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Ind. Courts - "ACLU sues over prayer limits at federal prison"
Posted on June 24, 2009Charles Wilson of the AP reports:Two Muslim inmates held in a special unit at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute...
Ind. Courts - More on: Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued a Public Admonition against the Honorable Roger L. Huizenga, Walkerton Town Court in St. Joseph County
Posted on June 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 22nd, Jeff Parrot of the South Bend Tribune reports today:The commission determined that Judge...
Ind. Gov't. - "Indiana Funds May Not Be Done with Chrysler"
Posted on June 24, 2009"Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is contemplating yet another legal challenge to the terms under which Chrysler sped through reorganization." So...
Courts - Interesting Connecticut decision on private waivers of First Amendment free speech rights
Posted on June 24, 2009Thomas B. Scheffey has an article today in The Connecticut Law Tribune that begins:Establishing a new point of Connecticut case...
Law - More on "Amazon Threatens Cuts Over State Taxes "
Posted on June 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 19th, Geoffrey A. Fowwler of the WSJ has a story today headed "Amazon Warns...
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court reverses South Bend cocaine conviction"
Posted on June 23, 2009The Court of Appeals 2-1 decision yesterday in Tamica M. Webster v. State of Indiana is the subject of a...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on June 23, 2009For publication opinions today (5): In Kenneth E. Smith, Jr. and Cathy Smith, et al v. Gerhard King and Christine...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides three today
Posted on June 23, 2009In Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. United States Steel Corp. , a 12-page, 4-1 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Northern...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on June 23, 2009Cunningham v. Masterwear Corp (SD Ind. Judge MCKinney) is a 7-page opinion involving the Cunningham's, whose photographic studio and...
Environment - "Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Lake"
Posted on June 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times reports today:The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the...
Courts - "SCOTUS Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education"
Posted on June 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Tamar Lewin of the NY Times has a story today on the implications of...
Ind. Courts - More on: "State lawyers ask for $109 million judgment in Pastrick case"
Posted on June 23, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from yesterday, today Andy Grimm of the Gary Post-Tribune reports in a story headed "Ex-mayor owes...
Ind. Law - What's in the Senate budget?
Posted on June 23, 2009Yesterday the Senate passed its version of HB 1001 and sent it back to the House. The House can concur...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues fourth opinion today
Posted on June 23, 2009July 1st is right around the corner. . . Today the Supreme Court issued a fourth opinion, a 6-page, 5-0...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on June 22, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 6/22/09): Thursday, June 25th 9:00 AM - Larry L....
Ind. Law - More on "New law allows more women to get timely cancer screening," which is an essential prrequisite for participation in the BCCP
Posted on June 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, where I wrote about the passage of SEA 554, the GAO has today...
Courts - Still more on what is a "debt relief agency" for purposes of the BAPCPA
Posted on June 22, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, Adam Liptak of the NY Times writes today in his "Sidebar" column under the heading "Free-Speech...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on June 22, 2009For publication opinions today (1): Tamica M. Webster v. State of Indiana is an 11-page, 2-1 opinion where the majority...
Courts - "Supreme Court to decide federal sex offender law"
Posted on June 22, 2009James Vicini reports today for Reuters:The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether Congress may adopt...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending June 19, 2009
Posted on June 22, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending June 19, 2009. It is four pages long. Four cases...
Ind. Courts - Commission on Judicial Qualifications has issued a Public Admonition against the Honorable Roger L. Huizenga, Walkerton Town Court in St. Joseph County
Posted on June 22, 2009Here is the release; here is the admonition. From the release:In one incident, Judge Huizenga was investigated for his actions...
Courts - SCOTUS releases three of final ten opinions this morning [Updated]
Posted on June 22, 2009Details to follow - one was the voting rights case (Court did not strike down - opinion here) and another...
Law - "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"
Posted on June 22, 2009The team included Marjorie Daily from Indiana, and lost out to Standford University, according to this story in Welt Online,...
Ind. Law - Barnes and Thornburg expands again
Posted on June 22, 2009Tom Spalding reports in the Indianapolis Star:Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburg has acquired a 22-attorney firm in Minneapolis, establishing...
Ind. Courts - "Lebanon City Court has hired a collection agency"
Posted on June 22, 2009From the story in the Lebanon Reporter:Chet Klene, CEO of Eagle Accounts Group LLC, and City Court Judge Tamie Morog...
Ind. Courts - "State lawyers ask for $109 million judgment in Pastrick case"
Posted on June 22, 2009Dan Hinkel reports today in the NWI Times:Lawyers for the state of Indiana asked a federal judge Monday for a...
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Fireworks have some restrictions'"
Posted on June 22, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column today, June 22nd, looks at fireworks....
Law - "Howrey Introduces Apprenticeship Program for Associates" [Updated]
Posted on June 22, 2009This is interesting. Jeff Jeffrey of the Blog of Legal Times did the report on Howrey LLP that begins:Starting this...
Ind. Gov't. - Improving the child welfare system
Posted on June 21, 2009Chirs Worden, "a family law attorney and former public defender for parents in CHINS cases before the Marion County Juvenile...
Ind. Gov't. - "Attorneys dodging Porter County RDA battle"
Posted on June 21, 2009Bob Kasarda reports today in the NWI Times:Dan Whitten said political pressure has made it tough for him and the...
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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....








