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Courts - DC Circuit refuses to review ruling on Indiana rail line
Posted on May 30, 2009The South Bend Tribune has posted this AP story:WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) ? A U.S. appeals court on Friday declined to...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit's CJ Easterbrook rules in chambers on secrecy issue
Posted on May 29, 2009In Milam v. Dominick's Finer Foods (ND Ill., Judge Lefkow), a 3 -page in-chambers ruling posted today with the notation...
Courts - Yet another reason to ban cellphones in court rooms?
Posted on May 29, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 15th, and a long list of earlier ILB entries on bannning cell phones in...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Court of Appeals affirms Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley's election
Posted on May 29, 2009The Muncie Star-Press has an editorial today headed "Please end this now, Jim." We've said it before, and we're saying...
Ind. Gov't. - Kokomo Perspective having trouble accessing Howard County emails
Posted on May 29, 2009Tim Turner reported in the Kokomo Perspective on May 28th under the headline "County refuses newspaper's request for public records:...
Ind. Gov't. - Continuing on: "Pension Funds Object to Chrysler Sale, Want Trustee"
Posted on May 29, 2009An interesting editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Mourdock blamed the Obama administration?s brokering of the Chrysler bankruptcy for...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on May 29, 2009In Lucero v. Nettle Creek School Corp. (SD Ind., Judge Young), a 24-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Plaintiff Sharon Lucero taught...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on May 29, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In Mark P. Franciose, et al v. Aaron A. Jones, a 25-page opinion, Judge Vaidik...
Courts - "Questions Arise About Long Delay by Sotomayor-Led Panel in Climate Case"; 7th Circuit can top that
Posted on May 29, 2009Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has an article today about it being three years since a 2nd Circuit...
Ind. Courts - Terre Haute mayoral election dispute heard by Supreme Court
Posted on May 29, 2009The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of Kevin D. Burke v. Duke Bennett. Arthur E. Foulkes...
Ind. Courts - "Wilkes' sentence challenged: Lawyers say judge violated state law"
Posted on May 29, 2009The case of Daniel Ray Wilkes v. State of Indiana, argued yesterday before the Supreme Court, is the subject of...
Ind. Decisions - "Duke Energy Ordered to Shut Indiana Coal Power Units"
Posted on May 29, 2009Andrew M. Harris reports for Bloomberg News:Cinergy Corp., now part of Duke Energy Corp., was ordered by a U.S. judge...
Courts - "Bush v. Gore Foes Join to Fight Gay Marriage Ban "
Posted on May 28, 2009In the wake of the failure of the California Supreme Court to throw out the Prop 8 ban on same-sex...
Ind. Courts - "Burke v. Bennett hits Indiana's high court today"
Posted on May 28, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from yesterday, Arthur E. Foulkes reports today in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star:What should be the final...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer May 28th
Posted on May 28, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that transfer has been granted...
Courts - "Dirty Laundry Aired: The Fight Over Revealing Divorce Details"
Posted on May 28, 2009The Wall Street Journal has a long story today by Dionne Searcey. Some quotes:Disclosures during divorce proceedings often elicit disgust...
Ind. Decisions - Indiana Supreme Court decision highlighted
Posted on May 28, 2009The Supreme Court's May 19th decision in the case of Dennis Conwell and Frank Splittorff, d/b/a Piece of America v....
Ind. Decisions - "Judge holds city in contempt, must return fees"
Posted on May 28, 2009A story in the Gary Post Tribune today, by Jon Seidel, reports:GARY -- A Lake County special judge is holding...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on May 28, 2009For publication opinions today (2): Jim Mansfield and State ex rel. Mansfield v. Sharon McShurley and Delaware Co., Indiana Election...
Ind. Decisions - Courts of Appeals affirms Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley's election
Posted on May 28, 2009From the Muncie Star-Press:Mayor Sharon McShurley prevailed Thursday over Democrat James Mansfield in an Indiana Court of Appeals ruling that...
Ind. Law - What to call the two Indiana University law schools now?
Posted on May 28, 2009Yesterday, in this post, I opined that the NY Times had been in error when it referenced Dean Gary Roberts...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Pension Funds Object to Chrysler Sale, Want Trustee"
Posted on May 28, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, a story in the Detroit Free Press, by Greg Garder, reports:Altavilla?s testimony came after...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court rules that paper / dealers' plates "must be be mounted in the same fashion as the permanent plate"
Posted on May 28, 2009Late this afternoon the Supreme Court has filed two opinions -- today's are time-stamped 3:28 PM and 4:21 PM. They...
Courts - "Mortgage-Related Litigation on the Rise"
Posted on May 27, 2009That is the headline to this article by Tresa Baldas in The American Lawyer. It begins:Mortgage-related lawsuits are on the...
Courts - "Sotomayor?s Baseball Ruling Lingers, 14 Years Later " [Corrected?]
Posted on May 27, 2009It turns out that not only did Gerard N. Magliocca, a law professor at Indiana University at Indianapolis, have a...
Ind. Law - "Some animal rights advocates working to strengthen new puppy mill bill"
Posted on May 27, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries on the "puppy mill" bill passed last month (HEA 1468). WSBT out of South Bend has...
Ind. Law - "Art appreciation: Prisoner art project helps raise money"
Posted on May 27, 2009Laurie Wink of the Michigan City News-Dispatch reports today in a story that begins:WESTVILLE - Martha Russell, a self-described "older,...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides whether creditor must return the car to the bankruptcy estate
Posted on May 27, 2009In Thompson v. GMAC (ND Ill.), a 19-page opinion, Judge Willaims writes:This case involves an all too common occurrence...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on May 27, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (3): Frank Jones v. State of...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court to hear Terre Haute mayoral race dispute tomorrow
Posted on May 27, 2009A reminder that at 10:05 AM tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Kevin D....
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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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