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Courts - "Gun Rulings Open Way to Supreme Court Review"
Posted on June 17, 2009John Schwartz of the NY Times writes today in a story that begins:A year ago, the United States Supreme Court...
Ind. Decisions - Three cases granted transfer June 17th
Posted on June 17, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that transfer was been granted...
Ind. Decisions - "The long and contentious battle to settle Terre Haute?s 2007 mayor?s election is over"
Posted on June 17, 2009So reads the lede today to this story by Arthur E. Foulkes in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star. The case, of...
Ind. Gov't. - Current Insurance Commissioner to head Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Posted on June 16, 2009From a news release:Governor Mitch Daniels today announced the appointment of Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Jim Atterholt to the...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues four more this afternoon
Posted on June 16, 2009In Byron K. Breaston v. State of Indiana, an 8-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:Following unrelated criminal trials, Byron Breaston...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides three, including Terre Haute mayor case and CAFO case
Posted on June 16, 2009Kevin D. Burke v. Duke Bennett, a 6-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:Duke Bennett became the Mayor of Terre Haute,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on June 16, 2009For publication opinions today (7): In Highland Springs South Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Vanessa Reinstatler, a 14-page opinion, Judge Robb...
Ind. Law - "Federal Judge slams Bose McKinney's actions in suit, orders it to pay half plaintiff's legal costs"
Posted on June 16, 2009A lengthy Indianapolis Star story today by Jeff Swiatek begins:A federal judge has sanctioned the prominent Indianapolis law firm of...
Law - "Virtual Contacts and Personal Jurisdiction"
Posted on June 16, 2009Robert S. Friedman and Mark E. McGrath write today in the New York Law Journal in an article that begins:Since...
Ind. Gov't. - "Bill seeks audit of FSSA modernization"
Posted on June 16, 2009Jake Grovum reports today in the Indianapolis Star:It's been two years since Indiana began an ambitious plan to modernize the...
Courts - More on effort to abolish "Missouri plan" in Tennessee
Posted on June 15, 2009On May 27, 2007, the ILB had this entry, headed "Tennessee's 'Missouri plan' for judicial selection expires." Today an unsigned...
Courts - "Is Sonia Sotomayor Mean?" An ILB suggestion
Posted on June 15, 2009Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio had a nearly 8-minute story this morning headed "Is Sonia Sotomayor Mean?" Some quotes:Judge...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on June 15, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Edward Rose of Indiana, LLC v. Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals, Division II, Indianapolis-Marion...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one today
Posted on June 15, 2009In Jim Atterholt, Commissioner of the Indiana Dept. of Insurance v. Geneva Herbst, Personal Rep. of the Estate of Jeffrey...
Courts - SCOTUS agrees to hear two cases on interesting issues
Posted on June 15, 2009Reports this morning are that among the cases the Supreme Court has agreed to hear are: United Student Aid Fund...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending June 12, 2009
Posted on June 15, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending June 12, 2009. It is five pages long. One case...
Law - "The Maturing of a Movement: Statute of Limitations Reform for Sex Abuse Victims"
Posted on June 15, 2009Marci A. Hamilton, a FindLaw columnist and professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, has this lengthy June 11th...
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Beware of 'sexting'"
Posted on June 15, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column today, June 15th, looks at "sexting." Teenagers who use their cell phones...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on June 15, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 6/15/09): Tuesday, June 16th 9:00 AM - Gary Cmty. Sch....
Ind. Courts - Justice Dept. settles lawsuit against Harrison County sheriff alleging sex discrimination
Posted on June 15, 2009From a press release today issued by the Justice Department:?Women in the workplace have the right to earn a living...
Ind. Law - "Indiana executions at slowest pace in 15 years"
Posted on June 14, 2009Tom Coyle of the AP has a long story today on Indiana death penaly executions; the story is currently available...
Law - "Obama Administration Plans to Scale Back Real ID Law"
Posted on June 14, 2009Spencer S. Hsu reports today in the Washington Post:Yielding to a rebellion by states that refused to pay for...
Ind. Gov't. - "Was Kalispell, Montanna's prospective new city manager, Matt McKillip, reluctant to produce public information while he was mayor of Kokomo, Ind.?"
Posted on June 14, 2009Remember all the ILB entries in 2006 about a high school student who had to go to court to prevail...
Environment - "EPA secrecy on coal-ash list worries lawmakers: Some of 44 'high hazard' sites might be in Kentucky, Indiana"; My thoughts
Posted on June 13, 2009James S. Bruggers writes today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Environmental Protection Agency has identified 44 "high hazard" coal-ash piles...
Courts - Two interesting look-backs today on the Chrysler bankruptcy
Posted on June 13, 2009Charles Lane, economics columnist for the Washington Post, has a column, dated June 14th, headed "A Rescue that Overreached?" A...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Ex-Clark court workers sue: Two claim firings politically based"
Posted on June 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 4th, Braden Lammers writes today in the New Albany News & Tribune in a...
Ind. Courts - State's high court to hear Gary case on whether districts must clear ice, snow when school's out
Posted on June 13, 2009The Gary Post-Tribune reports that Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Gary Cmty. Sch....
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court upholds dogfighting conviction"
Posted on June 12, 2009This ILB entry from April 30, 2008 quoted a report that day in the Gary Post-Tribune that began:Animal rights activists...
Law - "Government Data and the Invisible Hand"
Posted on June 12, 2009The article referenced here, about how to use infotech to make government more transparent, is about the federal government, but...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on June 12, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Keland L. Brown v. State of Indiana , a very split opinion, Judge Najam...
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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....
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