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Ind. Law - Even more on "Red light cameras legal?"

Posted on June 17, 2008
Updating earlier ILB entries on red light cameras, the most recent being this one from June 10th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times reports today:HAMMOND | The State Board of Accounts and the Indiana Supreme Court will be putting the...

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

Posted on June 17, 2008
Updating this entry from yesterday, Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today under the headline "Clark council may block court hirings: Colleagues assail Clark judge's action." Some quotes:The Clark County Council signaled yesterday that it may reverse its...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on June 16, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Monday, June 16th: 1:00 PM - State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al - This case involves the attempted enforcement of the Indiana Autodialer Law, see Indiana Code...

Ind. Decisions - Two today from the 7th Circuit

Posted on June 16, 2008
In McCarthy v. Astrue, Comm. of SS (SD Ind., Judge Young), a 7-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:McCarty filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, which issued a final order dated March 9,...

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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 8 NFP)

Posted on June 16, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): In Donald Baker v. Catherine Ipock (NFP), a 5-page opinion, Judge Bradford affirms the lower court's denial of Baker's petition to modify his child support obligation:Baker claims that the trial...

Courts - "Judges are banning terms such as 'rape' and 'victim' as prejudicial to defendants"

Posted on June 16, 2008
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has a lengthy story today that reports:Call it the age of the Loaded Word. A steadily increasing number of courts across the United States are prohibiting witnesses and victims from uttering certain words...

Ind. Courts - More on: Judicial Nominating Commission to consider St. Joseph vacancy

Posted on June 16, 2008
Updating this entry from June 10th, a new press release announces:Any St. Joseph County lawyer who wishes to be considered by the Governor as a candidate for an upcoming judicial vacancy on the St. Joseph Superior Court must act promptly...

Ind. Courts / Ind. Gov't. - Corruption in Lake County

Posted on June 16, 2008
Both Northwest Indiana newspapers have stories today focusing on corruption in Lake County. Joe Carlson of the NWI Times writes under the headline "Robert Cantrell was 45th conviction in political machine." The story begins:If the public corruption conviction against Robert...

Environment - ELJ to set schedule for BP

Posted on June 16, 2008
Gette Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:A judge will likely determine today how and when three appeals of BP Whiting's air permit will proceed. At a prehearing conference in Indianapolis today, environmental groups, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management...

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

Posted on June 16, 2008
Updaitng this ILB entry from June 14th, Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a lengthy story that begins:A staff shakeup by new Clark Circuit Court Judge Abraham Navarro, a Republican, has prompted an outcry from...

Ind. Law - "Misinformation about flood insurance leaves some with nothing"

Posted on June 15, 2008
That is the headline to a lengthy story today in the Terre Haute Tribune Star that begins:TERRE HAUTE ? When Denise Hutcheson tried to buy flood insurance for her home at 1433 S. Fruitridge Ave. last year, she was told...

Ind. Gov't. - "Department of Local Government Finance at the center of property tax upheaval"

Posted on June 15, 2008
That is the headline to this long and fascinating opinion piece today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, written by Karen Francisco. Just a sample:One of the agency?s highest-profile missteps was on display last week, when the commissioner backed off...

Courts - "A lesson for every Internet user: Nothing is private"

Posted on June 15, 2008
An editorial today in the Seattle Times begins:THE roiling water in which Judge Alex Kozinski finds himself should be a lesson for every Internet user: Nothing is private. Kozinski, the chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,...

Ind. Courts - More on "Media barred from Lay custody trial"

Posted on June 15, 2008
The Evansville Courier & Press has a lengthy editorial today on the Court of Appeals grant of a motion for a temporary stay, filed by Amanda Brooks Lay's attorney, barring the media from attending court proceedings related to the custody...

Ind. Courts - Star on "Indiana high court takes up 'robo' calls" next Monday

Posted on June 15, 2008
The Sunday Indy Star column, Behind Closed Doors, has this item today on tomorrows oral arguments in the case of State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al.. Some quotes:A dispute over whether a state law can ban...

