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Courts - "Real Time Texting OKed by UK Supreme Court"
Posted on February 12, 2011See this post from the Law Librarian Blog. In brief, the official policy is:[A]ny member of a legal team or...
Courts - "Documents in FOIA Requests Must Be 'Searchable,' Federal Judge Rules"
Posted on February 12, 2011Daniel Wise reports in the Feb. 10, 2011 New York Law Journal in a story that begins:The federal government must...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on February 11, 2011For publication opinions today (4): In Alexander R. Pala v. Annare L. Pala Loubser , a 17-page opinion, Judge Brown...
Courts - Look forward to improved federal district court websites
Posted on February 11, 2011Tony Mauro has the report at the Blog of Legal Times, headed "Makeover Urged for Federal Court Web Sites." A...
A Teaching Moment - A Seminar on Judicial Selection
Posted on February 11, 2011A great semester-long seminar now in progress at IU Law-Indianapolis focuses on the judicial selection process. It explores the various...
Ind. Law - "HJR 6 would add to the state constitution not only the marriage ban but also a ban on anything "substantially similar" to marriage"
Posted on February 11, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 8th, Heather Gillers reports today that:Indiana's proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is poised...
Ind. Law - "Indiana Senate panel OKs bill saying life begins at conception"
Posted on February 11, 2011So reports the AP, here. This is SB 358 - see the earlier story here. Today's story begins:Doctors would be...
Ind. Gov't - More on: Bill would allow CWIP for nuclear plants, much more
Posted on February 11, 2011The AP is reporting today that SB 251 has been reported out of committee, 6-2. See earlier entry here....
Ind. Law - More on: Gun bills on the move in the Indiana Senate
Posted on February 11, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 25th, this brief story today reports that SB 411, "a proposal to bar companies...
Environment - More on "Supreme Court's Murky Clean Water Act Ruling Created Legal Quagmire"
Posted on February 11, 2011Updating this Feb. 7th ILB entry, here is the second in a three-part NYT series on muddled federal wetland regulations....
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues "must read" disciplinary opinion
Posted on February 11, 2011In the Matter of Patrick K. Rocchio is a 9-page, 4-1 per curiam opinion in an attorney disciplinary matter. Some...
Ind. Gov't. - The Indiana census data is in
Posted on February 10, 2011The Gary Post Tribune reported this morning:Indiana has received its census numbers, according to a release from the U.S. Census...
Ind. Courts - "Putting toxicology errors on trial"
Posted on February 10, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 7th, Mark Alesia and Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star have a story today...
Ind. Courts - "Under the First Amendment, can states prohibit judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions?"
Posted on February 10, 2011Michelle Olsen of Appellate Daily, has a post today on a circuit split -- some quotes:Under the First Amendment, can...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides student loan bankruptcy case
Posted on February 10, 2011In In re Busson-Sokolik, an 8-page decision, Judge Bauer writes:This case comes to us as a direct appeal from...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on February 10, 2011For publication opinions today (3): In Christine and Ivan Kolozsvari v. John Doe, M.D., Jane Doe, R.N., Kelley Branchfield, R.Ph.,...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on February 10, 2011In Killbuck Concerned Citizens Association v. J.M. Corporation and Ralph Reed, a 6-page, 5-0 decision, Justice Sullivan writes:In 1981, Madison...
Ind. Decisions - "Greenwood annexation timing creates ripples: It may not happen in time for new residents to vote, run for office"
Posted on February 10, 2011This long story today by Diana Penner of the Indianapolis Star includes:The Indiana Supreme Court's resolution last week of an...
Ind. Law - More on "Sentencing shift worries counties"
Posted on February 10, 2011Updating yesterday's lengthy ILB entry, here are some quotes from a story from Missouri, via the Sentencing Law & Policy...
Ind. Courts - More on "Cell phone lockers approved for Porter County courthouses"
Posted on February 10, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8th, the NWI Times has an editorial today that begins:The Porter County commissioners are...
Law - Hearing on Utah's copycat immigation bill postponed because of $11 million price tag
Posted on February 10, 2011Read the story here....
Ind. Law - "Senate panel passes bill to crack down on illegal immigration"
Posted on February 10, 2011Mary Beth Schneider has a lengthy report in this morning's Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:After more than four hours of sometimes...
Ind. Gov't. - "A Muncie man who pleaded guilty -- but mentally ill -- in a 2005 attack has received no treatment or counseling of any kind during his more-than-four years in prison."
Posted on February 10, 2011Douglas Walker has the story today in the Muncie Star-Press. Some quotes:MUNCIE -- A Muncie man who pleaded guilty --...
Courts - "Court Holds that Data About Car Speed and Brake Usage Stored in Car?s Computer Protected by Fourth Amendment"
Posted on February 10, 2011Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy has posted an entry that begins:A California appellate court has handed down a fascinating...
Ind. Law - "Bill to delay accident report access: General public now can buy records online"
Posted on February 10, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 9th, about SB 84, the Richmond Paladium Item today has a story by Pam...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: The Indiana census data is in
Posted on February 10, 2011Updating this entry from earlier today, if you are a techie you can now download all the Indiana data here....
Ind. Courts - Henry Superior Court Judge Peyton recovering
Posted on February 10, 2011Elizabeth Lundblad reports in the New Castle Courier Times:As Judge Michael Peyton remains hospitalized, a senior judge has been appointed...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one this afternoon
Posted on February 09, 2011In Noe Romo v. State of Indiana, a 7-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:In the defendant's trial on three counts...
Ind. Law - Groups join in "Indiana Compact" to oppose proposed immigration bill
Posted on February 09, 2011Troy Kehoe of WISH TV reported this morning:Under Senate Bill 590, filed by Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel), police officers across...
Ind. Gov't - Bill would allow CWIP for nuclear plants, much more
Posted on February 09, 2011The bill is SB 251, introduced as a vehicle "concerning labor and safe," assigned to Senate Rules, and the digest...
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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....








