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Courts - Even more on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"

Posted on June 10, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 8th, Mitch Harper of Fort Wayne Observed sends along a story from the June 7th Cincinnati Enquirer headed "Eyes taken, parents sue: West Chester couple says teen didn't want organs donated." The suit alleges...

Ind. Courts - More on: Familiar names suspended from practice

Posted on June 10, 2008
It turns out a correction is in order. Yesterday the ILB posted this entry and soon thereafter posted a comment from a reader: "A reader writes: "Just for what it's worth, I noticed that the Jasper County Circuit Judge was...

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

Posted on June 10, 2008
Kate Braser reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:The news media is being barred from attending court proceedings related to the custody cases of two children of a couple accused of murder in the death of their son, Kalab...

Ind. Courts - "On graduation day, a diploma and a cleared criminal record"

Posted on June 10, 2008
Daniel Human of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today in a story that begins:As Rachel Love walked up to a woman clad in black robes to collect her diploma Monday, the Valparaiso resident received something else beyond the standard graduation fare...

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

Posted on June 10, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 8th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:HAMMOND | Concerned about the city's adoption of red-light cameras, City Clerk Robert Golec said he will raise the issue at...

Ind. Courts - More on: Robert Cantrell found guilty on all charges

Posted on June 10, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from last weekend, stories today on what's next. Joe Carlson's story in the NWI Times is headed "Will political operative 'flip'?" Not like, says the story. In addition, it points up the identity issue Andy Grimm...

Ind. Law - More on: Clark County attorney works for State Department as a contract lawyer

Posted on June 10, 2008
Updating yesterday's story, today Ben Zion Hershberg and Rick Rojas of the Louisville Courier Journal report:After two years of working in Sudan and Afghanistan -- helping to develop the legal systems there for the U.S. State Department -- Jeremy Mull...

Ind. Courts - More on: Johnson County court cancelled

Posted on June 10, 2008
Updating this entry from Monday morning, the Indianapolis Star reports today, in a story by Brendan O'Shaughnessy and Jason Thomas:A number of Johnson County employees were put on standby as officials searched for a temporary home after the Courthouse Annex...

Ind. Law - "Barnes & Thornburg LLP Establishes Practice Group Focused on Nanotechnology Opportunities"

Posted on June 09, 2008
A press release today begins:INDIANAPOLIS, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The anticipated impact of nanotechnology upon society is frequently referred to as the "second industrial revolution." Recognizing the potential that nanotechnology has to affect business and industry in the near future,...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)

Posted on June 09, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Martha S. Pressley v. Newburgh Town Council, a 12-page opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:Martha S. Pressley appeals the trial court?s grant of summary judgment in favor of Newburgh Town Council (Town Council) and Town...

Ind. Courts - Familiar names suspended from practice

Posted on June 09, 2008
Ed Feigenbaum's Indiana Legislative Insight ($$$) for June 9, 2008, contains these interesting items re attorneys suspended for failure to pay the annual fees and/or keep up with CLE requirements:Fees. Among those suspended from the practice of law by...

Courts - "Cook County Circuit Court has been turned into a frenetic debt collections machine"

Posted on June 09, 2008
This long story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Ameet Sachdev, begins:Cook County Circuit Court has been turned into a frenetic debt collections machine, a reflection of easy credit gone sour and a collections industry determined to get paid...

Ind. Law - Clark County attorney works for State Department as a contract lawyer

Posted on June 09, 2008
Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today in a story that begins:Jeremy Mull knew he wasn't in Indiana anymore when he drove to the entrance of a remote United Nations base in Sudan and encountered a pile...

Ind. Decisions - "Indiana high court refuses to hear Boney appeal"

Posted on June 09, 2008
Janelle MacDonald of Louisville's WAVE 3 reports:It looks like the end of appeals for convicted Camm family killer Charles Boney. Boney is serving 225 years for the September 28th, 2000 murders of Kim, Brad and Jill Camm at their home...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on June 09, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, June 12th: 9:00 AM - State v. Raymond Washington - Washington was stopped by police for a traffic infraction and asked whether he had guns, drugs or anything that might...

