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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides two today, extending Lambert
Posted on March 12, 2009In Todd Allen Clark v. Michelle D. Clark, a 7-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:In Lambert v. Lambert, 861 N.E.2d...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on March 12, 2009For publication opinions today (6): In DLZ Indiana, LLC v. Greene County, Indiana , a 14-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:In...
Courts - Law clerks may be quaking in their boots
Posted on March 12, 2009Above the Law has a long entry today headed "Clerks: Can't Go Home Again?," that includes this:Once upon a time,...
Ind. Courts - "Girl sues Lebanon Schools for right to wear tuxedo to prom" [Updated]
Posted on March 12, 2009So reads the headline to this story by Andy Gammil, on the lengthy front-page of today's Indianapolis Star. The story...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court denies petition for writ of mandamus
Posted on March 12, 2009This Order, State of Indiana v. Madison Superior Court No. 3, dated March 6th, was posted on the Indiana Court...
Ind. Courts - "Vigo County judge connecting to jail with video system"
Posted on March 11, 2009Howard Greninger reports today in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star in a story that begins:With a touch of his finger, Vigo...
Courts - "Obama?s Court Nominees Are Focus of Speculation"
Posted on March 11, 2009From a story today in the NY Times, reported by Neil A. Lewis:WASHINGTON ? President Obama will soon begin naming...
Ind. Law - "Photo shoot not required for gun permit"
Posted on March 11, 2009A story today in the Evansville Courier & Press, by Gavin Lesnick, reports:The Evansville Police Department will make it more...
Environment - More on "EPA Orders Utilities to Self-Report Coal Ash Impoundment Problems"
Posted on March 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Rick Callahan of the AP reports today:INDIANAPOLIS ? A federal review of the nation's...
Ind. Courts - "More and more finding themselves in bankruptcy court"
Posted on March 11, 2009Dale Moss of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes today on Judge Basil H. Lorch's federal bankruptcy court in New Albany. Some...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court decides two attorney disciplinary cases today
Posted on March 11, 2009In the Matter of Kevin W. Marshall; and In the Matter of C. Jerome Smith is an 8-page per curiam...
Ind. Courts - Allen Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Felts receives public reprimand
Posted on March 11, 2009The 5-0, 2-page order, In the Matter of the Hon. Thomas J. Felts, concludes:Respondent and the Commission have agreed that...
Ind. Decisions - Three non-Indiana 7th Circuit opinions noted today [Updated]
Posted on March 11, 2009Howard Bashman of How Appealing has remarked on three 7th Circuit, non-Indiana opinions today, one quoting Yoda, one involving a...
Courts - European Court of Justice ruling over secret list of banned aircraft hand luggage
Posted on March 11, 2009From the Times Online, reported by David Charter, Europe Correspondent:A tennis player today won his case at the European Court...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on March 11, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Gloria J. Hayes v. The Trustees of Indiana University, a 25-page opinion, in an...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on March 11, 2009In Howard A. Allen Jr. v. Buss (SD Ind., Judge Tinder), a 27 page opinion, Judge Williams writes:In 1988, consistent...
Ind. Courts - Star story on Hawkins suspension has really poor headline
Posted on March 11, 2009The Indianapolis Star has just posted online a brief story by Jon Murray on the suspension of Marion Superior Court...
Ind. Courts - Judge Grant W. Hawkins receives a suspension without pay for a period of 60 days
Posted on March 11, 2009A 27-page, 3-2 decision with four opinions, issued late this afternoon, in the case of In the Matter of: the...
Law - More on "Don?t Rely on Bush?s Signing Statements, Obama Orders"
Posted on March 10, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, here is President Obama's 2-page Executive Order on presidential signing statements....
Environment - "EPA Orders Utilities to Self-Report Coal Ash Impoundment Problems"
Posted on March 10, 2009From a release posted by the Environment News Service:WASHINGTON, DC, March 9, 2009 (ENS) - Responding to the coal ash...
Ind. Courts - State workers lawsuit for back pay during 1973-1993 period begins today
Posted on March 10, 2009A very brief item today in the Indianapolis Star reports:In Marion County, the state workers' lawsuit is set for a...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending March 6, 2009
Posted on March 10, 2009Here is the transfer list for the week ending March 6, 2009. It is 3 pages long. Transfer was granted...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues three opinons today
Posted on March 10, 2009In In the Matter of R.J.G., a 5-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:We hold that a juvenile court may order...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court grants transfer and remands, by order
Posted on March 10, 2009On March 6, by an Order Granting Transfer and Remanding, in the case of Gregory T. Hill v. State of...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court makes two temporary judge appointments
Posted on March 10, 2009Two press releases: The first, "Indiana Supreme Court Selects Judge Michael Witte to Serve as Temporary Judge in Wayne County",...
Courts - More on: SCOTUS rules on impact of public defender delays in getting case to trial
Posted on March 10, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Adam Liptak of the NY Times writes today under the heading: "Justices Rule on...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Training on new loan modification programs
Posted on March 10, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 7th on the first of 30 training seminars on mortgage loan modification programs, NPR's...
Ind. Courts - "Gov. Daniels fills Courthouse commission"
Posted on March 10, 2009From a Department of Natural Resources press release today:Gov. Mitch Daniels and Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard have announced the...
Courts - "Judging . . . A Good Job, But Could it Be Safer?"
Posted on March 10, 2009The WSJ Law Blog has posted this entry.. A quote:A 2007 study by the Administrative Office of the Courts found...
Not Law - Evansville C&P reporter Bryan Corbin leaves paper
Posted on March 10, 2009There are certain Indiana reporters whose stories I always look for. Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press certainly...
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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....








