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Courts - More on "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit"
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating this entry from earlier today, here is the stay request filed yesterday with the 2nd Circuit by the Indiana...
Law - "New Hampshire. Legislature Approves Gay Marriage "
Posted on June 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 6th, headed "Gay-rights activists have moved remarkably close to their goal of making same-sex...
Law - More on "Recession Imperils Loan Forgiveness Programs"
Posted on June 03, 2009If you read this June 1st ILB entry with interest, then you will want to read Above the Law's post...
Ind. Decisions - "Ex-lawyer gets 2 years in deadly DUI," may serve 11 months
Posted on June 03, 2009Since May 7, 2007 the ILB has followed the stories of two young Indiana attorneys, one, Teresa Perry from Evansville,...
Environment - "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Posted on June 02, 2009Posted this afternoon by the NWI Times, the story begins:CHICAGO | BP's Whiting Refinery emitted a cancer-causing toxin in excess...
Courts - "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit"
Posted on June 02, 2009Updating this entry from yesterday, the NY Times is reporting this afternoon via its DealBook Blog:A federal judge on Tuesday...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court dismisses school finance plaintiffs' arguments
Posted on June 02, 2009In Joseph and LaTanya Bonner, et al v. Mitch Daniels, et al, a 14-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:The plaintiffs/appellants,...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit rules on Illinois municipalities' ban on handguns
Posted on June 02, 2009In NRA v. City of Chicago (ND Ill.), Chief Judge Easterbrook writes an interesting, 9-page opinion that begins: Two...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on June 02, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Frederick William LaCava v. Daniel and Geoffrey LaCava, a 20-page opinion, Judge Robb writes:Frederick...
Ind. Courts - Updating: Training on new loan modification programs [Updated]
Posted on June 02, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, which set out the schedule for the first round of seminars available to...
Courts - "Big Issues Lurk Below Surface of Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings"
Posted on June 02, 2009That is the headline to a lengthy article by Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, posted June 1, 2009....
Ind. Law - "Break for property taxes"
Posted on June 02, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this editorial this morning, calling for a one-year reassessment delay:Believe it for not, there...
Courts - "Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem"
Posted on June 02, 2009On May 29th the ILB posted this most recent entry on banning cell phones in courthouses. But earlier last week,...
Courts - Still more on: "Florida high school student files complaint after suspension for creating Facebook page critical of teacher"
Posted on June 02, 2009Updating this Dec. 11, 2008 ILB entry, MaryClaire Dale reports today in the Washington Post, under the headline "ACLU defends...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on June 01, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 6/1/09): None currently scheduled. Next week's oral arguments before the...
Courts - "Judge Clears Way for Sale of Chrysler to Fiat"
Posted on June 01, 2009So reports Michael J. de la Merced of the NY Times in this story:A federal judge on Sunday night cleared...
Law - "Abortion Doctor Murder: A Threat to Access?"
Posted on June 01, 2009Deborah Kotz, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, has a column today on abortion access. Some quotes:News that...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Court of Appeals affirms Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley's election
Posted on June 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 29th, which quoted a Muncie Star-Press editorial headlined "Please end this now, Jim," the...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending May 29, 2009
Posted on June 01, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending May 29, 2009. It is two pages long. One case...
Law - "Recession Imperils Loan Forgiveness Programs"
Posted on June 01, 2009The NY Times has this story, by Jonathan D. Glater, on May 26th. A quote:From Kentucky to Iowa to California,...
Courts - North Carolina Judge reprimanded for ex parte "friending" of attorney for the defense
Posted on June 01, 2009Ryan Jones of the Lexington, North Carolina Dispatch, reports today:After a formal investigation by the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission,...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on June 01, 2009In U.S. v. Lewis (ND Ind. Judge Springmann), a 12-page opinion, Judge Evans affirmed the district court. Here is...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on June 01, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Timothy Hathaway v. State of Indiana, an 8-page opinion, Sr. Judge Barteau writes:Timothy Hathaway...
Court - Blogger Tom Goldstein featured in Washington Post
Posted on June 01, 2009Howard Kutz's Washington Post media column today features Tom Goldstein, founder of ScotusBlog. Some quotes from the long article:What makes...
Law - More on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Posted on June 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6, 2008, you may wonder, how has the privatization turned out? A story in...
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Indiana Good Samaritans are protected from civil liability"
Posted on June 01, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column today looks at Indiana's Good Samaritan law. Some quotes:Indiana law generally does...
Ind. Gov't. - $40 million spent since passage of 2007 law meant as a bridge to help retired legislators and state employees until they qualify for Medicare
Posted on May 31, 2009The Indianapolis Star's Behind Closed Doors today has an eye-opening story on the costs of 2007's SEA 501:A state health...
Courts - "Federal judges' group puts big cases on fast track"
Posted on May 30, 2009Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story today on the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. It...
Ind. Law - Fort Wayne JG editorial on legalizing golf carts
Posted on May 30, 2009The most recent earlier ILB entry on golf carts on public streets was posted May 27th. Today the Fort Wayne...
Environment - "Petitions filed to appeal federal water permits for megadairies"
Posted on May 30, 2009This story today in the Richmond Palladium-Item reports:Federal wastewater permits approved earlier this month for two area megadairies have been...
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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...
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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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