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Law - "Technical glitch" necessitates farm bill do-over

Posted on May 26, 2008
This ILB entry is not about the pros or cons of the farm bill, but about how a technical glitch can impact an enrolled bill, and is aimed at pulling this information together for legislative process wonks. (It also serves...

Law - "Exemptions for Charities Face New Challenges"

Posted on May 26, 2008
So reads the headline to this lengthy, front-page story by Stephanie Strom in today NY Times. Some quotes:RED WING, Minn. ? Authorities from the local tax assessor to members of Congress are increasingly challenging the tax-exempt status of nonprofit institutions...

Courts - Chicago courtroom artist who covered Chicago 7 and Gacy trials writes book

Posted on May 26, 2008
Natasha Korecki, federal courts reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, writes today:[Courtroom artist Andy Austin] uses more than illustrations to take readers on a historical tour of famous Chicago trials. She proves herself a sharp observer -- a true reporter --...

Ind. Courts - "Clark's chief deputy prosecutor to retire"

Posted on May 26, 2008
Harold J. Adams reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:William Clifton Grimes has spent more than 26 years as a prosecutor, including eight years in the commonwealth's attorney's office in Louisville and the past eighteen...

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Courts - Two interesting recent NYT stories on courts and judiciary

Posted on May 25, 2008
The lede to Linda Greenhouse's May 23rd story in the NYT: "Where have all the 5-to-4 decisions gone? And whatever happened to the ?Kennedy Court??" A quote:Something is happening, clearly. The question is what. The caveats against drawing any hard...

Ind. Gov't. - "Officials debate whether to reboot Lake government's computer provider"

Posted on May 25, 2008
Bill Dolan has an interesting report today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:CROWN POINT | Workers still were feeding floppy disks into Commodore 64 personal computers and the Internet was just a rumor in 1992, the year Lake County officials...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court bars Geoffrey N. Fieger from temporary admission

Posted on May 24, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, the South Bend Tribune has an AP story today that begins:The Indiana Supreme Court banned a high-profile Michigan attorney from seeking temporary admission to the Indiana bar for two years Friday because of professional...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"

Posted on May 24, 2008
A story today in the Indianapolis Star by John Russell and Erika D. Smith clarifies two fragments of the story posted in separate entries yesterday (here and here) by the ILB. Some quotes from the Star story:A coal-burning plant in...

Ind. Decisions - More on: "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"

Posted on May 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today re the Gallagher plant in New Albany, the Indianapolis Star this afternoon has this report on another jury decision, this one involving the Wabash River plant in Vigo County:A federal court jury in...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending May 23, 2008

Posted on May 23, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending May 23, 2008. Over four years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back to Feb. 2, 2004), check "Indiana Transfer Lists" under "Categories" below, or...

Ind. Decisions - Another Supreme Court decision today

Posted on May 23, 2008
Troy Monroe v. State of Indiana - Transfer was granted, with opinion by Justice Rucker, today in this sentencing case....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 24 NFP)

Posted on May 23, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Irmscher Suppliers, Inc. v. Capital Crossing Bank, a 9-page opinion, Judge Crone writes:Irmscher Suppliers, Inc. (?Irmscher?), appeals the trial court?s final judgment of foreclosure in favor of Capital Crossing Bank (?Capital Crossing?)...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court bars Geoffrey N. Fieger from temporary admission

Posted on May 23, 2008
In the Matter of Geoffrey N. Fieger is an 8-page 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 Commission's "Verified...

Ind. Courts - More on "Supreme Court hears appeal of ex-trooper's murder convictions"

Posted on May 23, 2008
Updating yesterday's entry, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has this longish report today on yesterday's oral arguments that begins:The jury that convicted David Camm of killing his family should have been told that his co-defendant had a...

Courts - Still more on "Pa. justices won raise for upholding slots law, lawsuit claims"

Posted on May 23, 2008
This ILB entry from May 21st included this quote from the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: "The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the League of Women Voters 'slanders' the court and its former chief justice in a federal...

