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Ind. Decisions - Court grants two transfers this week

Posted on October 16, 2008
The formal transfer list will not be out until next Monday, but the ILB has just received notice that two cases were granted transfer today. They are: The Adoption of unborn child B.W.; Wilfrido Garcia v. Davie Heine Bos and...

Ind. Courts - More on appellate judges up for retention

Posted on October 16, 2008
I have created a new ILB category, Judicial Retention. Clicking on it will lead to all the ILB entries about the 2008 judicial retention ballot. I have also placed a temporary link in the upper right hand corner of this...

Ind. Courts - More re judicial evaluations

Posted on October 16, 2008
A reader has pointed me to a May 5, 2005 article by Leonard Post of The National Law Journal, headed "ABA Offers New Way to Judge the Judges: Latest guidelines are aimed at education, defusing ideological litmus tests" Some quotes:The...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 12 today (and 4 NFP)

Posted on October 16, 2008
For publication opinions today (4): In John D. and Stacy R. Hayes v. Robert Lee Chapman, Jr. , a 16-page, 2-1 opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:Appellants-defendants John D. Hayes and Stacy R. Hayes appeal the trial court?s order denying their...

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Ind. Courts - Special judge appointed in early voting case

Posted on October 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from this morning, the Supreme Court, which is on the road today, hearing an oral argument in Bloomington (details here), has just issued an order appointing a special judge in the Lake County early voting case....

Ind. Courts - "St. Joseph County Bar Association has released results from its 2008 Judicial Survey"

Posted on October 16, 2008
Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune reports today in a story that begins:The St. Joseph County Bar Association has released results from its 2008 Judicial Survey, its first attempt in 18 years to rate the performance of the county's...

Courts - Questions posted in another jurisidction to judges up for retention

Posted on October 16, 2008
I happened this morning across some quotes from a not-longer-available story in the The Legal Intelligencer, "the oldest law journal in the United States." In May of 2007 The Legal Intelligencer sent a 32-question questionnaire to all seven state Supreme...

Courts - More on: Astonishing stories of collusion between Pennsylvania's legislature and its Supreme Court

Posted on October 16, 2008
The ILB had lost track of this federal lawsuit involving Common Cause and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, first mentioned in a Feb. 7, 2006 ILB entry. There have been other suits before Pennsylvania state courts re the now notorious "midnight...

Ind. Courts - Latest on Lake early voting case

Posted on October 16, 2008
We learned last evening that it would be up to the Supreme Court to name a new judge in the Lake County early votting case, after the two sides failed to agree on a judge before yesterday's 3:00 PM deadline....

Ind. Decisions - Question of whether defendant should have been granted new trial argued

Posted on October 16, 2008
The case of State of Indiana v. Shannon Hollars, argued yesterday before the Supreme Court (see ILB entry here), is the subject of a story today by Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal Courier, who reports:Shannon L. Hollars, 46, is...

Ind. Courts - "Reactions vary to trustee's court plan"

Posted on October 16, 2008
From the Indianapolis Star today, a long story by Cathy Kightlinger, who writes:Lawrence Township Trustee Mike Hobbs' plan to privatize some operations of the township's small claims court -- including the clerks -- produced mixed reactions this week from at...

Ind. Courts - "Voters will settle contested judgeship races in Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties Nov. 4th"

Posted on October 16, 2008
Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Voters will settle contested judgeship races in Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties Nov. 4, including two new courts in Floyd that will open in January. Advertisement The circuit court race in...

Ind. Courts - "Judges receive 'yes' votes from bar members"

Posted on October 15, 2008
The ISBA has just issued this press release:INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 15, 2008) -- The Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) has completed its compilation of the 2008 Judicial Retention Poll responses. Results indicate overwhelming support, by ISBA members, of the three Indiana...

Ind. Courts - Albion attorney faces theft charges

Posted on October 15, 2008
Len Wells reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press in a story that begins:An Albion attorney who also serves as the public defender for Wabash County has been arrested on charges he stole thousands of dollars from a client.[Update...

Ind. Courts - "Testimony shows paper trail leads nowhere in DTF seizures"

Posted on October 15, 2008
Updating the Oct. 13th ILB entry, Rick Yencer's Muncie Star-Press story today begins:Muncie police routinely disposed of money and guns seized from criminal defendants by using abandoned property affidavits, without a court order and in apparent violation of state law...

