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Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit posts two additional Indiana opinions
Posted on September 12, 2008Judge Posner cites Gary newpaper's reporter. In US v. Tanner, Scott and Foster (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 9-page opinion, Judge Posner writes:The defendants were convicted of federal drug and gun crimes, and appeal. Only Foster?s appeal need be considered;...
Ind. Decisions - Court grants transfer in one case
Posted on September 12, 2008The formal transfer list should follow early Monday, but the ILB has received advance notice of one case granted transfer at the Court's conference yesterday, Sept. 11th: Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. U.S. Steel Group, issued by the COA...
Ind. Courts - Three Indiana opinions today from the 7th Circuit
Posted on September 12, 2008In US v. Steven Smith (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 14-page opinion, Judge Ripple writes:Steven Smith was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The district court...
Law - "Settlement Over Target's Web Site Marks a Win for ADA Plaintiffs"
Posted on September 12, 2008Evan Hill of The Recorder published this story August 28th. It caught my eye at the time, but today there are several new ADA stories to go with it. From the Target story:Resolving a lawsuit that caught the attention of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on September 12, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In Diana Gonzalez v. Edward Gonzalez , an 8-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:Diana Gonzalez (?Mother?) appeals the dissolution court?s order regarding the legal custody of two of her minor children with Edward Gonzalez (?Father?)...
Environment - Poultry waste to receive unprecedented scrutiny in Maryland
Posted on September 12, 2008David A. Fahrenthold of the Washington Post reports today in a story that begins:Maryland regulators today will announce the tightest-ever controls on what Eastern Shore poultry farmers do with their birds' waste, officials said yesterday, adopting a tougher stance toward...
Courts - CJ Roberts attends Notre Dame practice
Posted on September 12, 2008From the South Bend Tribune, a brief AP story. Some quotes:U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stopped by the University of Notre Dame on Thursday to watch the Fighting Irish football team practice. * * * Roberts told [Coach...
Law - "Amazon gets into wine"
Posted on September 11, 2008This should be interesting. The Wall Street Journal has this brief story today, by Mylene Mangalindan and Julia Flynn Siler. Some quotes:A wine trade organization said Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. plans to start selling wine from Napa Valley and other...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer petition filed re Myers' murder conviction
Posted on September 11, 2008"Lawyers asking courts to overturn John Myers conviction" is the headline to a story today ($$) by Laura Lane in the Bloomington Herald-Times. Some quotes:MARTINSVILLE ? Lawyers representing the man convicted of killing Bloomington resident and Indiana University student Jill...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides two Indiana cases today
Posted on September 11, 2008In US v. Zaragoza (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 14-page opinion, Judge Manion writes:Rafael Zaragoza was charged, along with ten co-defendants, with conspiring to possess methamphetamine (?meth?) with the intent to distribute it. Following a four-day trial at which...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on September 11, 2008For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Adell Lyles v. State of Indiana (NFP)...
Law - "Ky. high court weighing how to apply new self-defense law"
Posted on September 11, 2008"Lethal force", "no retreat", "castle law", there are a lot of different names for the law Indiana and Kentucky both passed in 2006. Here is a quote from a June 21st story about an Indiana incident:Experts said that, according to...
Ind. Courts - More on: Deborah A. Rigi suspended pendente lite
Posted on September 11, 2008Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Andy Grimm of the Gary Post Tribune has a story today that begins:Just two weeks before she is scheduled to report to federal prison, the state Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has suspended the law license of...
Ind. Decisions - "Judge bars man from city offices"
Posted on September 11, 2008Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune has an interesting story today that begins:A judge has barred a man from most city of South Bend municipal offices for at least three years, ruling that he repeatedly frightened employees and kept...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 10, 2008In Craig and Craig v. Ontario Corp. (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 9-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:Charles Craig worked for Ontario Corporation and participated in its employee stock option plan. Under the plan, he was entitled to transfer some...