Environment - "Judge sets June 16 prehearing on BP air permit appeals"

Posted on May 23, 2008
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:The scene is set for a standoff between environmentalists and BP this summer. A judge scheduled June 16 prehearings on three appeals of BP Whiting's air permit Thursday. At three separate hearings in...

Ind. Decisions - "Liability in office battery argued" before Supreme Court

Posted on May 23, 2008
Niki Kelly reports today on yesterday's oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Debra Barnett v. Camille Clark - see ILB entries from earlier this week here and here. Some quotes:The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday...

Ind. Decisions - "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"

Posted on May 23, 2008
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reports this morning in a story that begins:Jurors decided yesterday that improvements at the Gallagher power plant in New Albany, Ind., a decade ago did not trigger a requirement for additional pollution controls...

Ind. Courts - Interim Legislative Committees to study court issues

Posted on May 23, 2008
Ed Ronco of the South Bend Tribune reports today:Whether St. Joseph County judges should be elected will get a closer look from state legislators this summer, along with a host of other issues. The Indiana General Assembly formed its interim...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: Carroll County judges find their voice

Posted on May 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, May 22nd, which reported that negotiations were underway, today the Lafayette Journal & Courier has a story headed "Carroll County Council, judges reach compromise on budget." Some quotes:DELPHI -- The Carroll County Council found...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues two late this afternoon

Posted on May 22, 2008
In Rosalio Pedraza v. State of Indiana, a 7-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Appellant Rosalio Pedraza contends that the trial court improperly used the same prior conviction both as an element of one of his present offenses and as...

Ind. Courts - "Four eye Clark judicial post: Governor's appointee will fill rest of term"

Posted on May 22, 2008
So reads the headline to a story by Ben Zion Hershberg in today's Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:As Clark County Circuit Court held a retirement party yesterday for Judge Daniel Donahue, Gov. Mitch Daniels' office was considering which of two...

Ind. Courts - "Supreme Court hears appeal of ex-trooper's murder convictions"

Posted on May 22, 2008
Two stories now have been posted on this morning's oral arguments in the David Camm murder appeal. Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press wrote this report -- some quotes:Lawyers this morning have finished making their arguments to the...

Ind. Courts - "Special judge named to preside over bribery case"

Posted on May 22, 2008
From a story today by Rick Yencer in the Muncie Star-Press:A special judge has been named in the high-profile bribery cases of attorney Michael Alexander, 61, and his longtime investigator Jeff Hinds, 41. Advertisement Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian D...

Ind. Courts - "Judge passes first confirmation hurdle" to SD Indiana seat

Posted on May 22, 2008
Maureen Groppe of the Star Washington Bureau reports that "the nomination of U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence to serve as U.S. District Court Judge for Indiana's southern district" was passed out of U.S. Senate committee and on to the...

Ind. Decisions - "7th Circuit Ruling a Big Win for Mutual Fund Advisers"

Posted on May 22, 2008
Zach Lowe of The American Lawyer reports on the 7th Circuit's decision Monday, May 19th in the case of Jones v. Harris Associates, in a story that begins:A federal appeals court judge ruled on Monday that courts should not cap...

Law - E-mails and the statutes of frauds

Posted on May 22, 2008
Although based on New York law, this article, "E-Mail Meets the Statute of Frauds", by Stephen M. Kramarsky New York Law Journal, takes a good look at an issue of growing importance....

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

Posted on May 22, 2008
In Gregory Samuelson v. LaPorte Community School (ND Ind., CJ Miller), a 17-page opinion, Judge Ripple affirms the district court's grant of summary judgment on Samuelson's First Amendment claims. A. We first consider whether LSC?s chain-of-command policy, Guideline 1110,...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)

Posted on May 22, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Kevin Moncrief v. State of Indiana (NFP)...

Ind. Courts - More on: Carroll County judges find their voice

Posted on May 22, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from May 6th, the Carroll County Comet's reporter, Debbie Lowe, had a story May 14th headed "Judges employ modern technology to plead their case." Carroll County judges Donald Currie and Jeffrey Smith are having a difference...

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