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Courts - More on: Open meetings law may be unconstitutional, 5th Circuit rules
Posted on May 15, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Michael Kunzelman of the AP reported May 12th in the Chicago Tribune in...
Ind. Decisions - Two today from 7th Circuit; Posner reverses Indiana email sex with minor conviction
Posted on May 15, 2009In U.S. v. Loera (ND Ind., Judge Simon), an 11-page opinion, Judge Evans affirms the lower court in an...
Courts - More on: "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Posted on May 15, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, today Joe Mullin of IP Law & Business has a long and comprehensive...
Law - "Justice Dept. nomination becomes proxy fight for Supreme Court battle "
Posted on May 15, 2009Reid Wilson reports in The Hill in a long story that begins:Outside organizations on both the left and right increasingly...
Courts - Another reason to ban cellphones in court rooms?
Posted on May 15, 2009The story by Alana Roberts of the Daily Business Review is headlined "Mistrial Declared Over Executive's Texting From Witness Stand."...
Ind. Decisions - Courts weighs interests of a 9-year-old boy awaiting adoption against the parental rights of his previously incarcerated parents
Posted on May 15, 2009Oral argument was held yesterday before the Supreme Court in the case of In re Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship...
Environment - "Owners say IDEM should pay for manure cleanup"
Posted on May 15, 2009Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries, including the May 11th "Who cleans up if a hog farm goes...
Ind. Courts - David Happe to succeed Hopper as Madison County judge
Posted on May 15, 2009Shawn McGrath reports today in the Anderson Herald Bulletin:Madison County?s newest soon-to-be judge was defending a client against theft charges...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues one today
Posted on May 14, 2009Charwood LLC, et al. v. Bartholomew County Assessor - "The Petitioners have challenged the Indiana Board of Tax Review?s (Indiana...
Courts - Still more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Posted on May 14, 2009Updating ILB reports from Tuesday and yesterday (including a link to the opinion), Sewell Chan reports today in the NY...
Courts - "How Blogging Affects Legal Proceedings"
Posted on May 14, 2009Updating these ILB entries from March 17th and May 7th, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown of the New York Law...
Courts - South Carolina: "Kaye Hearn is second woman on state?s highest court"
Posted on May 14, 2009A story today in the South Carolina paper, The State, trumpets the growing racial and gender diversity in that state's...
Ind. Courts - "Library will try to revive claims in fraud case"
Posted on May 14, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries on the Indianapolis Central Library lawsuits, the Indianapolis Star reports today:The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library will...
Ind. Courts - More on Daniels' veto of HEA 1491
Posted on May 14, 2009Ed Ronco has this report in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:Gov. Mitch Daniels has vetoed a bill that would...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 16 NFP)
Posted on May 14, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In City of Gary v. Majestic Star Casino, an 18-page decision including 3 opinions, Judge...
Ind. Courts - More on: Disciplinary Commission Complaint: Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney violated conduct rules
Posted on May 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 9th, here is a link to the Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission's 16-page complaint for...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one this afternoon
Posted on May 13, 2009In Estate of Margaret H. Prickett, Deceased v. Marilyn Prickett Womersley, a 10-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:A woman...
Courts - "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Posted on May 13, 2009That is the headline to a fascinating, and lengthy, story today in the NY Times by John Schwartz. Some quotes:When...
Law - "Student Loan Bailout: The Choice of a New Generation"
Posted on May 13, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries about student loans, including the impact of the 2005 bankruptcy law amendments,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on May 13, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In State of Indiana v. Sampson Boadi , a 12-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Sampson Boadi...
Environment - More on "Former coal lobbyist tapped for key enforcement role at IDEM"
Posted on May 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 10th, that quoted from a Gary Post-Tribune story which was later syndicated across the...
Law - "Dead Law Firm Web Sites Haunt the Web"
Posted on May 13, 2009You have to love the headline, kind of like "Ghost ships haunting the seas ...". Here is the story, from...
Environment - "Federal authorities are investigating the Lake County Health Department, probing allegations that employees there were falsifying drinking water tests"
Posted on May 13, 2009That from this story in the NWI Times today by Christine Kraly....
Ind. Law - "New law allows more women to get timely cancer screening," which is an essential prrequisite for participation in the BCCP
Posted on May 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 23rd, and this one from Sept. 14, 2007 (headed "Loophole Allows States To Avoid...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Liberty Landowners appeal court ruling on new hospital"
Posted on May 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Tmes reports today:A group of Liberty Township landowners...
Courts - More on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Posted on May 13, 2009There has been some interest from readers in this ILB report yesterday. As a result, the ILB has located a...
Ind. Courts - Arguments before full 7th Circuit in mezuzah case may put Judge Wood and Williams in spotlight
Posted on May 13, 2009Mike Robinson of the AP has this story today in the Washington Post. The long story begins:CHICAGO -- When a...
Environment - More on "New Indiana regulations aim to protect Ohio River paddlefish"
Posted on May 13, 2009On Sept. 19, 2007 the ILB posted an entry, quoting an AP story, that reported that DNR had approved "emergency...
Ind. Law - More on Governor's veto of SEA 209 voting centers bill
Posted on May 13, 2009"Daniels vetoes early voting bill sparked by Lake County dispute" is the headline of the story by Patrick Guinane in...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court issues a second opinion today
Posted on May 13, 2009In Maggie Bush and Leonard Bush v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., a 7-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:We...
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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....








