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Ind. Decisions - "Indiana Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Roy Lee Ward"
Posted on April 07, 2009The Supreme Court's decision today in the case of Roy Lee Ward v. State (see ILB summary here) is the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on April 07, 2009For publication opinions today (5): In Shannon Morgan v. State of Indiana , a 19-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:Shannon Morgan...
Law - Just in, Vermont legalizes gay marriage [Updated]
Posted on April 07, 2009Via the NYT:Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage -- and the first to do so with...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on April 07, 2009In Roy Lee Ward v. State, a 21-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:The defendant, Roy Lee Ward, appeals his death...
Law - "Ohm on Computer Programming & Research Methods for Legal Scholars"
Posted on April 07, 2009This entry from the Legal Theory Blog points to a great article, by Paul Ohm (University of Colorado Law School),...
Ind. Law - "Updated feticide bill returns to state Senate"
Posted on April 07, 2009Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports today on SB 236:The Indiana Senate will now consider whether to approve a...
Ind. Law - Some perspective on the B&T expansion to Atlanta
Posted on April 07, 2009Elie Mystal of Above the Law has just posted an entry that gives perspective to the Barnes & Thornburg Atlanta...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending April 3, 2009
Posted on April 06, 2009Here is the transfer list for the week ending April 3, 2009. It is 3 pages long. Transfer was granted...
Ind. Law - Red light camera bill may have hit a red light
Posted on April 06, 2009Updating the ILB's long list of red light camera entries, Chas Reilly reports today in the NWI Times under the...
Ind. Law - The right of publicity and John Dillinger museum
Posted on April 06, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on the "right of publicity" but missed this entry from the March...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on April 06, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Lemual Carr v. State of...
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Police won't turn deaf ear to noise"
Posted on April 06, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column for today, looks at noise. Some quotes:It's not illegal to have a...
Ind. Law - "Indiana can identify with Texas in debate over voter photo IDs"
Posted on April 06, 2009Texas is considering a photo ID law. Today the Dallas Morning News has a story by Bill Ruthhart, identified as...
Ind. Law - "Legislature juggling full agenda"
Posted on April 06, 2009The Evansville Courier & Press appears to have revived the weekly "Legislative Notenote" ; Eric Bradner reports here on happenings...
Ind. Courts - Judicial Center's Legislative Update #12
Posted on April 06, 2009April 15th is the last day for 3rd reading of bills in the opposite house (meaning that there are only...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on April 06, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 4/6/09): Thursday, April 9th9:00 AM - Matter of Estate of...
Law - "Mediation Courts May Ease Foreclosure Backlog"
Posted on April 06, 2009NPR this afternoon has an interesting story on mediation courts. Access it here, audio is available at 7 PM. The...
Ind. Gov't. - Put Capital Improvement Board (CIB) records online
Posted on April 05, 2009The Capital Improvement Board (CIB) runs the home of the Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium, along with Conseco Fieldhouse, Victory Field...
Ind. Courts - More on proposal to end merit selection of St. Joe County judges
Posted on April 05, 2009The Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will likely vote this Wednesday on whether to send House Bill 1491 to the full...
Law - "Panel shouldn?t dismiss judicial nominee"
Posted on April 05, 2009That is the heading of the editorial column today of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Washington-based Sylvia A. Smith, who...
Environment - Gary Post-Tribune reporter honored for enviromental coverage
Posted on April 05, 2009From a story today in the Post-Trib:The Alliance for the Great Lakes, an environmental advocacy group, has selected Gitte Laasby...
Law - "In many ways, Dawn Johnsen is a typical Bloomington mom. So why has her nomination to a Justice post sparked such outrage?"
Posted on April 05, 2009Laura Lane of the Bloomington Herald-Times ($$$) takes a long look today at Bloomington's Dawn Johnsen, who is President Obama's...
Ind. Courts - Gov. Daniels to consider six for Madison County vacancy
Posted on April 05, 2009Shawn McGrath of the Anderson Herald Bulletin reports:Fifteen attorneys applied to become the new judge of Madison Superior Court 4,...
Ind. Gov't. - "Public Access counselor says tape can be withheld"
Posted on April 05, 2009This item today in the Indianapolis Star:Indiana's public access counselor says police and Fort Wayne city officials have the right...
Courts - Take a look at juror questionnaire in NY's Brooke Astor's son's trial
Posted on April 05, 2009"Rigorous Questionnaire for Jurors in Astor Case" is the headline of this column by John Eligon in the NY Times....
Ind. Gov't. - West Lafayette occupancy code on council agenda
Posted on April 04, 2009Recall this ILB entry from Feb. 10th headed "Three Purdue University students who were part of a costly lawsuit over...
Courts - More on: Maryland Public Defender Calls Drug Courts Unconstitutional
Posted on April 04, 2009Here are some quotes again from Friday's Washington Post story:The state's public defender says Maryland's drug courts give judges too...
Courts - Big name lawyers in Helio Castroneves federal tax evasion case
Posted on April 04, 2009The ILB has been reading about the trial in the Indianapolis Star - see ILB entry from Oct. 4, 2008...
Courts - "Downturn Pushes More Toward Bankruptcy "
Posted on April 04, 2009Tara Siegel Bernard reports today in the NY Times:The ailing economy continues to pull more Americans into bankruptcy court, where...
Courts - Maryland Public Defender Calls Drug Courts Unconstitutional
Posted on April 03, 2009The sub-head to this story today in the Washington Post, reported by Henri E. Cauvin, is "Defendants in So-Called Problem-Solving...
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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....








