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Courts - "Jury Exemptions for Nursing Mothers"
Posted on September 02, 2008Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal reports today in a story that begins:Amid a wide blanket of legal protections for women who breastfeed in public, an increasing number of states have passed laws that exempt nursing mothers from jury...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues two Indiana decisions today
Posted on September 02, 2008In US v. Wheeler (ND Ind., Judge Miller), a 19-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:A jury convicted James Wheeler of embezzling, stealing or otherwise converting employee contributions to his company?s health insurance and 401(k) funds in violation of 18 U...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on September 02, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In Ronald Sanders, Paul Hardin, Dallas Kelp, et al. v. Board of Commissioners of Brown Co., In, et al., a 10-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:After the Brown County Board of Commissioners (?the Commissioners?) passed an...
Ind. Law - "Upon request, the veterinarian shall provide the prescription to the client"
Posted on September 02, 2008JAVMA News has a story dated Sept. 15 on state legislation enacted so far in 2008 relating to veterinary practice. A quote:Among the highlights this year, Indiana implemented a sweeping revision of its veterinary practice act, redefining the practice of...
Courts - Practice Pointer: Filing Non-Record Materials before the SCOTUS
Posted on September 02, 2008From Ben Winograd , writing in the SCOTUSBlog, an instructive entry that begins:When the Court grants certiorari in a case, it receives a copy of the record and the parties also compile a joint appendix. But what happens if counsel...
Ind. Court - Posey County Circuit Judge James Redwine writes book on 1878 lynchings
Posted on September 02, 2008Rich Davis of the Evansville Courier & Press has the story. Some quotes:MOUNT VERNON, Ind. ? One night in October 1878, a white mob stormed the jail and lynched four innocent African-American men on the public square here. * *...
Ind. Law - "Golf carts, state police policy collide"
Posted on September 02, 2008Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today has the definitive newspaper article, so far, on the golf cart issue. It begins:INDIANAPOLIS ? Hundreds of Hamilton residents use their golf carts to go to the post office, pick up...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on September 01, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Sept. 4th: 9:00 AM - Dennis Conwell v. Gray Loon Outdoor Marketing Group, Inc. - In a contract dispute relating to the redesign and posting of a website, the Vanderburgh...
Ind. Courts - Indiana appellate judges create retention website
Posted on September 01, 2008As I wrote in this ILB entry on Friday, an item on the agenda of the Commission on Court's meeting Aug. 28th was: "Public access to information concerning retention elections for judges of the Indiana supreme court, court of appeals...
Courts - "Missouri judges evaluated a new way for retention vote"
Posted on September 01, 2008William C. Lhotka of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today:Review teams of six lawyers and six laymen will provide voters with an evaluation as well as results from a survey of lawyers and opinions of jurors. Twenty-three St. Louis-area judges...
Courts - "Report cards on Kansas judges are online"
Posted on September 01, 2008Diane Carroll of the Kansas City Star reports today:What do you know about the judges in Kansas? If the answer is ?not much,? you may be interested in the ?report cards? coming out for the first time today. Evaluations will...
Ind. Courts - "Lake County civil courts to switch to random filing system"
Posted on September 01, 2008An interesting story today in the NWI Times, reported by Marisa Kwiatkowsli:Calvin Hawkins was slated to be a traveling judge when he first was appointed as a Lake County Superior Court judge in 2007. The East Chicago courthouse he took...
Ind. Law - Disregarding school bus stop arm is a misdemeanor
Posted on September 01, 2008Ken Kosby has a story today in the NWI Times:This is the first in a series of articles highlighting commonly broken laws, explaining common misconceptions about the laws and detailing what types of actions will get a person in trouble....
Ind. Courts - If approved, new local rule would give co-defendants the same judge
Posted on September 01, 2008Pablo Ros of the South Bend Tribune has a long story today that begins:SOUTH BEND ? On July 21, a few days after he charged four men with carrying out a murder, chief deputy prosecutor Ken Cotter filed a motion...
Courts - More on: "Kentucky will retain all court records forever"
Posted on September 01, 2008"Kentucky will retain all court records forever" was the headline to an April 14, 2007 report in the LCJ. This ILB entry has a quote from the no longer available online story:Kentucky will retain all court records forever, the state's...
