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Ind. Courts - "City Judge, Crown Point at odds over health insurance"

Posted on July 28, 2008
Diane Krieger Spivak reports today in the Gary Post Tribune:CROWN POINT -- City Judge Ken Jeffirs wants the city to provide health insurance for him. City Council members aren't quite convinced. Jeffirs, who works part-time handling the city's court cases,...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana decisions today

Posted on July 28, 2008
In US v. Grogg (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 7-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:On November 16, 2007, Clarence Grogg entered a conditional plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm in...

Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues one FP today

Posted on July 28, 2008
In Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Indiana Dept. of State Revenue, a 10-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:The issue for the Court to decide is whether Home Depot is entitled to a sales tax refund pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-2.5-6-9....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 10 NFP)

Posted on July 28, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): In Mahmoud M. Basileh v. Arwa G. Alghussain , a 17-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:After the Indiana trial court granted the motion of Arwa Alghusain (?Mother?) to transfer jurisdiction over her children?s child support matters...

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Ind. Decisions - "Company not liable in death of Lapel mother, daughter"

Posted on July 28, 2008
Shawn McGrath of the Anderson Herald Bulletin reports today on last Thursday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of John Clark, Rep. of the Estate of Cory R. Clark v. Aris, Inc., et al (see ILB entry here):The Indiana...

Ind. Courts - "Concrete lawsuits ripe for settlement"

Posted on July 28, 2008
This ILB entry from May 20, 2006 is headed "Concrete price-fix case vexes helpless consumers." This May 6, 2007 entry is headed "Indiana concrete customer lawsuits could net millions." Today, Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star reports in a story...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on July 28, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will be webcast: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will NOT be webcast: None...

Ind. Courts - More on "Advocates Against Domestic Violence Blame Denial Of Protective Order For Woman's Death"

Posted on July 27, 2008
Today's editorial in the Indianapolis Star is headed "Before tragedy strikes, courts must be tougher." Some quotes:Kerry Hyatt Blomquist, legal director of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, argues that Marion County judges too frequently rely on what's called a...

Not Law - Problem of high college textbook costs continues, students and publishers at odds

Posted on July 27, 2008
The ILB has had several past entries on the high cost of college textbooks. This entry from 2004 talks about "Students Find $100 Textbooks Cost $50, Purchased Overseas." Unfortunately, $100 would now be a real bargain. This entry from 2007...

Law - More on "Who Killed Chandra Levy?"

Posted on July 27, 2008
The Washington Post's multi-part series on the Chandra Levy murder has now concluded. Today the Post's ombudsman, Deborah Howell, begins her column:The Chandra Levy series, on Page 1 for 13 days, has provoked these kinds of comments: Lurid! Appalling! A...

Ind. Law - "Law allows ATVs on gravel roads"

Posted on July 27, 2008
Thomas B. Langhorne of the Evansville Courier & Press reported Friday:Vanderburgh County Commissioners have made it a little bit easier place to drive an off-road vehicle here. Heeding the wishes of rural residents who requested the change, the County Commissioners...

Ind. Law - "Meth chefs sharing techniques"

Posted on July 27, 2008
A quote from a lengthy story today by Abby Slutsky of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:As police have improved techniques for fighting the war on illegal drug labs, their enemies, methamphetamine cooks, have also adapted. And the new techniques for...

Ind. Decisions - More on: AG Carter will not appeal either of two recent district court rulings voiding 2008 legislation

Posted on July 27, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from July 24th, The Bedford Times-Mail editorializes today:Attorney General Steve Carter has shown a remarkable and admirable consistency in dealing with two contentious issues this summer. Twice Carter has decided not to appeal federal court rulings...

Courts - "Some Judges Stiffen Foreclosure Standards"

Posted on July 26, 2008
Amir Efrati of the WSJ reports in an article now freely available that begins:A cadre of state-court judges scrutinizing foreclosure actions in a string of recent rulings have discovered flaws in documents that borrowers may be able to use to...