Ind. Gov't. - Request for school emails containing "an individual?s name and one or more of 58 listed words" rejected
Posted on September 10, 2008The Public Access Counselor on July 9, 2008, issued a response to Informal Inquiry 08-INF-23 regarding Carmel Clay Schools. The question, from a law firm representing the school, related to "a request for any documents, including emails, associated with...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Public records not released from Jeffersonville's Clerk-Treasurer's Office"
Posted on September 10, 2008Updating this ILB entry from August 10th, quoting a story in the Jeffersonville Evening News & Tribune about a public records records complaint against the city?s Clerk-Treasurer?s Office, alleging denial of public records -- the records being statements for the...
Ind. Law - "Indiana legislators tackle illegal immigration again"
Posted on September 10, 2008Niki Kelly reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette under the headline "Legal minds at odds over immigration edicts." The story begins:If lawmakers considering whether Indiana should wade into the murky area of immigration law were looking for clarity...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on September 10, 2008For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Invol. Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of D.J., K.P., and K.R., et al v. Marion Co. Dept. of Child Services and Child Advocates (NFP) - "Having concluded that the evidence is...
Ind. Courts - "Panel to rule on Allen judge's outburst"
Posted on September 10, 2008This story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, by Rebecca S. Greene, reports that:The Indiana Supreme Court appointed a three-judge panel to hear a complaint of judicial misconduct against Allen Superior Court Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger. Last week, the...
Ind. Courts - "Judge rules on Winchester courthouse variance"
Posted on September 10, 2008"[N]o setback ever was needed" Today, from the Muncie Star-Press:WINCHESTER ? A special judge has finally settled the issue of whether the Randolph County Courthouse ever needed a variance for its much-beleagered construction project. The ruling, from John Forcum of...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion today from 7th Circuit
Posted on September 09, 2008In RLI Insurance v. Conseco (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 16-page opinion, Judge Manion writes:RLI Insurance Company (?RLI?) filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination of its obligation, if any, to defend Conseco, Inc., and various individual defendants...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 09, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In David E. Schacht v. Pamela K. Schacht , a 17-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:David E. Schacht (?Father?) appeals the trial court?s grant of a petition to modify child support and educational expenses filed by...
Ind. Courts - Deborah A. Rigi suspended pendente lite
Posted on September 09, 2008Among the newly posted Supreme Court orders is this one, dated Sept. 4, re former Lake County judge Deborah Riga. The scanned, one-page document provides in part that:Respondent be immediately suspended from the practice of law in this State, pending...
Ind. Courts - Issues re the expedited appeal regarding juvenile placement and / or services
Posted on September 09, 2008One of the items on the agenda of this week's 2008 Indiana Judicial Conference is titled "HEA 1001 Progress Report." The description:Learn from Indiana's experts about the procedures and forms being developed to implement HEA 1001. This discussion will cover...
Courts - Federal Court in Florida throws out anti-Starbucks-type zoning ordinances
Posted on September 09, 2008The ILB has posted a number of entries about anti-big box zoning ordinances considered by Indiana communities. Today Howard Bashman of How Appealing notes two Florida district court opinions and an AP story that begins: Federal appeals judges say zoning...
Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court Adopts 2009 Judicial Code of Conduct"
Posted on September 09, 2008A press release dated Sept. 8th announces:The Indiana Supreme Court is adopting a new Code of Judicial Conduct. Indiana is the second state to adopt new judicial ethics rules based on the new national model of the American Bar Association....
Ind. Courts - "What time is it? Check the courthouse clock"
Posted on September 09, 2008Nick Schneider of the Greene County Daily World reported yesterday:The clock on the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield is working again after at least a decade of working only sporadically. The electric clock is not ticking, but it is quietly...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Judge rules for $4.5 million settlement"
Posted on September 09, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 5th, IUPUI has issued a news release headed "Inmate Freed With Help of IU School of Law-Indianapolis Students Gets $4.5 Million Civil Settlement." Some quotes:Seven years ago, with the help of IU School of...
Ind. Courts - Dearborn Superior Court Judge Michael G. Witte honored
Posted on September 09, 2008Dearborn Superior Court Judge Michael G. Witte will be the 2008 recipient of the Indiana University Asian Alumni Association's Distinguished Asian Pacific American Alumni Award, according to a release issued by Indiana University.Some quotes:This award recognizes outstanding professional achievements and...
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