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Ind. Decisions - Court grants transfer in one case, reverses grant in another

Posted on June 20, 2008
The formal transfer list should follow later today, but the ILB has received advance notice about two cases: On June 19th, the Supreme Court denied transfer in the case of Michael Hill v. State, on the basis that transfer had...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: SCOTUS decides Indiana v. Edwards

Posted on June 20, 2008
National coverage today of yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Indiana v. Edawrds (for background start here) includes this story in the Legal Times by Tony Mauro. Howard Bashman of How Appealing has collected together links to most of the...

Ind. Courts - "Rumors swirl about possible new federal judge"

Posted on June 20, 2008
Bill Dolan writes today in the NWI Times:HAMMOND | Neither the White House nor U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., will comment on possible efforts to find a new federal judge for the Northern Indiana district. The Web site for the...

Courts - "Ohio historian indicted for moving huge rock"

Posted on June 20, 2008
Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a long story that begins:An Ohio historian may be caught between a rock and some hard time. Nine months after Steven Shaffer of Ironton, Ohio, led an effort to remove...

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Ind. Law - More on: "West Lafayette will test red light cameras"; Hammond Update

Posted on June 20, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 18th, Michael Malik reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier. Here is a quote that begins about half-way through the story:West Lafayette Police Department Capt. Chris Leroux informed the city's traffic commission Wednesday that...

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

Posted on June 20, 2008
In U.S. v. Morris Carter (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 25-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Defendant Morris Carter, who served as the elected Recorder for Lake County, Indiana, was convicted for three counts of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act,...

Law - Northwestern University School of Law plans to offer 2-year program [Updated]

Posted on June 20, 2008
Jodi S. Cohen of the Chicago Tribune reports today in a story that begins:In a move that could shake up legal education, Northwestern University School of Law plans to announce Friday that it will begin offering students a chance to...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues environmental ruling late this afternoon

Posted on June 19, 2008
In Pflanz v. Foster, a 7-page, 5-0 opinion, in a case argued Dec. 6, 2007, Chief Justice Shepard writes:The question here is whether a property owner?s claim for contribution toward environmental cleanup costs is barred by the statute of limitation...

Ind. Law - Golf cart falls can be serious

Posted on June 19, 2008
The ILB has had numerous entries about cities and towns trying to decide whether golf carts may be driven on local streets, under what conditions, what safety requirements should be imposed, etc. The Leader, from Starke County had a story...

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

Posted on June 19, 2008
In U.S. v. Joseph Berndt (ND Ind., CJ Miller), a 7-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:Joseph Berndt lived in the basement of his parents? South Bend, Indiana home for over 30 years. In 2006, his parents decided to sell their...

Ind. Decisions - More on SCOTUS decides Indiana v. Edwards

Posted on June 19, 2008
More on the opinion this morning by the U.S. Supreme Court reversing the Supreme Court of Indiana: Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY, writing under the headline "Mentally ill defendants can be forced to use lawyers," reports in a story that...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 15 NFP)

Posted on June 19, 2008
For publication opinions today (4): In Steven I. Paul v. State of Indiana, a 17-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:Steven I. Paul brings his consolidated appeal of the sentence imposed by the trial court after his conviction by jury of aggravated...

Ind. Decisions - SCOTUS decides Indiana v. Edwards

Posted on June 19, 2008
Indiana v. Edwards (07-208) - Argued 3/26/2008. Whether States may adopt a higher standard for measuring competency to represent oneself at trial than for measuring competency to stand trial. [See ILB entry from March 26th here.] According to SCOTUSBlog:...

Law - "California cellphone law may be more costly than the $20 fine"

Posted on June 19, 2008
Another California story, but something to keep in mind. Indiana has no state-wide law, but Gary has an ordinance - see this Oct. 8, 2007 ILB entry. Ralph Vartabedian of the Los Angeles Times reports today in a long story...

Courts - Calif. Justices Weigh Whether Doctors, Citing Religion, Can Refuse to Treat Some Patients

Posted on June 19, 2008
Ashley Surdin of the Washington Post reports today in a lengthy story that begins:LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of its ruling on same-sex marriage, California's highest court will decide another potentially landmark civil rights case: whether doctors can refuse...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 17 NFP)

Posted on June 18, 2008
For publication opinions today (4): In Matthew Zachary v. State of Indiana , a 9-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Zachary presents a single issue for review: whether he was denied the effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel because counsel did...

