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Ind. Courts - Judicial Center's Legislative Update #5
Posted on February 14, 2009Here is the Indiana Judicial Center's Legislative Update, current through Feb. 13th -- a good way to keep on top...
Environment - More on "Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill"
Posted on February 14, 2009Remember this ILB entry from Jan. 23rd, where the TVA changed a talking points memo so that "catastrophic" was replaced...
Environment - "Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mountaintop Mining"
Posted on February 14, 2009Andrew C. Revkin of the NY Times reports:The latest in a series of federal court rulings on mountaintop coal mining...
Courts - Still more on: "Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash"
Posted on February 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 13th, the NY Times this morning reports in a story by Ian Urbina with...
Ind. Law - Longtime Lake County attorney Patrick J. Galvin dies
Posted on February 14, 2009From the Feb. 13th NWI Times, a report by Bowdeya Tweh begins:Patrick J. Galvin, a longtime attorney in Lake County...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Clark rejects raise for clerk: Circuit judge and council square off again"
Posted on February 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 10th, Matt Koesters reports in the New Albany News & Tribune:Clark Circuit Court Judge...
Ind. Courts - "Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney files appeal of judge's rulings"
Posted on February 14, 2009Rick Yencer reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:MUNCIE -- Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney is...
Courts - "Trial scheduled in racketeering lawsuit against Pastrick, aides"
Posted on February 13, 2009Just posted by the NWI Times:A federal judge on Friday set May 26 as the start of a trial in...
Court - "Supreme Court Justices to Weigh Superfund Cleanup Liability"
Posted on February 13, 2009Marcia Coyle writes in The National Law Journal in a lengthy article:The two Superfund cases that the high court have...
Ind. Courts - "Cass Circuit Court Judge Leo Burns, a self-taught Civil War historian, jumped at the chance to talk about Lincoln"
Posted on February 13, 2009Kevin Lilly of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports today in a story that begins:A special guest visited Miss June Cotterman?s fourth...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on February 13, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Karen Long & Clifford M. Thorson v. Biomet, Inc. , a 12-page opinion, the...
Courts - Very good news re Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Posted on February 13, 2009More to come .... "Justice Ginsburg cancer update : no metastatis, lesion proved benign" according to the Supreme Court's public...
Law - "Final Draft on Stimulus Bill, Complete With Last-Minute Edits" [Updated]
Posted on February 13, 2009Here, thanks to a NY Times blog on politics and government, is the starting point. It notes:[T]he annotations in the...
Courts - Carl Malamud fights to improve Pacer
Posted on February 13, 2009"An Effort to Upgrade a Court Archive System to Free and Easy" is the headline to a story today in...
Environment - "Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mitch Daniels are making another attempt to resurrect a proposed coal-to-gas plant"
Posted on February 13, 2009That is the lede to Bryan Corbin's lengthy story in the Evansville Courier & Press today. Some quotes:Indiana lawmakers and...
Environment - TVA coal ash spill cleanup could cost $825 million
Posted on February 13, 2009Updating a long list of ILB entries on coal ash, including this one from Jan. 9th including a list prepared...
Courts - "N.C.A.A. Ban on Lawyers for Athletes Ruled Illegal "
Posted on February 13, 2009Alan Schwarz reports today in the NY Times in a story that includes these quotes:An Ohio court ruling on Thursday...
Courts - More on: "Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash"
Posted on February 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 11th, the NY Times this morning reports on the scheme in a front page...
Ind. Courts - "House overwhelmingly passes measure to elect jurists in St. Joe County."
Posted on February 13, 2009Ed Ronco reports today in the South Bend Tribune:A bill to elect Superior Court judges in St. Joseph County won...
Courts - Texas judge declares mistrial after counting 13 people on jury
Posted on February 12, 2009From the Houson Chronicle today, a story by Brian Rogers that begins:The Harris County jury returned a guilty verdict after...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 15 NFP)
Posted on February 12, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In Larry Cox and Tube City v. Allen Matthews, a 20-page opinion, CJ Baker writes:Appellants-defendants...
Environment - More on: Indianapolis law firm reviews Randolph County proposed CAFO regs
Posted on February 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 20th, and this long list of ILB entries involving Delaware County and CAFOs, Seth...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on February 12, 2009In U.S. v. Young (ND Ind., Judge Moody), an 11-page opinion, Judge Sykes writes: Victor Young pleaded guilty in...
Ind. Law - "Local lawyers teach about Lincoln"
Posted on February 12, 2009In this letter today in the Evansville Courier & Press, Doug Briody, an Evansville attorney, writes:Today, the Evansville Bar Association,...
Ind. Gov. - "Who Are These People?" [Updated]
Posted on February 12, 2009Norman Cox has an outstanding post today on the Capitol Watch Blog, on the Senate committee hearing on the bill...
Law - Lincoln's law practice explored tonight, on Lincon's 200th birthday
Posted on February 12, 2009"Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency" will air tonight on PBS, here in Indianapolis on WFYI at 9:00 PM. H Here...
Environment - "Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling "
Posted on February 12, 2009That is the heading of this story by Clifford Krauss today in the NY Times that begins: Barely a year...
Courts - WSJ story explores concept of standing
Posted on February 12, 2009In a story headed "Why Some Constitutional Suits Don't Stand a Chance in Court," Jess Bravin of the WSJ writes...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on February 11, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Harold E. Bean, Jr. v. Carol A. Bean , a 20-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today; 2 others of note
Posted on February 11, 2009Villano v. Astrue, Comm. of Soc.Sec. (ND Ind., Judge Lee), is an 11-page Per Curiam opinion, originally unpublished:Debi Villano applied...
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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....








