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Ind. Courts - Justice Rucker on judicial diversity
Posted on May 27, 2009Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times writes today about an interview he conducted o Tuesday with Indiana Supreme Court Justice...
Courts - Judge Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination
Posted on May 27, 2009Several items of interest today: Gerard N. Magliocca, a law professor at Indiana University at Indianapolis, has a column today...
Ind. Law - More on "Mitchell could reauthorize golf carts on town streets under new law"
Posted on May 27, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 19th, re HEA 1483, two stories: "Golf cart decision ahead for city" is the...
Ind. Law - "Plymouth motel pays price for meth cleanup"
Posted on May 27, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, including this one from March 30, 2009 ( "Meth lab cleanup a hassle for landlords"), and...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one, late this afternoon
Posted on May 27, 2009Brandon Stanley v. Danny Walker is a 24-page opinion. The majority opinion, by Justice Sullivan, ends on p. 11. Then:...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Pension Funds Object to Chrysler Sale, Want Trustee"
Posted on May 26, 2009"GM creditors watch Chrysler lawsuit" is the headline to a story by Bernard Simon in Toronto and Nicole Bullock of...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on May 26, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 5/25/09): Thursday, May 28th 9:00 AM - Daniel Ray Wilkes...
Law - Same sex marriage poses interesting legal issues
Posted on May 26, 2009Early this afternoon, the Supreme Court of California will announce its decision in the Prop. 8 challenge. The headline to...
Courts - More on 9th Circuit strikes down California violent video game ban
Posted on May 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 21st (which has a lot of Indiana-related background), Gloria Goodale, staff writer of The...
Courts - Judge Sonia Sotomayor.will be Supreme Court nominee
Posted on May 26, 2009Judge Sonia Sotomayor.will be Supreme Court nominee. Here is an AP story by Bob Feller that begins:WASHINGTON -- President Barack...
Courts - California Supreme Court upholds Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage
Posted on May 26, 2009As expected, the California Supreme Court has just issued a ruling upholding the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage, but...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on May 26, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (3): In the Matter of S.S. and A.S.; A.P. v. Marion...
Courts - "Chicago judge passed over for high court"
Posted on May 26, 2009ABC 7 News out of Chicago has this report....
Courts - SCOTUS issues three today [Updated]
Posted on May 26, 2009Three opinions today from the SCOTUS, briefly summarized here by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog. See this AP story headed...
Courts - Judge Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee
Posted on May 26, 2009Updating this entry from earlier this morning, the nomination is now official. If you did not see the President's nomination...
Ind. Gov't. - Yet more on: "Pension Funds Object to Chrysler Sale, Want Trustee"
Posted on May 26, 2009Updating this morning's entry, from the WSJ this afternoon: NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A U.S. district judge on Tuesday declined to...
Ind. Law - Still more on "Lawmaker adding 'doomsday' to budget planning: Checks if state may tap reserve to stop shutdown"
Posted on May 25, 2009This morning's Indianapolis Star has a front-page story headed "What if lawmakers miss budget deadline? Government shutdown could affect funding...
Environment - More on "Feds warn state agency on pollution enforcement"
Posted on May 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a different take today:The U.S. Environmental Protection...
Courts - "Police use GPS to track suspects despite murky law"
Posted on May 25, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries on GPS trackers, Ryan J. Foley of the AP has this long report today....
Ind. Courts - "Judge rules against Westfield on road fees"
Posted on May 25, 2009Chris Sikich and Carrie Ritchie report today in the Indianapolis Star:Westfield might have made a costly mistake. Ruling on a...
Courts - "Threats to Federal Judges, Prosecutors Soaring"
Posted on May 25, 2009Jerry Markon reports today in the Washington Post in a lengthy story -- here are a few quotes:Threats against the...
Law - Obama issues policy memo on federal pre-emption; perhaps pre-empting new regulatory czar
Posted on May 25, 2009Recall this entry from Sept. 11, 2007, headed "Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping Congressional and State Authority?" And this...
Ind. Gov't. - Police charge too much for incident reports; ILB asks what about crash reports?
Posted on May 24, 2009Matt Thacker has this story in the Floyd/Clark County News & Tribune:Several local police departments charge more for incident reports...
Ind. Law - More on "Lawmaker adding 'doomsday' to budget planning: Checks if state may tap reserve to stop shutdown"
Posted on May 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 18th, quoting a story from the Evansville C&P, two more papers chime in today....
Environment - "Feds warn state agency on pollution enforcement"
Posted on May 24, 2009Mark Wilson reports in the Evansville Courier & Press:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they will watch Indiana closely to...
Courts - A look at potential Supreme Court nominees
Posted on May 23, 2009This evening C-Span's America and the Courts took a look at potential Supreme Court nominees:Thomas Goldstein, SCOTUSblog founder and head...
Law - "President?s Detention Plan Tests American Legal Tradition "
Posted on May 23, 2009William Glaberson has this lengthy and outstanding article today in the NY Times. Some quotes:President Obama?s proposal for a new...
Ind. Decisions - "Women fired for race: Ruling says whites received far less punishment for far worse behavior"
Posted on May 23, 2009The May 21st Supreme Court decision in the case of Filter Specialists, Inc. v. Dawn Brooks, et al (ILB summary...
Ind. Court - "County records likely ruined in Madison fire"
Posted on May 22, 2009From the Louisville Courier Journal this morning, an AP story:MADISON, Ind. -- A fire that heavily damaged the 154-year-old Jefferson...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending May 22, 2009
Posted on May 22, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending May 22, 2009. It is four pages long. One case...
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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
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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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