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Courts - Votes to assure Dawn Johnsen confirmation may be in hand
Posted on July 25, 2009So reports Andy Graham today in this story ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times. Some quotes:Sources indicated Friday that there are...
Courts - "Indiana and Idaho currently have no female Supreme Court justices"
Posted on July 25, 2009That is a quote from this story July 19th by Sarah McCann and Tracey D. Samuelson of The Christian Science...
Courts - Another view on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
Posted on July 25, 2009Robert McCartney, Metro Columnist for the Washington Post, had a column Thursday on the impact of the SCOTUS decision in...
Ind. Courts - More on "Judge rules against Westfield on road fees"
Posted on July 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 25th, Carrie Ritchie reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Westfield is fighting a Hamilton County...
Environment - "Electronics Industry Sues to Block Recycling Law"
Posted on July 25, 2009From the NYT City Room Blog yesterday, an item by Jennifer Lee that begins:Industry groups filed a lawsuit on Friday...
Ind. Courts - "Indiana Supreme Court will hear library renovation suit"
Posted on July 25, 2009As noted in this July 23rd entry, the Supreme Court has granted transfer to the case of Indianapolis Marion County...
Courts - Thorough look at federal appellate practice
Posted on July 25, 2009Over the past week, law prof Eugene Volohk has excerpted passages from the Mayer Brown's Federal Appellate Practice treatise, commented...
Ind. Courts - Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
Posted on July 25, 2009It began with stories of cell phones banned in the Allen County Courthouse. That was in November of 2006. Several...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on July 24, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Cimarron Oil Corporation v. Howard Energy Corporation, a 14-page opinion, the issue is whether...
Courts - "Specter Proposes Return to Prior Pleading Standard"
Posted on July 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 20th on the end of notice pleading as we know it, at least in...
Courts - "Former Milbank Chairman to Testify as Wills Expert in Brooke Astor Trial"
Posted on July 24, 2009Noeleen G. Walder's report today in the New York Law Journal begins:Three months into the criminal trial of socialite Brooke...
Ind. Courts - "Rare ruling means boy, 13, will face adult court"
Posted on July 24, 2009John Tuohy reports today in the Indianapolis Star:A 13-year-old boy charged with murder will be one of the youngest defendants...
Ind. Decisions - "Court reverses property tax verdict"
Posted on July 24, 2009The July 23rd COA opinion in City of Hammond v. Graoch Associates #52, L.P., d/b/a River Park Apartments (ILB summary...
Ind. Decisions - COA decision from yestrday just posted
Posted on July 23, 2009One more For Publication decision, this one from July 22nd that has just been posted: In In the Matter of...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana decision today; some links
Posted on July 23, 2009In U.S. v. Hensley (ND Ind., Judge Simon), a 15-page opinion, Judge Manion writes:Government agents created a fictitious online...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on July 23, 2009For publication opinions today (6): Suzanne Eads and James Atterholt v. Community Hospital is a 20-page, 2-1 opinion, with a...
Law - More on "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Posted on July 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from last Sunday, which ended with this quote:Already, we?ve learned that they?re not really like books,...
Ind. Decisions - Interesting probate case in St. Joseph Circuit Court
Posted on July 23, 2009In a story headed "New executor must handle Gabriele will," Alicia Gallegos reports today in the South Bend Tribune:SOUTH BEND...
Courts - More on "Va. Special Session Called to Address Crime Lab Testimony Ruling"
Posted on July 23, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, a story today by Tom Jackman and Rosalind S. Helderman of the Washington Post implies that...
Law - "Personal Jurisdiction Caught in a Web"
Posted on July 23, 2009The New York Law Journal published this interesting article yesterday, written by Stephen M. Kramarsky. A quote:Some of the thorniest...
Ind. Decisions - "State CFO hog permit upheld"
Posted on July 23, 2009The Court of Appeals decision July 20th in the case of Jennings Water v. Office of Environmental Adjudication (ILB summary...
Ind. Courts - Per Jeremy Mull, Clark County's chief deputy prosecutor: "The case is highly unusual."
Posted on July 23, 2009He continued: ?I have never encountered a case similar to this one,? he said. ?It is very much out of...
Ind. Law - "Attorney General Greg Zoeller declares collaborative, statewide foreclosure-prevention efforts are underway"
Posted on July 22, 2009You may access the press release here. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS ? While foreclosures are increasingly causing concern for Hoosier families, Indiana...
Courts - "NCAA Hit With Another Suit Over Licensing Issue"
Posted on July 22, 2009That is the heading to this comprehensive WSJ Law Blog entry by Chris Herring this afternoon. It begins:It?s been a...
Law - "Hoosier senators cross over on gun vote"
Posted on July 22, 2009Maureen Groppe reports for the Indianapolis Star this afternoon:WASHINGTON -- Indiana's senators crossed party lines today over whether to allow...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on July 22, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Irmscher Suppliers, Inc., et al v. Scott Schuler and Kelly Schuler , a 19-page...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Franklin College sues Ohio-based university"
Posted on July 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 7th, the Indianapolis Star has a story headlined "Franklin vs. Franklin copycat suit settled,"...
Courts - "Va. Special Session Called to Address Crime Lab Testimony Ruling"
Posted on July 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 15th, headed "Impact of the crime lab testimony decision,", the Washington Post has posted...
Ind. Decisions - One prisoner appeal today from the 7th Circuit
Posted on July 22, 2009In Brock v. U.S. (SD Ind., j. McKinney), a 13-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:After police searched two of his...
Ind. Courts - Former Indiana Chief Justice Richard M. Givan dies at 88
Posted on July 22, 2009Here is a story by Diana Penner in the Indianapolis Star that begins:Richard Givan, a justice on the Indiana Supreme...
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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....








