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Ind. Gov't. - Governor's ability to cut budget challenged

Posted on April 22, 2009
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:INDIANAPOLIS ? Some Democrats want to limit Gov. Mitch Daniels' ability...

Ind. Courts - "Lake County criminal judge seeks federal judgeship"

Posted on April 22, 2009
From the NWI Times, a story by Dan Hinkel:Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez has told U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh...

Law - "Door still revolving between Capitol, lobbyists"

Posted on April 22, 2009
Fredreka Schouten reports in USA TODAY in a detailed story that begins:WASHINGTON ? Despite congressional pledges to stop the revolving...

Ind. Law - More on: "Updated feticide bill returns to state Senate"

Posted on April 22, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 7th, Bill Ruthhart reports today in the Indianapolis Star that the Senate has concurred...

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Environment - "Indiana ranks near bottom in environmental issues"

Posted on April 22, 2009
The devastating front-page, Earth Day story in the Indianapolis Star is reported by Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 14 NFP)

Posted on April 21, 2009
For publication opinions today (1): In Terence E. Brennan, Jr. a/k/a Terry Brennan, and Burt Ins. Co. v. Patricia Hall...

Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit rules in Wisconsin casino fraud case

Posted on April 21, 2009
No Indiana decisions today from the 7th Circuit, but U.S. v. Moore and Knutson is an interesting opinion from Judge...

Ind. Law - Yet more on: Abortion requirements re hospital admission privileges heard at county level now proposed as state legislation

Posted on April 21, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 16th, Niki Kelly has a story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette headed "Abortion...

Ind. Courts - Further updating "LaPorte deputy prosecutor shot"

Posted on April 21, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 19th, Laurie Wink of the Michigan City News-Dispatch writes today in a story that...

Courts - "Stevens, joined by Ginsburg, Souter, Scalia, and Thomas"

Posted on April 21, 2009
That is the lineup for the Supreme Court decision today in Arizona v. Gant, which limits the search incident to...

Courts - "Supreme Court begins hearing this week four cases that could dramatically alter the landscape of civil rights law"

Posted on April 21, 2009
So writes Joan Biskupic today in a long article in USA Today. A few quotes:WASHINGTON ? In his first major...

Ind. Courts - More on: "Could 2009 bring a third Camm trial?"

Posted on April 21, 2009
This January 5th ILB entry quoted from a New Albany/Jeffersonville News & Tribune story that began:David Camm is still waiting...

Ind. Courts - More on: "St. Joe County judges' election bill gets Senate OK;" plus some observations from the ILB

Posted on April 21, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 16th, which included this paragraph about the language in HB 1491 (currently in conference...

Courts - Still more on "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?"

Posted on April 21, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 18th, today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Safford Unified School...

Ind. Decisions - Appeal withdrawn by Terre Haute Tribune-Star in $1.5 million defamation case

Posted on April 21, 2009
Updating earlier ILB entries, including this most recent one from Nov. 24, 2008, which included this quote from a press...

Ind. Courts - "Monroe County public defender?s office faces allegations"

Posted on April 21, 2009
Andy Graham of the Bloomington Herald-Times has this story ($$) today. Some quotes:The Monroe County Public Defender?s Office has made...

Environment - Federal bill would ensure protection of wetlands

Posted on April 20, 2009
Gittle Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:Many wetlands and streams that help reduce the...

Law - "Most diverse Cabinet in history still incomplete"

Posted on April 20, 2009
USA Today has a good overview of the new cabinet today in a report by Richard Wolf that includes a...

Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Arson is considered serious crime"

Posted on April 20, 2009
Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column for today, looks at arson. Some quotes:Indiana law states it is a...

Ind. Law - "Legislators closing in on budget: Education funds, duration at issue"

Posted on April 20, 2009
Here is Eric Bradner's weekly report in the Evansville Courier & Press on happenings last week in the General Assembly...

Ind. Law - More on: "Police want to add DNA from more people to database"

Posted on April 20, 2009
Updating this long ILB entry from Feb. 17th, I just checked the four DNA-related bills listed, and none of them...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next

Posted on April 20, 2009
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 4/20/09): Thursday, April 23rd9:00 AM - Che B. Carter v....

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending April 17, 2009

Posted on April 20, 2009
First off, here is a supplement to the transfer list for the week ending April 9, 2009. It lists one...

Ind. Law - US News Law school rankings out (but not officially)

Posted on April 20, 2009
Good news for Bloomington, bad news for Indy, according to this report from The Bright Coast:Here are pics of the...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 1 NFP)

Posted on April 20, 2009
For publication opinions today (3): In Bruce Scalambrino, et al v. Town of Michiana Shores, et al, an 18-page opinion,...

Ind. Courts - Results of the February 2009 Indiana Bar Exam

Posted on April 20, 2009
The names of those who succeeded are available here....

Law - "For the poor, there are simply not enough lawyers to go around"

Posted on April 20, 2009
That is a quote from Fran Quigley's opinion piece today in the Indianapolis Star. Quigley is described as "an attorney...

Ind. Decisions - More on: "Its legal battle lost, library may still have to pay more"

Posted on April 20, 2009
Updating this ILB entry from April 16th, Vic Ryckaert had a story in the Indianapolis Star on April 17th headlined...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today, involving environmental fraud

Posted on April 20, 2009
These ILB entries from Nov. 5, 2005 and Nov. 6, 2005 outline a "false plugging and abandonment reports scheme" reported...

Law - More on: Can the Indiana General Assembly appropriate money to Notre Dame?

Posted on April 20, 2009
As it turns out, it already does . . . When I wrote this ILB entry yesterday, Notre Dame was...

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