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Ind. Law - Golf carts may soon putter around town of Topeka (LaGrange County)
Posted on June 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 9th about Oldenburg's plans, Robin Degner reports in the Goshen News:The new golf cart...
Ind. Courts - $1 million suit targets Bloomington's Furr family, associates, and a law firm
Posted on June 11, 2009A story today ($$) in the Bloomington Herald Times begins:A lawsuit filed in Monroe Circuit Court seeks more than $1...
Ind. Law - "Bose McKinney & Evans Sanctioned"
Posted on June 11, 2009The ABA Journal has this news story this afternoon, reported by Debra Cassens Weiss. It begins:A federal judge has sanctioned...
About this Blog - Another law firm signs on as annual ILB supporter
Posted on June 11, 2009Thanks to Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe, LLP, which signed on today as an ILB Law Firm Annual Supporter. Check...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer June 11th
Posted on June 11, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that transfer has been granted...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on June 11, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Carlton Davis, Jr. v. State of Indiana , a 22-page opinion, Judge Bailey concludes:In...
Ind. Courts - 2009 Edition of the Indiana Trial Court Administration Manual For Judges and Clerks now available
Posted on June 11, 2009Access it here. The description:Though the Division of State Court Administration, the Indiana Judicial Center, and the Indiana Association of...
Courts - Significant legal questions remain about the Chrysler-Fiat deal
Posted on June 11, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry yesterday quoting Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog's commentary that:Fundamental constitutional issues surround the use of federal...
Environment - U.S. Steel Toxic landfill cap gets approval
Posted on June 11, 2009Andy Grimm reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:GARY -- After more than 20 years of delay, a 7-square-mile landfill holding...
Law - "Facebook and Divorce"
Posted on June 11, 2009Belinda Luscombe has a long article in the June 22nd Time that includes:For those who want to connect or reconnect...
Environment - Indiana bat endangered by wind farms?
Posted on June 11, 2009Bats are already at serious risk because of a fungus -- this May 6th story in the Chicago Tribune is...
Ind. Law - Golf carts may soon putter around town of Topeka (LaGrange County) [Updated]
Posted on June 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 9th about Oldenburg's plans, Robin Degner reports in the Goshen News:The new golf cart...
Courts - Supplementing: "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Posted on June 10, 2009Supplementing (or expanding) the earlier entries is this article from the June 9th MIT Technology Review by Emily Singer, headed...
Courts - "White & Case?s ?Overly Tenacious? Tom Lauria"
Posted on June 10, 2009That is the heading of this entry in the WSJ Law Blog, which calls Lauria "the lawyer of the hour."...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on June 10, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In John Barker v. Office of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, an...
Ind. Decisions - "Jeffersonville misused sex-offender law: Man was barred from son's games"
Posted on June 10, 2009Yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of Eric Dowdell v. City of Jeffersonville (see ILB summary here) is...
Courts - "Beware of the Appellate Pitfalls of E-Filing"
Posted on June 10, 2009Howard J. Bashman introduces his column today for The Legal Intelligencer with this:Just last week, two different federal appellate courts...
Courts - More on: It's over; Court clears Chrysler sale
Posted on June 10, 2009Updating yesterday evening's ILB entry, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog followed up on his report at 7:30 pm on the Supreme...
Courts - Washington Post editorial on the Massey Coal ruling
Posted on June 10, 2009The Washington Post has this editorial today:THE SUPREME Court ruled this week that a victorious judicial candidate who receives extraordinary...
Ind. Decisions - Judge McKinney imposes major sanctions in a second trial this year
Posted on June 10, 2009Recall the case of U.S. v. Cinergy, et al. (see list of ILB entries here), where in a Dec. 18th...
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Don't provoke anyone to fight"
Posted on June 10, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column June 8th looked at Indiana's law making it illegal to provoke someone...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on June 09, 2009For publication opinions today (1): Eric Dowdell v. City of Jeffersonville , a 27-page, 2-1 opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:At...
Courts - "Legal quirk lets anyone sue firms over old patents"
Posted on June 09, 2009Matthew Barakat of the AP has this fascinating story that begins:ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ? Look carefully at the lid to...
About this Blog - First law firm signs on as ILB supporter
Posted on June 09, 2009Thanks to Wieneke Law Office, LLC, our first ILB Law Firm Supporter. Check The Law Firm Supporters of the ILB...
Courts - "Foes of Chrysler deal submit new plea"
Posted on June 09, 2009A new "Supplemental Statement in Support of Stay Application" was filed with the Supreme Court this morning, signed by Thomas...
About this Blog - ILB included in Library of Congress Web Archives
Posted on June 09, 2009Here it is. From the "Collection Overview":The Legal Blawgs Web Archive is a selective collection of authoritative sites (associated with...
Ind. Decisions - Two more NFP COA decisions reclassified
Posted on June 09, 2009Since this ILB post on May 12th, two more NFP opinions have been reclassified as For Publication. They are:Tony Mays...
Ind. Law - More on "Golf carts a possibility on Oldenburg streets"
Posted on June 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 12, 2008, Debbie Blank reports today in the Batesville Herald Tribune:Persistence may pay off...
Ind. Courts - Justice Boehm to meet with Star Editorial Board
Posted on June 09, 2009An Indianapolis Star blog called "The Board" has this item, posted by Beth Murphy:Everyone wants an audience with the Star...
Courts - More on the Massey Coal ruling
Posted on June 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Howard Bashman of How Appealing has collected together a long list of stories today...
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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....