Courts - Still more on: DOJ moves to improve immigration judges, after months of criticism
Posted on August 31, 2008This Aug. 10, 2006 ILB entry began: "Some readers may recall this Dec. 26, 2005 ILB entry, quoting from several stories critical of U.S. immigration judges. The 7th Circuit has not been reticent in criticizing the rulings of immigration judges...
Ind. Courts - "Lake County judges shy away from exclusive contracts in wake of corruption scandals"
Posted on August 31, 2008Joe Carlson and Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times have an enterprising report today looking at current counseling services contracts. The long story begins:Judges in Lake County have shied away from exclusive contracts with counseling providers, a Times review of...
Law - "Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes"
Posted on August 31, 2008That is the headline to this AP article published today in the NY Times. Some quotes:Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a Global Positioning System device in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably did not...
Ind. Courts - More on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
Posted on August 30, 2008On Thurs., Aug. 28th the ILB had an entry quoting a story about Rockies Express Pipeline suing Decatur County in federal court. Yesterday, Rockies Express filed suit in federal court against Franklin County. Here is a copy of the 9-page...
Ind. Courts - Two stories today on impact of latest report of weighted caseload measures
Posted on August 30, 2008Matt Thacker of the Jeffersonville/New Albany News & Tribune reports today: "Clark County has busiest judicial officers in state," a story that begins:Clark County has the most over-burdened judicial officers in the state, according to a report published this year...
Courts - More on: U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
Posted on August 30, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 26th, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog writes Aug. 29th in an entry that begins:The Justice Department on Friday urged the Supreme Court to leave intact a federal appeals court ruling on the scope of the...
Ind. Courts - "Shelby County court records available via online firm"
Posted on August 30, 2008From a long report by Bettina Puckett, staff writer for the Shelbyville News:The computer age has roared into Shelby County in the form of more than 136,000 Shelby County court records that now can be easily accessed and viewed on...
Ind. Courts - Issue of trying youth in juvenile court or as an adult
Posted on August 30, 2008Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star takes a long look today at the issue of trying youth in juvenile court or as an adult. He looks at four decisions made by Marion County juvenile court Judge Marilyn Moores, who has...
Ind. Decisions - One tax court opinion Aug. 28
Posted on August 29, 2008Brambles Industries v. Ind. Dept. Revenue is a sales tax case, re a sale for resale exemption on leased pallets....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 29, 2008 [Updated]
Posted on August 29, 2008Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending Aug. 29, 2008. The list contains two items, dated Aug. 22 and Aug. 27. Over 4.5 years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back to...
Ind. Courts - Report on Thursday's meeting of the Commision on Courts
Posted on August 29, 2008Last Friday, Aug. 22nd, I attended the meeting of the Commission on Courts to testify about the Indiana Code. The agenda for the next meeting, which took place yesterday, Aug. 28th, looked so interesting that I attended again, this time...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 21 NFP)
Posted on August 29, 2008For publication opinions today (4): In Countrymark Copperative, Inc.; et al. v. Joseph Hammes, Trustee of Stephen Turner , a 19-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:Countrymark Cooperative, Inc., (?Countrymark, Inc.?) and Countrymark Cooperative, LLP, (?Countrymark, LLP?) (collectively, ?Countrymark?) appeal a judgment...
Ind. Law - The golf cart issue seems to be snowballing
Posted on August 29, 2008Following up on my post Wed., August 27th, which quoted both the Indiana State Police press release on golf carts on public roads, and a clarification the ILB requested directly from the ISP spokeman, this morning I send an e-mail...
Environment- "Great Lakes Compact loophole allows bottled water"
Posted on August 29, 2008Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a great story today on the Great Lakes Compact. The story begins:Lawmakers and concerned environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the Great Lakes Compact just weeks before the historic agreement may be ratified...
Environment - More on the move to wind power - things to watch for
Posted on August 29, 2008Recently the ILB posted an entry headed "Porter County braces for future in wind power" (8/25/08) and another headed "In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption" (8/19/08). Thursday the NY Times had another interesting wind power story,...
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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?
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