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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on February 24, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Charles Dwayne Gilliam v. State of Indiana , an 11-page opinion, Judge Darden writes:[Gilliam...
Court - Supreme Court of United States returns today
Posted on February 23, 2009A lot of news out of the SCOTUS today, returning from a winter recess. Scroll through the newest entries on...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Feb. 20, 2009
Posted on February 23, 2009Here is the transfer list for the week ending Feb. 20, 2009. It is three pages long. Three transfers were...
Courts - Some Legal Experts Propose Limiting SCOTUS Justices' Powers, Terms
Posted on February 23, 2009Robert Barnes reports today in the Washington Post:If we had it to do all over again, would we appoint Supreme...
Environment - "Indiana ash ponds pollute bird habitat, drinking water: Situation prompts look at coal-waste storage standards"
Posted on February 23, 2009That is the headline to this long story today by James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal:PRINCETON, Ind.? The ash...
Ind. Law - This week at the General Assembly - Week 7
Posted on February 23, 2009Bryan Corbin's weekly "Legislative Notebook" report appears today in the Evansville Courier & Press with this headline: "General Assembly faces...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on February 23, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Feb. 26th: 9:00 AM - James Kohlmeyer v. Second Injury...
Ind. Decisions - More on: A question for ILB attorney-readers
Posted on February 23, 2009I've received quite few thoughtful responses to the question I posed Friday about why you read NFP opinions, and your...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on February 23, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In In the Matter of the Guardianship of R.M.M., a 7-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:[Appellant...
Courts - Minnesota: "Showdown could leave our courts in chaos"
Posted on February 22, 2009This ILB entry from Sept. 5th, 2008, headed "Commission on Courts discussion of judicial mandates," included this quote about the...
Courts - "High Court to Hear DNA Testing Case: Justices to Debate Whether Convicts Should Be Guaranteed Access to Latest Techniques"
Posted on February 22, 2009That is the headline to a lengthy story today by Robert Barnes of the Washington Post. Some quotes:They are among...
Ind. Courts - "Judge gets tough in Marion County traffic court"
Posted on February 22, 2009Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy front-page story today subheaded: "Marion County drivers are put on notice:...
Courts - "40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, which established students' free speech rights"
Posted on February 22, 2009From C-SPAN's Amercia and the Courts program last evening:February 24th marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in...
Ind. Courts - Judicial Center's Legislative Update #6; and more about the increase in the automated record keeping fee
Posted on February 21, 2009[Note: Several readers have expressed to me an interest in how to research legislative history. This is a start. If...
Courts - 9th Circuit strikes down California violent video game ban
Posted on February 21, 2009Here is a long list earlier ILB entries on efforts to ban video games, in Indiana and nationally, including this...
Law - Even more on: "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Posted on February 20, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from this morning, Yale Law School had a conference last weekend, "The Future of Student Internet...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 15 NFP), including a question of first impression on the propriety of a bank's refusal to pay a cashier's check.
Posted on February 20, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In David Ashworth v. State of Indiana , a 16-page opinion, Judge Robb writes:Following a...
Ind. Decisions - A question for ILB attorney-readers
Posted on February 20, 2009I'm getting ready to post today's Court of Appeals opinions. There are 3 for publication opinions and 15 not-for-publication (NFP),...
Law - More on: "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Posted on February 20, 2009Updating this lengthy ILB entry from Sept. 6, 2008, David Margolick has an article upcoming in the March 2009 issue...
Environment - Still more on: Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Posted on February 20, 2009Updating ILB entries from yesterday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:Indiana Department of Environmental Management will not make...
Ind. Gov. - More on: "Who Are These People?"
Posted on February 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 12th are two editorials today. From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's editorial:A handful of...
Ind. Decisions - Pelley convictions upheld: Murder trial delay did not violate rule.
Posted on February 20, 2009The Supreme Court decision yesterday in the case of Robert Jeffrey Pelley v. State (ILB summary here) is the subject...
Ind. Decisions - Bloomington attorney secures $157 million judgment for Lafayette woman whose husband died after falling from a defective deer-hunting tree stand
Posted on February 20, 2009A press release from the Ken Nunn Law Office announces: BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Mike Phelps of...
Law - "After Prison, Few Places for Sex Offenders to Live "
Posted on February 19, 2009"After Prison, Few Places for Sex Offenders to Live" should not be news to anyone who has been following the...
Environment - Still more on: "CAFO regulation proposals will return to Indiana General Assembly in eight bills"
Posted on February 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 11th, where Richmond Pallidium-Item correspondent Pam Tharp reported:Ag committee Chairman Phil Pflum, D-Milton, said...
Environment - More on: Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Posted on February 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Indianapolis Star today is channeling a lengthy USA Today story by Rick...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one opinion this morning, reversing COA's reading of Criminal Rule 4(C)
Posted on February 19, 2009In Robert Jeffrey Pelley v. State, an 18-page, 5-0 opinion issued today, with the Court granting transfer with opinion, Justice...
Law - More on: "Forensics Rife With 'Serious Problems'"
Posted on February 19, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Solomon Moore of the NY Times reports today under the headline "Study Calls for Oversight of...
Ind. Law - "Independent official would review deaths of children in custody"
Posted on February 19, 2009Mary Beth Schneider reports in the Indianapolis Star in a story that begins:An Indiana House panel on Wednesday passed a...
Environment - Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Posted on February 19, 2009Today US EPA Region 5 officials visit the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to discuss, among other things, changes in...
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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
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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....
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