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Courts - James Bopp asks Calif. federal judge to stop disclosure of names of Prop 8 donors
Posted on January 29, 2009Terre Haute attorney James Bopp was featured this morning in a story on NPR's Morning Edition. Read or listen to...
Ind. Courts - "County's protective order projects starts"
Posted on January 29, 2009Diane Krieger Spivak reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:CROWN POINT -- Lake County's four domestic...
Environment - "IDEM director gets statehouse grilling"
Posted on January 29, 2009John Byrne's story today in the Gary Post-Tribune reports:State Department of Environmental Management Commissioner Thomas Easterly faced a barrage of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on January 28, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Dale Redmond v. State of Indiana , a 7-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:A decade...
Ind. Courts - "St. Joseph County Probate Judge to issue pay raises despite council's objections"
Posted on January 28, 2009So reads the headline to this story by Troy Kehoe from WSBT TV Mishwaka. Some quotes from the lengthy story:A...
Courts - "Ky. court will hear appeal by Amish: Safety triangles at issue in case "
Posted on January 28, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 18, 2008, Peter Smithof the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:The Kentucky Court of Appeals...
Courts - More on "Justices? Ruling in Discrimination Case May Draw Quick Action by Obama"
Posted on January 28, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 5th, Robert Pear of the NY Times reports:Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to...
Legislative Benefits - More on "Transparency bills get no respect"
Posted on January 28, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today on the new lobbying career of former state Senate leader Robert...
Ind. Courts - "Clark County contracts collections for docket fees"
Posted on January 28, 2009Matt Koesters of the New Albany / Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports:Clark County officials hope to collect more than $800,000...
Ind. Courts - "'Appeals on Wheels' rolls law, public speaking into one lesson"
Posted on January 28, 2009Yesterday a Court of Appeals panel heard oral arguments in the case of Michael W. George vs. State of Indiana....
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court overturns 2007 rape conviction"
Posted on January 27, 2009Last Friday's split Court of Appeals opinion in the case of Otho L. Lafayette v. State of Indiana (see ILB...
Law - ABA Journal has a special recession issue
Posted on January 27, 2009Access it here. And the new February issues features Abraham Lincoln, Esq. Access it here....
Ind. Decisions - More on: Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on January 27, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from Monday, the ILB is pleased to report it will be able to post briefs...
Ind. Law - "Stalking called underreported, high-tech crime"
Posted on January 27, 2009Diane Krieger Spivak had this report yesterday in the Gary Post-Tribune. It is based on a new report, Stalking Victimization...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on January 27, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Alicia Bonilla v. Commercial Services of Perry, Inc., et al, a 17-page, 2-1 opinion,...
Ind. Gov't. - "City water and sewer contracts to be put up for bid"
Posted on January 27, 2009The ILB has had numerous entries over the no-bid sewer controversy in New Albany. Today Jimmy Nesbitt reports in the...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on January 26, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Jan.. 29th: 9:00 AM - Christopher Bailey v. State of...
Law - "Recession Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings"
Posted on January 26, 2009This is the headline to this lengthy story today in the WSJ, reported by Nathan Koppel. Some quotes:After upending a...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on January 26, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (3): Brittany Glasco v. State of...
Ind. Courts - New chief judge of St. Joseph Superior Court interviewed
Posted on January 26, 2009Pablo Ros of the South Bend Tribune reports:Judge Michael P. Scopelitis of St. Joseph Superior Court has been selected as...
Ind. Law - "Lawmakers renew effort against illegal immigrant workers"
Posted on January 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 25th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today:As unemployment in Indiana...
Ind. Law - This week at the General Assembly - Week 3
Posted on January 26, 2009A few quotes from Bryan Corbin's weekly "Legislative Notebook" report today in the Evansville Courier & Press:Having dessert first, followed...
Ind. Courts - Commission on Judicial Qualifications files charges against Judge Thomas Felts of Allen Circuit Court
Posted on January 26, 2009From a release this afternoon by the Indiana Court:The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed charges against Judge Thomas Felts...
Ind. Decisions - 4th amendment decision appealed to SCOTUS
Posted on January 26, 2009Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was filed in the U.S....
Law - "As Mergers and Other Work Dry Up, Bankruptcy Becomes Lawyers? Oasis"
Posted on January 26, 2009Jonathan D. Glater of the NY Times reports today in a story that begins:There sure do seem to be a...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Jan. 23, 2008
Posted on January 26, 2009Here is the transfer list for the week ending Jan. 23, 2009. It is one page long. No transfers were...
Law - More on: Obama appoints Cass Sunstein as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Posted on January 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8th, Tom Hamburger and Christi Parsons of the LA Times report today in a...
Law - "Bush's legal foes now Obama's legal team"
Posted on January 25, 2009IU-Bloomington Law Prof Dawn Johnsen, selected to head President Obama's Office of Legal Counsel (see ILB entries here), is...
Ind. Law - "Wrong time, wrong focus: Immigration bill flawed"
Posted on January 25, 2009The Indianapolis Star's lead editorial today masses the arguments against Sen. Mike Delph's illegal immigration bill, SB 580, concluding "good...
Environment - "IDEM accuses a second ECI bioenergy firm of environmental violations"
Posted on January 25, 2009Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today on two enforcement actions brought against Indiana bio-energy producers. The first:Last year,...
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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....