Not exactly law - "C-SPAN founder's life is an open book"

Posted on June 15, 2008
Well, I've just ordered my copy. Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau today reviews a biography of C-SPAN founder, and Lafayette native, Brian Lamb. The story begins:WASHINGTON -- C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, who conducted 800 author interviews while...

Ind. Courts - More on Supreme Court's case management system plans

Posted on June 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from May 11th on the status of the Supreme Court's case management system, the Court's working committee, JTAC, has posted this slideshow given at the May 1, 2008 Probate Officers Annual Meeting. Particularly interesting to the...

Ind. Law - Still more on: How much can you rely on what is in the Indiana Code?

Posted on June 14, 2008
In this May 12th ILB entry I posted the draft version of an article I wrote to be published in the May issue of Res Gestae. And in this May 14th entry, I gave an example from the article. The...

Ind. Decisions - COA will hear oral arguments July 8 in dispute over Terre Haute mayor's office

Posted on June 14, 2008
Arthur Foulkes of the Terre Haute Tribune Star writes today about a "a face-to-face showdown in front of the Indiana Court of Appeals next month." Some brief quotes from a lengthy article:The appeals court has agreed to hear oral arguments...

Ind. Decisions - "Two counties must pay $75M owed to state"

Posted on June 14, 2008
Yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of Marion County and St. Joseph County v. State of Indiana; Tim Berry; Richard Mourdock, et al (see ILB summary here), is the subject of a brief story today in the Indianapolis...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court issues 3 year suspension

Posted on June 14, 2008
The Supreme Court's ruling In the Matter of Douglas W. Patterson (see ILB summary from Friday) is the subject of a story today in the Evansville Courier & Press, reported by Kate Braser. The story begins:An Evansville attorney has been...

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

Posted on June 14, 2008
Melissa Moody of the New Albany News&Tribune reports today in a story that begins:New Clark County Circuit Court Judge Abe Navarro this week requested appropriations from the County Council to shift job responsibilities within his office ? and the outcome...

Law - Interesting procedural details of NCAA infraction hearing

Posted on June 14, 2008
Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star had a lengthy, detailed story Friday on the NCAA Committee on Infractions meeting Friday to "deliberate charges of four potentially major rules violations against the IU men's basketball program." Some quotes:How does the hearing...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending June 13, 2008?

Posted on June 14, 2008
The ILB has not yet received Friday's transfer list, assuming there was one....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 15 NFP)

Posted on June 13, 2008
More details to follow For publication opinions today (7): In Marion County and St. Joseph County v. State of Indiana; Tim Berry; Richard Mourdock, et al, a 19-page opinion, Judge May writes:For many years, Indiana counties have been required to...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues 3 year suspension

Posted on June 13, 2008
In the Matter of Douglas W. Patterson is a 6-page, 5-0 per curiam opinion:This matter is before the Court on the report of the hearing officer appointed by this Court to hear evidence on the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary...

Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Indiana high court takes up 'robo' calls" next Monday

Posted on June 13, 2008
Re the list of briefs in Monday's oral argument in State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al - I've just received a 5th brief, that of Appellee American Family Voices, and posted it along with the others,...

Ind. Decisions - "Local traffic stop in justices' laps"

Posted on June 13, 2008
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case of State v. Raymond Washington (see ILB preview here), and the hearing is reported today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette by Niki Kelly. Some quotes:Raymond Washington Jr. and a...

Ind. Decisions - "Permit for trash station near Mount Baldy upheld"

Posted on June 13, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision yesterday (Thursday) in the case of Board of Commissioners of LaPorte County, Board of Commissioners of Porter County, Town of Beverly Shores, et al v. Great Lakes Transfer, LLC, and IDEM (see ILB entry here)...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Physical discipline of child not abuse"

Posted on June 13, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Thursday on the Supreme Court's 4-1 decision Tuesday in the case of Sophia Willis v. State of Indiana (see ILB entry from Tuesday here, 2nd case), is the subject of a story today in the...

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