Ind. Decisions - "Court of Appeals orders Democrat be sworn in as 4th Ward representative"

Posted on July 26, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision Thursday in the case of Tamara Sullivan v. Noell Krughoff, Shelby Co. Dem. Central Committee Chairperson (see July 24th ILB entry here) was the subject of a lengthy story Friday by Ron Hamilton of the...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending July 25, 2008

Posted on July 25, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending July 25. 2008. No transfers are granted. Over four years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back to Feb. 2, 2004), check "Indiana Transfer Lists"...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues two today from Indiana

Posted on July 25, 2008
In U.S. v. Lawrence, Jackson, Anderson, and Johnson (ND Ind., Judge Lozano) - a 13-page opinion, Judge Tinder writes:This case involves the consolidated appeals of Francis Lawrence, Anthony Jackson, David Anderson, and Leon Johnson, who filed motions with the...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 21 NFP)

Posted on July 25, 2008
For publication opinions today (6): Torin Herbert v. State of Indiana - "Torin Herbert appeals his convictions for class A felony dealing in cocaine, class D felony dealing in marijuana, and class D felony maintaining a common nuisance. We affirm....

Ind. Courts - Selection of Judges in St. Joe County

Posted on July 25, 2008
The South Bend Tribune has an editorial today on its county's system for selecting judges:There is strong evidence that St. Joseph County's system for selecting and retaining Superior Court judges is a sound one. Beyond a reasonable doubt, this county...

Courts - "High Court Justices Go Digital to Access Founding-Era Documents"

Posted on July 25, 2008
Some quotes from a fascinating article today by Tony Mauro of Legal Times:U.S. Supreme Court justices on both sides in the landmark D.C. v. Heller gun rights case resorted to original documents in making their case about the meaning of...

Law - Killer countertops?

Posted on July 25, 2008
"What?s Lurking in Your Countertop? " was the headline to this NY Times story by Kate Murphy yesterday. Some quotes from the lengthy story:As the popularity of granite countertops has grown in the last decade ? demand for them has...

Ind. Courts - Electronic e-filing in criminal cases tested in White County; Lake County to do civil e-filing

Posted on July 25, 2008
A press release Wednesday from Doxpop LLC announces:Doxpop LLC, CSI, and Proslink Inc. in cooperation with Judge Robert Mrzlack, Clerk Bruce Lambert and Prosecutor Robert Guy of White County, Indiana have successfully tested the first phase of a criminal electronic...

Ind. Decisions - Terre Haute paper loses $1.5 million defamation suit

Posted on July 25, 2008
Sue Loughlin of the Tribune-Star reports the story today. Some quotes:TERRE HAUTE ? A Sullivan County jury awarded a Clay County law-enforcement officer $1.5 million in damages Thursday after ruling he was defamed by stories published in the Tribune-Star...

Ind. Decisions - AG Carter will not appeal either of two recent district court rulings voiding 2008 legislation

Posted on July 24, 2008
On July 2nd, Attorney General Carter issued a release re Judge Sarah Evans Barker's July 1st ruling in Big Hat Books v. Prosecutors: Adams, et al, holding HEA 1042 unconstitutional, stating that the decision would not be appealed. Today AG...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues three Indiana opinions today

Posted on July 24, 2008
In Caskey v. Colgate-Palmolive (SD Ind., Judge Hamilton), a 15-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:After being disciplined and ultimately terminated, Tracy Caskey sued her former employer and its parent company. Caskey alleged that the defendants (1) interfered with her right...

Ind. Law - Following up on: Can you rely on the Indiana Code?

Posted on July 24, 2008
I've gotten really good reaction to my May Res Gestae article, "Can you rely on the Indiana Code - Part I." I'm working on a follow-up article and hope to incorporate / address your thoughts, concerns, examples, questions, objections, etc....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 9 NFP)

Posted on July 24, 2008
For publication opinions today (5): In John Clark, Rep. of the Estate of Cory R. Clark v. Aris, Inc., et al , a 9-page opinion, CJ Baker writes:Baer left the job site during the middle of his shift without Aris?s...

Ind. Courts - "Judge orders drug task force to return $25,000"

Posted on July 24, 2008
Continuing his reporting on the drug forfeiture investigation in Delaware County, Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press writes today: The Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force was ordered Wednesday to return $25,212 seized without a court order and spent in violation...

Ind. Courts - More on Pan Am Plaza lawsuit

Posted on July 24, 2008
Updating this ILB entry posted yesterday, Bill Ruthhart of the Indianapolis Star reports today in a story that begins:A lawsuit filed Wednesday asserts the Indiana Sports Corp. owes Marion County taxpayers $6 million for selling Pan Am Plaza. The complaint,...

Ind. Courts - Fort Wayne paper editorial on "Judging the Judges"

Posted on July 24, 2008
With two of its county judges facing unrelated charges, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long and thoughtful editorial today that should be read in full:Two Allen County judges familiar with passing judgment on people who have committed wrongdoings...

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