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Law - "In One Ohio County, Golf Carts Patrol Streets"

Posted on July 08, 2008
From NPR's All Things Considered yesterday, this story, to which you may listen here:Some sheriff deputies in Fairfield County, Ohio, are using golf carts to save gas and money. Deputies in the community of Bremen (pop. 1,200) use the electric...

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

Posted on July 08, 2008
In Mobley v. Allstate (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 30-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Plaintiff Catherine A. Mobley worked for Allstate Insurance (?Allstate?) for sixteen years before being laid off with 31 other employees in October 2003 as part...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 10 NFP)

Posted on July 08, 2008
For publication opinions today (5): In In re the Paternity of M.M.; Bryan F. v. Liana M. , a 6-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Bryan F. (?Bryan?) appeals the denial of his motion to rescind a paternity affidavit and request for...

Law - Do sex offender laws make homelessness a crime?

Posted on July 08, 2008
Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday:Georgia's sex-offender registry law should be struck down as unconstitutional because it makes being homeless a crime, a lawyer told the state's highest court on Monday. "The law is fundamentally unfair to homeless...

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Ind. Law - "Deadline looms for lenders, mortgage brokers must pass test"

Posted on July 08, 2008
Secretary of State Todd Rokita held a press conference yesterday and at least four Indianapolis newspapers have original coverage, rather than relying on a wire service. Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press reports in a story that begins:INDIANAPOLIS...

Ind. Courts - More on: Plea deal pulled in attorney sex-attack case

Posted on July 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from May 28th, the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Harrison Superior Court Judge Roger Davis has set an Aug. 19 trial date for Anthony Wallingford, a New Albany lawyer accused of criminal deviate conduct and sexual battery...

Environment - "Union Co. group again requests CAFO moratorium"

Posted on July 08, 2008
Pam Tharp reports today in the Richmond Palladium-Item:LIBERTY, Ind. -- Concerned Citizens For Union County has again asked county commissioners to recommend a moratorium on building permits for concentrated animal feeding operations. Advertisement The commissioners took no action on the...

Ind. Law - "Anderson police remain on the lookout for a man believed to have abducted his lawyer at knifepoint"

Posted on July 08, 2008
Read the latest updates here from, complete with photos, the Anderson Herald-Bulletin. A quote:Richard Lee Hudson was still at large Tuesday morning, according to Anderson Police Department Lt. Steve Olheiser. While traveling with attorney Tom Hamer, Hudson used a knife...

Indiana Law - "Indy law firm moves beyond its nightmare"

Posted on July 08, 2008
John Ketzenberger, business columnist for the Indianapolis Star, writes again today about the law firm of Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe. Some quotes:The venerable labor law firm was on the hook for an $18 million judgment that held it solely...

Ind. Courts - More on "Judicial candidate's registration in question"

Posted on July 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, quoting a story from the Louisville Courier Journal that began:Questions have been raised about whether Clark County Democratic Party Chairman Rod Pate properly registered Dan Moore as the party's nominee in November's race for...

Ind. Courts - COA will hear oral arguments today in dispute over Terre Haute mayor's office

Posted on July 08, 2008
As noted in the earlier entry this morning, The Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments at 1 PM today in the disute over Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries containing "Kevin d. Burke.") Here is a...

Courts - "Facial challenges are out, As-applied challenges are in"

Posted on July 07, 2008
That according to David G. Savage, who covers the U.S. Supreme Court for the Los Angeles Times, writing in the July 2008 issue of the ABA Journal. His article begins:The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr....

Ind. Law - Golf carts, but not ATVs in Geneva

Posted on July 07, 2008
The Tri-Weekly Berne News has this report today by Christina Stucky:The Geneva Town Council met on Tuesday night, July 1, and incoming clerk-treasurer Bill Warren was on the agenda to ask why ATVs are not included in the town ordinance...

Ind. Courts - "Longtime public defenders withdraw in Delph case"

Posted on July 07, 2008
So reports Shawn McGrath of the Anderson Herald Bulletin in a lengthy story that begins:Nearly four years after prosecutors brought murder charges against Rex David Delph, his longtime public defenders have withdrawn from the case, saying the county is unwilling...

Environment - Still more on: Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case

Posted on July 07, 2008
Updating this July 1 ILB entry on the Supreme Court of Rhode Island's decision rejecting a massive public nuisance suit against former lead-pigment manufacturers, Eric Tucker of the AP has a comprehensive story today headed "R.I. lead paint loss gives...