Law - E-mail has changed the legal landscape

Posted on June 18, 2008
NPR's Morning Edition had an interesting story this morning titled "E-Mail, the Workplace and the Electronic Paper Trail" by Ari Shapiro. It began: E-mail and other electronic communications have dramatically changed the contemporary legal landscape. By some estimates, more than...

Environment - More on: Gary Post-Tribune examines IDEM calls to BP

Posted on June 18, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 2nd, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today in a story that begins:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has released more itemized phone records for its managers. But the agency still refuses to...

Ind. Gov't. - More on: Calumet Township Trustee v. Twp. Board disputes continue

Posted on June 18, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 4, 2006, Jon Seidel of the Gary Post Tribune reports today in a story that begins:A Lake County judge upheld a nine-year-old decision by her predecessor last week that allows the Calumet Township Board...

Ind. Courts - "Mayor owes $16,000 in legal costs from recount proceedings"

Posted on June 18, 2008
Some who read the ILB's June 14th entry headed "COA will hear oral arguments July 8 in dispute over Terre Haute mayor's office" may have wondered about the status of the controversy over the Muncie mayor's office. See this entry...

Ind. Law - "West Lafayette will test red light cameras"

Posted on June 18, 2008
Recall the recent ILB entries headed "Red light cameras legal?" - the most recent is from June 17th - about Hammond's new red light cameras ordinance? Today the Lafayette Journal-Courier's Michael Malik reports:West Lafayette is studying whether to add red...

Ind. Courts - Yet more on "New judge's hires stir up controversy"

Posted on June 18, 2008
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Harold J. Adams reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Clark County Council has scheduled a special meeting next week to reconsider its approval of controversial personnel moves by newly appointed Circuit Judge Abe Navarro...

Law - Kentucky state government changes policy on blogs

Posted on June 18, 2008
From the Lexington Herald-Leader, a brief report today:A political blogger whose Web site was blocked on state government computers by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration has settled his First Amendment lawsuit against the state. Mark Nickolas, who operated the blog...

Ind. Law - "Debriefing on the ISBA Solo & Small Firm Conference"

Posted on June 18, 2008
William D. Henderson, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana Univ. School of Law, Bloomington, and one of the editors of the Legal Profession Blog, had an entry last week on the recent ISBA Solo & Small Firm Conference. You may want...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts employment decision late this afternoon

Posted on June 17, 2008
In Indiana State University v. William C. LaFief and IDWD (Review Bd.), a 6-page, 3-2 opinion, argued Feb. 22, 2008, Chief Justice Shepard writes:The issue is whether a university professor who agreed to a fixed-term employment contract was entitled to...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 11 NFP)

Posted on June 17, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Damen Holly v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Damen Holly drove a car that was registered to someone whose driver?s license was suspended. A police officer conducted a license plate...

Ind. Courts - "County juvenile court shows off pioneering mental health diversion program"

Posted on June 17, 2008
Vicki Urbanik of the Chesterton Tribune reported yesterday in a long story that begins:Juvenile court officials from throughout Indiana gathered Friday to learn more about a Porter County program aimed at addressing the mental health needs of juvenile offenders instead...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: Special prosecutor named in attorney's fatal DUI case

Posted on June 17, 2008
Updating this entry from Oct. 27, 2007, the Indianapolis Star has a brief report today:A recent ruling by a Marion Superior Court judge likely will result in the dismissal of one of two major charges against a former state attorney...

Environment - More on: ELJ to set schedule for BP

Posted on June 17, 2008
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, two stories today on yesterday's hearing on the BP appeals. \ Gette Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune writes:INDIANAPOLIS -- Three appeals of BP Whiting's air permit won't get hearings until at least June next year. Meanwhile,...

Ind. Courts - "Court hears political robo-call case"

Posted on June 17, 2008
Oral arguments were heard yesterday by the Supreme Court in the "robo-call" case, State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al. (Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries.) Meagan Ingerson of the Indianapolis Star has this...

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