Ind. Courts - Johnson County court cancelled

Posted on June 09, 2008
From :The Indy Channel, 6 News:Cleanup will take months in Franklin. Officials in Johnson County scheduled a meeting Monday to come up with a recovery plan. Numerous city and county offices, along with hundreds of families are affected. The Franklin....

Ind. Law - More on "Red light cameras legal?"

Posted on June 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 4th, Susan Brown of the NWI Times has a comprehensive story today on the red light camera issue. Some quotes:HAMMOND | City leaders last week entered the murky world Indiana lawmakers have faced for...

Courts - Still more on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"

Posted on June 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 28th, which includes a quote from the Washington Post that begins:The Albrechts' discovery that they had buried their son without his brain has led to a federal class-action suit that could cost local governments...

Environment - "Had IDEM listened, no need for appeal"

Posted on June 08, 2008
So reads the headline to an editorial this Sunday in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:The challenge to BP's air permit is a serious challenge, based on science and predicated on the idea that pollution will happen but should be diminished...

Ind. Courts - New Family Resource Center opening Monday in the Indy City-County Building

Posted on June 08, 2008
Jon Murray reports today in the Indianapolis Star in a story that begins:The scenario happens too often: A divorce or paternity case languishes in a Marion County court for months. Animosity builds by the day. A judge feels ill-suited to...

Ind. Courts - Still more on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"

Posted on June 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 1st, the Richmond Palladium-Item had a related article yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- An 830-mile natural gas pipeline that will span all of Indiana will comply with several provisions to protect owners of agricultural land...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on suspended Bloomington attorney

Posted on June 08, 2008
Updating this entry from yesterday, a reader has sent along this story from Saturday's Bloomington Herald-Times ($$$), reported by Sarah Morin:Attorney Elizabeth Cure, a candidate for judge in the fall election, distanced herself from her former law partner, David Colman,...

Law - More on: DOJ moves to improve immigration judges, after months of criticism

Posted on June 07, 2008
This Aug. 10, 2006 ILB entry is essential background for today's entry. Today's entry is a speech given by Judge Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, on April 21st before the Chicago Bar Association, Administrative Law Judges...

Ind. Decisions - more on suspended Bloomington attorney

Posted on June 07, 2008
A story today in the Indianapolis Star by Will Higgins, headed "Frugal yardman?s gift to IU garden: $650K," contains a section that rang a bell with the ILB:The worst was yet to come. After his fall, unable to return to...

Ind. Courts - Robert Cantrell found guilty on all charges [Updated]

Posted on June 07, 2008
Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times:HAMMOND | East Chicago political operative Robert Cantrell was convicted on all 11 of the federal fraud counts in the public corruption indictment against him. After about five and a half hours of...

Environment - More on "Flares at heart of BP air permit appeal"

Posted on June 07, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from June 1st, Daniel Human of the Gary Post-Tribune reports about decision in Illinois in a lengthy story that begins:A recent EPA ruling in Illinois might set a precedent that could help environmentalists in their appeal...

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

Posted on June 06, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): In Old Republic Insurance Company v. RLI Insurance Company, et al , a 17-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:Old Republic Insurance Company (?Old Republic?) appeals the trial court?s order denying Old Republic?s motion for summary judgment...

Ind. Law - More on: "Bloomfield to 'test' golf carts on the streets this weekend"

Posted on June 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Thursday, first, see the photo, then the description:To protest what he thinks is an absurdity in the state and local laws banning golf carts, Bloomfield Town Councilman Aaron Hamm drove a motorized beer cooler to...

Ind. Gov't. - "Dem AG candidate questions hired gun in E.C. RICO case"

Posted on June 06, 2008
Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times has this story today that begins:INDIANAPOLIS | Democrat Linda Pence kicked off her campaign for state attorney general Thursday by criticizing the current GOP administration for reaching across state lines for help in the...

Ind. Courts - "Riga: Cash payments hid Cantrell money trail"

Posted on June 06, 2008
Joe Carlson of the NWI Times reports again today on the Cantrell trial in Lake County federal court in a story that begins:HAMMOND | Disgraced former Judge Deborah Riga said Thursday that Robert Cantrell was not shy about using cash...

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