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Ind. Law - Still more on "Goshen lawyer's confidential files found in trash"
Posted on April 19, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the Goshen News now has a story by Rod Rowe headlined "Attorney says he'll shred documents...
Law - Can the Indiana General Assembly appropriate money to Notre Dame?
Posted on April 19, 2009That question crossed my mind when I read this story today by Roger Alford in the Lexington Kentucky Herald-Leader. Some...
Ind. Gov't. - "Requirement for lawsuit list draws fire, splits boards: Disclosure rule could worry arena bidders"
Posted on April 19, 2009Jimmy Nesbitt reports today in a lengthy story in the Evansville Courier & Press that begins:A resolution that would require...
Ind. Law - "Bill allows Indiana to ship cadavers"
Posted on April 19, 2009An AP story on the Indianapolis Star website reports:BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ? College officials faced with an excess of donated bodies...
Courts - More on: "Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns In U.S. Parks"
Posted on April 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 20th, the NY Times now has this headline: "Obama Administration Won?t Appeal Ruling Striking...
Ind. Courts - Updating "LaPorte deputy prosecutor shot" [Updated]
Posted on April 19, 2009Updating five earlier ILB entries, the AP is reporting:A LaPorte County grand jury has been impaneled to investigate the December...
Courts - Even more on: Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
Posted on April 19, 2009Supplementing these three earlier ILB entries, a long story yesterday on the Minnesota Senate election, reported by Patricia Lopex of...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Put Capital Improvement Board (CIB) records online
Posted on April 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from April 5th, the Indianapolis Capital Improvements Board (CIB) has now put many of its documents...
Law - "In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden "
Posted on April 18, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on student loans. Today the NY Times has this lengthy article by...
Law - More on "Students Sue Anti-Cheating Service" for copyright violation
Posted on April 18, 2009Updating this March 30, 2007 ILB entry, Howard Bashman of How Appealing reported on April 16th that the students' suit...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Killer wins judge's permission to marry in jail"
Posted on April 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, quoting a story in the Gary Post-Tribune, today's NWI Times has a slightly different...
Courts - More on "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?"
Posted on April 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 25th, see this preview, by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog, of the oral argument...
Courts - "Final Arguments of Supreme Court Term Filled With Big Cases"
Posted on April 18, 2009So reads the headline to this useful article today by Tony Mauro of Legal Times....
Courts - "Helio free man after acquittal in Miami"
Posted on April 18, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries from April 4th of this year and Oct. 4, 2008, the AP reports today:MIAMI -- Brazilian...
Ind. Decisions - Opinion re state employee email useage reclassified as "For Publication"
Posted on April 18, 2009The ILB did a fairly long summary of the COA Not for Publication opinion Feb. 11th in the case of...
Courts - More on "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?" [Updated]
Posted on April 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 25th, see this preview, by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog, of the oral argument...
Law - "Considering Bankruptcy Law? Proceed With Caution"
Posted on April 17, 2009Here is an interesting article, from the Texas Lawyer, written by Harley Caudle. A few quotes:If the practice of law...
Ind. Law - "State warns of home-theft threat: County recorders want law tightened on deed filing"
Posted on April 17, 2009Dan Stockman reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The Indiana attorney general cautioned homeowners Thursday against a new mortgage...
Courts - Still more on: Specialty plates questions being heard in 3rd Circuit
Posted on April 17, 2009This time it is the 7th Circuit. Updating this ILB entry from April 15th, Howard Bashman of How Appealing this...
Environment - Two wind farm groundbreakings in Indiana this week
Posted on April 17, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries about wind farms. Today Tom Spalding reports in the Indianapolis Star:Indianapolis Power...
Courts - "A Good Time to Be a Bankruptcy Lawyer"
Posted on April 17, 2009Todd J. Zywicki, law prof and bankruptcy expert, has some interesting remarks today at The Volokh Conspiracy, in an entry...
Ind. Law - "Child ombudsman bill evolves: Family rights advocates claim Senate weakened powers"
Posted on April 17, 2009On April 14th the ILB quoted from a story by Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star that began:An ombudsman...
Ind. Courts - "Killer wins judge's permission to marry in jail"
Posted on April 17, 2009From a brief story today in the Gary Post Tribune reported by Ruth Ann Krause:Despite facing hundreds of years in...
Ind. Courts - Clark County Circuit Court's focus turns to mental health cases
Posted on April 17, 2009A long and interesting story by Matt Thacker in the New Albany News & Tribune begins:It took Clark County Circuit...
Law - More on: What can law schools do to help graduating students?
Posted on April 17, 2009Updating this ILB entry from April 15th, see this new entry from Above the Law that begins:Just yesterday, we were...
Law - "What Would Arthur Miller Do?"
Posted on April 17, 2009Above the Law is holding its First Ever Law Revue Video Contest. Check it out. My vote goes to the...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana case today, re child pornography
Posted on April 17, 2009In U.S. v. Larry Smith (ND Ind., Judge Lorenzo), a 32-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Manion writes for the majority:...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on April 17, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In State of Indiana v. Kelly Hunter , a 4-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:The State...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court grants transfer with opinion, applying new Appellate Rule 14.1
Posted on April 17, 2009In In Re: T.S.; Indiana Dept. of Child Services, LaPorte County v. LaPorte County CASA, et al, a 6-page, 5-0...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides second case today
Posted on April 17, 2009In Bannister v. State, a 5-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:A police officer on patrol ran a computer check...
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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....








