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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one late this afternoon
Posted on August 24, 2009In Alvey v. State, a 7-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:The decisions of the Court of Appeals are conflicting over...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 21, 2009
Posted on August 24, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending August 21, 2009. It is eight pages long. (The ILB...
Ind. Courts - More on: Channel 6 finds public defender appointed upon request, with no effort at determining financial need
Posted on August 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Thursday, an ILB reader send this August 22nd story from the Anchorage Daily News. The...
Law - "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs overhaul of state's open records law; Attorney general's office gains powers, but often-abused exemptions remain"
Posted on August 23, 2009From a report today in the Chicago Tribune by Monique Garcia:Gov. Pat Quinn signed an overhaul of the state's open...
Ind. Courts - "DNA backlogs increase in state"
Posted on August 23, 2009Jon Murray reports today in this story in the Indianapolis Star on DNA backlogs. A few months back, Murray reported...
Ind. Gov't. - "Problem of junked cars in Sellersburg: Cars on blocks could cost the owner plenty"
Posted on August 23, 2009Braden Lammers has this report in the New Albany News & Tribune. Some quotes:The town of Sellersburg is cracking down...
Ind. Courts - More on: Former Indiana attorney admits to 24 bank robberies
Posted on August 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 22, 2006, Stephanie Gattman has this very long story today in the Elkhart Truth....
Environment - "Illinois pollution enforcement hampered by politics"
Posted on August 23, 2009Really? Michael Hawthorne has this lengthy story today in the Chicago Tribune. A quote:What appeared to be an obvious violation...
Ind. Gov't. - "Defending city police exhausts legal fund"
Posted on August 23, 2009Two related stories today from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes from the first, by Benjamin Lanka:Legal costs of...
Courts - "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Posted on August 23, 2009Mary Pat Gallagher's story in the New Jersey Law Journal, dated August 21st, included these quotes:Judges, like the rest of...
Ind. Courts - "Budget battles not over in St. Joseph County"
Posted on August 22, 2009Some quotes from about half-way through a story dated Aug. 20th by Troy Kehoe of WSBT.com, South Bend:Juvenile Justice Center...
Environment - More on: IDEM meetings introduce new antidegradation rules
Posted on August 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 12th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 20th:PORTAGE -- Indiana's proposed pollution...
Ind. Courts - "Priest abuse case hinges on "repressed" memories"
Posted on August 22, 2009The ILB had this most recent entry Jan. 25th on former Catholic priest Harry Monroe. Now a trial is taking...
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Indiana court lets sex offender park ban stand"
Posted on August 22, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Josh Duke has this report in today's Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:An Indiana Supreme Court decision allowing...
Law - "Where?s the Rulebook for Sex Verification? "
Posted on August 22, 2009The Sports Section of today's NY Times has a long, fascinating article by Alice Dreger, professor of clinical medical humanities...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana court lets sex offender park ban stand"
Posted on August 21, 2009Although the ILB has yet to receive, and thus post, a Clerk's Transfer List from last week or this week,...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Brief filed in response to AG's July 27th petition for rehearing in David Camm case
Posted on August 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 18th, Matt Thacker of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports today in a lengthy...
Ind. Courts - Observations on: Verdict in road-rage shooting trial in Clark County
Posted on August 21, 2009This ILB entry from earlier today included this quote from the LCJ story:At Thursday's sentencing hearing, [Judge] Moore told the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 8 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on August 21, 2009For publication opinions today (8): In Christine Dugan v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., and Jay Komorowski, a 13-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Courts -Still more on: Verdict in road-rage shooting trial in Clark County
Posted on August 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 1st, Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story...
Ind. Courts - "Appeals court upholds child molester ruling"; complaints aganst judge
Posted on August 21, 2009The NFP August 12th COA decision in Steven W. Everling v. State of Indiana is featured in this Aug. 20th...
Ind. Decisions - "LaVille school construction postponed again: Tax judge needs more evidence from DLGF before making final determination"
Posted on August 21, 2009The Tax Court's August 20th NFP opinion in the case of George M. Moffett v. Department of Local Government Finance...
Ind. Decisions - Another transfer granted this week, making three in total
Posted on August 21, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from yesterday, the ILB has received word that the following case was granted transfer Aug. 21st:Foundations...
Ind. Decisions - Two transfers granted Aug. 19th
Posted on August 20, 2009Although we still have not seen the transfer list for the week ending Aug. 14, the ILB has just received...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues one NFP today
Posted on August 20, 2009In George M. Moffett v. Department of Local Government Finance (NFP), a 7-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:On September 10, 2008,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 20, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Andre L. LaFlamme v. Carrie Goodwin, an 11-page opinion, Judge Friedlander writes:Andre Laflamme appeals...
Ind. Decisions - 4 Indiana opinions today from 7th Circuit
Posted on August 20, 2009Fincher v. South Bend Housing Authority (ND Ind., Judge Simon) In Laouini v. CLM Freight (SD Ind., Judge Barker),...
Courts - "3rd Circuit Appeal Challenges Judge's Outside Research in Bench Trial"; Where is Indiana on this?
Posted on August 20, 2009Henry Gottlieb writes today in the New Jersey Law Journal:A federal appeals court has been asked to limit the right...
Ind. Law - "Ice Miller wins kudos as women's employer"
Posted on August 20, 2009Dana Hunsinger reports today in the Indianapolis Star:When it comes time for that annual mammogram, women at Ice Miller can...
Ind. Courts - Channel 6 finds public defender appointed upon request, with no effort at determining financial need
Posted on August 20, 2009Indy Channel 6 News' Jack Rinehart had this report last evening. Here are some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS -- Some within the Marion...
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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....








