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Focus is on Indiana law, and on interesting developments in law, government, and more (not just in Indiana).
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Ind. Law - "Consumer groups balk at bills to speed utility cost recovery "
Posted on February 04, 2011From the IBJ, an important story by Chris O'Malley. A sample:Ratepayer groups worry new legislation coursing through the Indiana General...
Law - "Researching Bush and Obama Presidential Signing Statements"
Posted on February 04, 2011The Law Librarian Blog today points to a great resource, Joyce Green's Presidential Signing Statements....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on February 04, 2011For publication opinions today (1): In Terry Likens, et al. v. Prickett's Properties, Inc., et al. , a 12-page opinion,...
Environment - More on "Is the Gary Sanitary District turning Lake Michigan into sewer? "
Posted on February 04, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 30th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today titled "Great Lakes sewer."...
Ind. Law - More on: Indiana Law on towing of vehicles left on private property
Posted on February 04, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 1, Indy 6 News had a story last evening headed "Downtown Parking Dispute Could...
Environment - "Purdue poised to cancel coal-fired power plant"
Posted on February 04, 2011From a Nov. 17, 2010 ILB entry quoting a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial headed "Purdue has power to change...
Ind. Courts - "Help, Google Knows About My Speeding Ticket "
Posted on February 04, 2011Fascinating item this morning in the WSJ, in the Career Q&A column by Elizabeth Garone. It begins:Q: In early 2009...
Ind. Courts - Lawyer suspended in 2008 sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing from the trust fund accounts of 23 clients
Posted on February 04, 2011Nick Schneider of the Greene County Daily World has the story that begins:An Evansville attorney with Greene County ties has...
Ind. Law - "Bill would expand campus police powers"
Posted on February 03, 2011Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today on HB 1406:which would give police officers at both public and...
Ind. Courts - "Errors found in Indiana state lab toxicology tests: Mistakes that audit uncovered could lead to overturned verdicts"
Posted on February 03, 2011Updating a long list of earlier toxicology entries, Mark Alesia and Tim Evans report today in a lengthy story in...
Ind. Courts - "All judges should be lawyers"
Posted on February 03, 2011The Indiana Courts press office has distributed to the media this opinion piece by Judge Mark Stoner, Marion Superior...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 9 NFP dated yesterday or today)
Posted on February 03, 2011For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Michael Linner, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et...
Ind. Gov't. - "The rise of do-it-yourself redistricting"
Posted on February 03, 2011Updating yesterday's ILB entry announcing that the census data needed for redistricting Indiana would be available next week, Stateline.org has...
Ind. Courts - "Indiana hospitals taking on the feds over indigent care"
Posted on February 03, 2011Jeff Swiatek reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:Indiana's hospital heavyweights are taking on the feds...
Ind. Law - "If the state passes a smoking ban, it won't change local ban ordinances"
Posted on February 03, 2011So reports Stephanie Gattman today in a story in the Elkhart Truth. Some quotes:ELKHART -- The statewide smoking ban that...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court reaches decision on Bargersville annexation dispute [Updated]
Posted on February 03, 2011Updating yesterday's ILB entry reporting that the Supreme Court had split 2-2 in the Bargersville annexation dispute and so the...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "I know it's how I got the job, but merit selection would be better"
Posted on February 03, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 27th, Jon Seidel of the Gary Post-Tribune writes this afternoon:Most of Lake County?s judges...
Ind. Law - The headline speaks for itself
Posted on February 03, 2011The headline to this story in the South Bend Tribune, by Deanna Martin of the AP, speaks for itself:"Indiana House...
Ind. Gov't - General Assembly cancelled again today
Posted on February 02, 2011From the website:The House and Senate will be closed today, and all committees are cancelled for Wednesday February 3rd. The...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court reaches decision on Bargersville annexation dispute
Posted on February 02, 2011On Jan. 20, 2011 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of City of Greenwood v. Town...
Courts - "Justices weigh rights to Lake Erie beachfront access"
Posted on February 02, 2011This entry this morning from How Appealing compiles a number reports on a case argued yesterday before the Ohio Supreme...
Law - "Iowa lawmakers get price-tag for serious sex offender monitoring"
Posted on February 02, 2011Sentencing Law & Policy Blog this morning quotes a DesMoines Register story headlined "Tracking Iowa sex offenders to cost millions"...
Ind. Courts - "Judge: Not enough jurists for cases in Elkhart County"
Posted on February 02, 2011So reports Justin Leighty today in the Elkhart Truth:GOSHEN -- Elkhart County has the equivalent of 10.5 judges doing the...
Ind. Courts - Court closures
Posted on February 02, 2011Marion County courts closed today; SD Indiana on a 2-hour delay. ILB: I live in Indy very close to downtown...
Not law - "Drivers, homeowners stuck in ice"
Posted on February 02, 2011This WTHR News 13 story, headed "Drivers, homeowners stuck in ice." gives an idea of what I was talking about...
Courts - More on: "The Health Care Ruling: The Experts Speak"
Posted on February 02, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 1, the WSJ Law Blog has another useful post on the topic today, this...
Ind. Gov't. - "Census Bureau to Release Local 2010 Census Data for Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa and Maryland"
Posted on February 02, 2011The data needed for redistricting will be released next week, according to this post on the U.S. Census Data page....
Ind. Law - Indiana Law on towing of vehicles left on private property
Posted on February 01, 2011The blog Ogden on Politics had an interesting entry yesterday headed "Delaware and South Towing Company Violates Indiana Law; Tows...
Ind. Law - Still more on: What are "English only documents" and what is excepted?
Posted on February 01, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 30, 2011, an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headed "Costly, unneeded...
Ind. Gov't. - "Wood-fired boiler rules postponed till March "
Posted on February 01, 2011A story by Gitte Laasby in today's Gary Post Tribune begins:State officials were scheduled to adopt Indiana?s first state-wide rules...
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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....








