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Environment - "Plans for hog farm are on hold: State lacks regulation, rural neighbors assert"
Posted on June 06, 2009Following up on its story from June 4th, quoted in this ILB entry, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a...
Ind. Courts - "Allen County judges getting snippy: The flurry of curt e-mails about filing might have root in caseload numbers"
Posted on June 06, 2009This column by Kevin Leininger of the Fort Wayne New-Sentinel is long, but too much fun not to read in...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending June 5, 2009
Posted on June 05, 2009I'm told there is no transfer list for the week ending June 5, 2009....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on June 05, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Van Prooyen Builders, Inc. v. Earl L. Lambert, Jr. and Mildred Lambert, an 11-page...
Courts - More on Indiana's pension funds' involvement in Chrsler bankruptcy
Posted on June 05, 2009Esmé E. Deprez of Business Week has this long story today. The Gary Post-Tribune had an editorial yesterday headed "State...
Ind. Law - AG finds that a Port Authority seat is a "lucrative office" per the Constitution
Posted on June 05, 2009Jeff Burton reports today in the NWI Times:HAMMOND | Bob Markovich should not hold seats on the Hammond City Council...
Environment - Still more on: "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Posted on June 05, 2009Updating yesterday's entry, here is an expanded Gary Post-Tribune story on "Congressmen demand BP probe." In addition, a formal "Notice...
Courts - 2nd Circuit Refuses to Block Chrysler?s Sale
Posted on June 05, 2009Updating this entry from this morning, Michael J. de la Merced writes late this afternoon in the NY Times:A federal...
Ind. Courts - "Justice Sullivan heading to D.C. appeals court?"
Posted on June 04, 2009So asks Terry Burns in the blog Indianapolis Times this morning....
Environment - "Obama appoints Cameron Davis as Great Lakes czar"
Posted on June 04, 2009So reports the NWI Times in a brief story....
Courts - More on: President Obama's Indiana nominees David Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen remain in limbo
Posted on June 04, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 21st, the Senate Judiciary Committe has today voted to send David Hamilton's nomination to...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on June 04, 2009For publication opinions today (4): Eric D. Smith v. J. David Donahue, et al. - " Although Indiana uses notice...
Environment - "Plans for hog farm are on hold: State lacks regulation, rural neighbors assert"
Posted on June 04, 2009Angela Mapes Turner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long report today -- some quotes:Homeowners south of New...
Ind. Courts - "Ex-Clark court workers sue: Two claim firings politically based"
Posted on June 04, 2009Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Two former Clark County Circuit Court employees have filed separate lawsuits...
Law - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette asks "Where is the outrage?"
Posted on June 04, 2009From an editorial today:Many of the mainstream groups opposing abortion have rightly denounced the slaying of Dr. George Tiller, recognizing...
Ind. Courts - "Group challenges arrests of Notre Dame protesters"
Posted on June 04, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune reports today in a lengthy story:SOUTH BEND ? Just...
Courts - "Debate on Whether Female Judges Decide Differently Arises Anew"
Posted on June 04, 2009Neil A. Lewis writes today in the NY Times in a long article that begins:Sandra Day O?Connor, the first woman...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court dismisses school finance plaintiffs' arguments
Posted on June 04, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday on the Supreme Court's decision in Bonner v. Daniels, Karen Francisco of the Fort...
Law - More on "New Hampshire. Legislature Approves Gay Marriage "
Posted on June 04, 2009Abby Goodnough of the NY Times has a comprehensive story on the new law, signed yesterday by the New Hampshire...
Law - Some useful information on obtaining loan modifications
Posted on June 04, 2009Check out this long article by Alexandra Andrews of ProPublica re helping homeowners avoid foreclosure....
Environment - More on: "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Posted on June 04, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports this afternoon:MERRILLVILLE - Nineteen members of Congress...
Courts - Judge Sotomayor's 173-page questionaire now available
Posted on June 04, 2009Here it is, from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Peter Baker, of the NY Times politics and government blog, The Caucus,...
Law - What exactly is "data mining"?
Posted on June 03, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today reprints a useful article on data mining first published in the Hartford Courant. Brief...
Ind. Decisions - "Attorney fees, treble damages to be sought by state in sidewalk case"
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 22nd, which quoted a report that "U.S. District Court Judge James Moody entered a...
Ind. Law - "Puppy Mill Busted: Dogs taken from Harrison County farm to New Albany warehouse"
Posted on June 03, 2009Matt Thacker of the New Albany News & Tribune reports today in a long story that begins:Approximately 240 dogs were...
Ind. Decisions - Identifying the Articles of the Indiana Constitution [Updated]
Posted on June 03, 2009Looking at today's Court of Appeals opinion (Vaughen) and its instructive footnote 2 spelling out instances when simple redaction of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on June 03, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Joel C. Vaughen v. State of Indiana , a 5-page opinion, Judge Bailey concludes:In...
Courts - More on "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit" [Updated]
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Tomoeh Murakami Tse of the Washington Post reports today in a story that begins:NEW...
Ind. Decisions - More on: 7th Circuit rules on Illinois municipalities' ban on handguns
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry is this story today by Tony Mauro of the National Law Journal, headlined "7th Circuit Ruling...
Courts - "In MySpace Cases, Appellate Judges Wrestle With Possible Split"
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a long story that begins:Providing a...
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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....