Ind. Courts - More on: Three justices and at least one appellate judge up for retention this year

Posted on July 07, 2008
This July 1st ILB post reported that:Three of the five members of the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Justice Brent E. Dickson, and Justice Theodore R. Boehm. must stand for retention in 2008, if they wish to remain...

Ind. Courts - Monroe County Courthouse nearly razed in the 1980s

Posted on July 07, 2008
"County courthouse at center of celebration" was the headline of a July 2 story ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times:The star of the Fourth of July parade in downtown Bloomington Friday will be the building the parade will pass by in...

Ind. Courts - From U.S. District Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen first jury trial

Posted on July 07, 2008
Joe Carlson of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:EAST CHICAGO | Although no one ever could directly prove East Chicago Mayor George Pabey ordered the firing of a city restaurant inspector in 2005 because of her...

Ind. Courts - "Judicial candidate's registration in question"

Posted on July 07, 2008
Ben Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Questions have been raised about whether Clark County Democratic Party Chairman Rod Pate properly registered Dan Moore as the party's nominee in November's race for Clark Circuit Court judge...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on July 07, 2008
Either there are no oral arguments this week, or there is a technical glitch, or someone has fallen down on the job. This morning neither the official Supreme Court oral argument calendar for July, nor the Court of Appeal calendar...

Ind. Gov't. - "Musgrave's first year as Department of Local Government Finance marked by achievements and conflicts"

Posted on July 06, 2008
Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press has a long story today on the longtime Vanderburgh County official, elevated by Governor Daniels to head the Department of Local Government Finance. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS - After outraged homeowners took to the...

Ind. Decisions - "Dams continue to age, but money to fix them in compliance with state standards is scarce"

Posted on July 06, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision June 30th (see ILB entry here) in the case of Indiana Department of Natural Resources and State of Indiana v. Lake George Cottagers Association is part of the focus today in a lengthy and comprehensive...

Ind. Law - "Fore! Winchester could allow golf carts on streets"

Posted on July 06, 2008
Joy Leiker of the Muncie Star-Press reports today:WINCHESTER -- In the wake of higher fuel prices, Hoosiers are searching for more efficient modes of transportation, and Winchester could become the next Indiana city to respond by allowing golf carts on...

Ind. Courts - "Clark County on forefront of juvenile treatment"

Posted on July 06, 2008
Tara Hettinger of the Jeffersonville Evening News & Tribune reports in a story that begins:Clark County Superior Court Judge Vicki Carmichael has seen her share of youth coming through her courtroom. ?Over the years, there are so many kids that...

Ind. Courts - Editorial: Legislature should regulate adult bookstores, not court

Posted on July 06, 2008
The Bedford Times-Mail editorializes today:Lawmakers will have to try again if they want to take on businesses that sell sexually explicit material. So far their efforts, while laudable, have not passed constitutional muster. We trust they will try again, because...

Ind. Courts - Warrick County Drunk Driving and Drug Court and the Youth Substance Abuse Program

Posted on July 06, 2008
Lydia McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today:In the 33 years that Warrick County Judge Keith Meier has worked in the criminal justice system, he's seen the correlation between crime and drugs and alcohol. In 2005, he founded...

Courts - Still more on: Hamilton Ohio Naked Prosecutor

Posted on July 05, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 18, 2006, the Cincinnati Enquirer has a story July 3rd by Janice Morse that reported:HAMILTON -- A former city prosecutor who was fired for taking nude after-hours strolls in a public building has won...

Ind. Courts - Story lauds Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington

Posted on July 05, 2008
"Prosecutor on fast track to fulfill his promises" is the headline to a lengthy story today in the Lafayette Journal Courier, by Sophia Voravang....

Ind. Law - "Helmet-law discussion gears up as motorcycle deaths rise"

Posted on July 05, 2008
Vic Ryckaert of the Indianapolis Star reports today in a story that begins:At least 12 people have died in motorcycle crashes in Indianapolis and nearby counties since April, leaving some to ask if it's time for a mandatory helmet law...

Environment - Great Lakes compact; another BP appeal

Posted on July 05, 2008
Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, has sent along two news items:Late last night [July 3rd], the Pennsylvania Senate passed the Great Lakes Compact. The governor has said he plans to sign it. With that, the Compact is...

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