Ind. Courts - Supreme Court rules in Lake County early voting dispute

Posted on October 15, 2008
A story in the Chicago Tribune today contains this quote:The Indiana Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming days on which judge has jurisdiction over the case.Well, the Supreme Court acted last evening, at 8:20 PM, issuing an...

Ind. Courts - Update on: New judge sought in Lake early voting case

Posted on October 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this afternoon; the 3 p.m. deadline in the Lake County case of Curley v. Lake Superior Court. has come and gone. The attorneys in the matter have informed the Supreme Court a special judge...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today

Posted on October 15, 2008
In Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. v. United States Filter Corp., et al, a 13-page, 4-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Five corporations seek insurance coverage from insurers who issued liability policies for their predecessors. The underlying litigation involves bodily injury...

Ind. Decisions - Court granted one transfer last week

Posted on October 15, 2008
The formal transfer list will not be out until next Monday, but the ILB has just received notice that the case of Maggie Bush and Leonard Bush v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company was granted transfer last Thursday, Oct....

Ind. Courts - New judge sought in Lake early voting case

Posted on October 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from this morning, John Byrne of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:A change of judge has been requested in the ongoing legal battle over early voting sites in Lake County. Attorney James Wieser, representing labor unions, the NAACP...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 18 NFP)

Posted on October 15, 2008
For publication opinions today (5): In William H. Hart v. Walter C. Webster, and The Steak-N-Shake Co. , a 10-page opinion, Judge Riley writes:Appellant-Plaintiff, William H. Hart (Hart), appeals the trial court?s dismissal of his claims for defamation and invasion...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today

Posted on October 15, 2008
In Chaudhry v. Nucor Steel (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 12-page opinion, Judge Williams writes:Subhash C. Chaudhry sued his employer, Nucor Steel-Indiana, alleging that Nucor discriminated against him in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of...

Ind. Courts - "Five state-appointed jurists face retention vote Nov. 4"

Posted on October 14, 2008
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a story today on the state judges up for retention by the voters on Nov. 4:Hoosier voters get their chance next month to retain or reject three justices of the Indiana...

Ind. Courts - Yet more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties

Posted on October 14, 2008
On Sept. 14 the ILB posted an entry that began:The ILB has had a number of entries about the Rockies Express Pipeline making its way across Indiana. The next state in its path is Ohio. Today the Dayton Daily News...

Ind. Courts - Delaware Circuit Court 3 judgeship on ballot

Posted on October 14, 2008
A story in the Muncie Star-Press today reported by Rick Yencer begins:Veteran Democratic Muncie City Court Judge Linda Wolf talks about her 29 years of experience in law and on the bench while Republican lawyer Mark Delgado counts on voters...

Ind. Courts - Senior Judge Jonathan J. Robertson has died

Posted on October 14, 2008
Senior Judge Jonathan J. Robertson died yesterday at the age of 76. The message came accompanied by this note:Judge Robertson was a friend to those of us who ever practiced in Jackson County, a wise jurist, and a tireless worker...

Ind. Decisions - More on status of remote voting sites at issue in Lake County

Posted on October 14, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from late yesterday afternoon, Bill Dolan has updated his story in the NWI Times:Monday's federal court ruling may set the stage for dueling state court decisions. Lake County Superior Court Judge Calvin Hawkins has scheduled a...

Ind. Courts - "Lake Superior Court Judge Calvin Hawkins late today ruled that the early voting in Lake County's northern cities - Gary, Hammond and East Chicago - should continue"

Posted on October 14, 2008
Updating this entry from earlier this afternoon (one of several today), John Byrne reports on the Gary Post-Tribune in a story posted late today that begins:Lake Superior Court Judge Calvin Hawkins late today ruled that the early voting in Lake...

Ind. Courts - Update on: Judge Arredondo orders early voting locations to open [Updated]

Posted on October 14, 2008
Updating the reports from this morning, Josh Kalven of Progress Illinois reports:The dispute over early voting in Lake County, IN came to a head this morning, as Lake County Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Arredondo ordered in-person absentee voting centers in...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Oct. 10, 2008

Posted on October 14, 2008
Here is the just issued transfer list for the week ending Oct. 10, 2008. It is 2 pages long. No transfers were granted last week. Over 4.5 years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back to Feb....

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