 2009That is a quote from George Washington law prof Orin Kerr, who has just posted this entry to The Volokh...
Courts - More on: "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Posted on August 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 23rd, a reader has sent me the document which, as the cited article stated:The...
Courts - "Kentucky court strikes down reference to God in state law"
Posted on August 26, 2009Stephene Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that begins:FRANKFORT, Ky. ? A Franklin circuit judge...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on August 26, 2009For publication opinions today (1): Randall Bonewitz and Russell Dellinger v. Ted Parker - see expanded ILB entry here. NFP...
Ind. Decisions - COA decides environmental nuisance case today
Posted on August 26, 2009There are also a number of NFP opinions today, but this "for publication" opinion will be treated individually. In Randall...
Courts - One of the federal trial judges in the 7th Circuit is reportedly not taking new criminal cases
Posted on August 26, 2009"U.S. judge Stadtmueller not taking new criminal cases" is the headline to this lengthy story by John Diedrich of the...
Ind. Law - "Investigators are also trying to locate an edition of the Auto Trader from June 20, 1991 with a listing for a blue van with high mileage for $1,500"
Posted on August 26, 2009This is why librarians archive materials, even those that seem unlikely. But too often, this does not happen. And the...
Ind. Gov't. - Rockies Express Pipeline apparently renigs on Indiana agreements
Posted on August 26, 2009As this June 27th ILB entry began:The ILB has posted a number of entries about the construction of the Rockies...
Ind. Decisions - Costs assessed in Hawkins/Broyles disciplinary cases
Posted on August 26, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the Indianapolis Star reports today:The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered a Marion Superior Court judge and...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court denies transfer in Child Services expedited review
Posted on August 26, 2009In the opinion in D.S. v. State of Indiana, issued August 10th, Judge May wrote:The Indiana Department of Child Services...
Environment - "Angola City Council approves Univertical cleanup agreement"
Posted on August 25, 2009The ILB has had a long list of entries on this issue. Today Jim Measel of WTHD 105.5 (NE Indiana)...
Ind. Courts - Federal criminal fraud case persists after defendants' deaths
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries relating to the Gabriele murder-suicide, the AP's Charles Wilson has a story today reporting:SOUTH BEND, Ind....
Law - Still more computer problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers
Posted on August 25, 2009Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal about the theft of $415,000...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana 7th Circuit decision today; and an environmental decision of note
Posted on August 25, 2009In U.S. v. Deloney (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 7-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:In 2007, Dwight D. Deloney pleaded...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on August 25, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In In the Matter of the Paternity of J.J. v. Wess A.J. , an 11-page...
Law - "Fans Cannot Be Involved in Recruiting, but the Line Blurs"
Posted on August 25, 2009Eric Prisbell and Steve Yanda have an interesting, and very long, story today in the Washington Post about "a growing...
Courts - Tips on "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom"
Posted on August 25, 2009Miriam Rozen of the Texas Lawyer reports today on three Texas judges and how they use social network sites to...
Ind. Law - "How valid is a will? Recent lawsuits raise questions about final wishes"
Posted on August 25, 2009The South Bend Tribune yesterday had this long story by Alicia Gallegos. From near the end of the story:The Jeffers...
Ind. Gov't. - "Sex offenders to pay fee in Floyd County"
Posted on August 25, 2009Chris Morris reports in the Jeffersonville New & Tribune:Sex offenders living in Floyd County will now have to pay a...
Ind. Law - "Attorney William Crabtree II, facing trial, found dead in Dyer home"
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the most recent from Dec. 25, 2008, Christin Nance Lazerus reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:William...
Ind. Law - More on "Attorney William Crabtree II, facing trial, found dead in Dyer home"
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Dan Hinkel of the NWI Times has a comprehensive article on Mr. Crabtree....
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Death penalty explained in three parts"
Posted on August 24, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week begins a three-part series on the death penalty...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 24, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/24/09): None currently scheduled. Thursday, July 2nd 9:00 AM...
Ind. Decisions - Annex Books and New Albany DVD still awaiting decisions; September will mark the 4th anniversaries of their oral arguments before the 7th Circuit
Posted on August 24, 2009Here is Judge Sarah Evan Barker's August 27, 2004 opinion in Annex Books Inc, et al v. City of Indianapolis....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on August 24, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of R.B.; T.B. v. IDCS (NFP)...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues two rulings today in cellphone sales tax challenge
Posted on August 24, 2009In CINCINNATI SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC, as successor to Indiana Cellular, LLC, Kentucky CGSA, LLC,...
Ind. Law - "Facing Foreclosure in Northwest Indiana"
Posted on August 24, 2009Michael Puente of Chicago Public Radio has this long report today (that you may listen to or read). A few...
Ind. Law - "Gerrymandering targeted: Lawmakers take aim at partisan redistricting"
Posted on August 24, 2009That is the headline to this article today in the Evansville Courier & Press by reporter Eric Bradner. It begins:INDIANAPOLIS...
Law - Yet more on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Posted on August 24, 2009Updating this June 7th ILB entry, Slashdot has an interesting post this morning on the "smart" meters installed in Chicago....
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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....








