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Ind. Courts - Unsolved Tippecanoe County Courthouse bombing nearly ten years old
Posted on May 11, 2008"Time is ticking on courthouse cold case" is the headline to this Sophia Voravong report today in the Lafayette Journal & Courier. Some quotes:Just after 10:09 p.m. on Aug. 2, 1998, sheriff's Deputy Tom Lehman was dispatched to investigate reports...
Ind. Gov't. - "Same-sex benefits decision tabled" at Univ. Southern Indiana
Posted on May 11, 2008Kate Braser's report today in the Evansville Courier & Press includes these quotes:The University of Southern Indiana board of trustees opted not to vote on a resolution Saturday that would have extended employment benefits to same-sex domestic partners...
Ind. Decisions - Yet more on: Lethal injection case heard before SCOTUS
Posted on May 11, 2008Following on earlier ILB entries on lethal injection, from Yahoo News today: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do. Stevens's comments...
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court rules laser hair removal is not health care"
Posted on May 10, 2008The May 8th Court of Appeals opinion in the case of OB-GYN Associates of Northern Indiana, P.C. v. Tammy Ransbottom (see ILB summary here - 5th case) is the subject of a story today by Jeff Parrott of the South...
Ind. Courts - Lake Superior Court judge's signature allegedly forged on order
Posted on May 10, 2008Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times reports:CROWN POINT | A former probation department secretary forged a Lake Superior Court judge's signature to stop the garnishment of her wages, according to a Lake County police report. The garnishment was ordered out...
Ind. Courts - "Chris Teagle to succeed Lennington on bench"
Posted on May 10, 2008Rick Yencer reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:MUNCIE -- Republican attorney Chris M. Teagle next week will succeed Democrat Wayne Lennington as judge of Delaware Circuit Court 5. Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the appointment Friday afternoon, hours before a local...
Ind. Courts - "Colleagues put retiring judge Wayne Lennington on hot seat"
Posted on May 10, 2008For background, see this ILB entry from May 3rd, headed "Lennington scandal could play role in race for Delaware Circuit Court 5." Today Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports:Three generations of Lenningtons have practiced law or served as Delaware...
Ind. Gov't. - "GOP's Zoeller declares for attorney general race"
Posted on May 10, 2008The Louisville Courier Journal reports:New Albany native Greg Zoeller said yesterday that he has filed his formal "declaration of candidacy" for state attorney general with the Indiana Republican State Committee. Advertisement Zoeller is chief deputy to Indiana Attorney General Steve...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal court grants preliminary injunction re judicial speech rights
Posted on May 10, 2008Updating this ILB entry from May 6th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today headed "Free speech for judges":The Indiana Supreme Court should accept the message in a ruling by a Fort Wayne federal judge in a case...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending May 9, 2008
Posted on May 09, 2008Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending May 9, 2008. There were two transfers granted this week. They are summarized in this ILB entry from May 8th. Over four years of Transfer Lists: For other...
Ind. Decisions - More on: State loses auto-dialer case in trial court
Posted on May 09, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 15, 2008, the ILB has received a press release from attiorney James Bopp, Jr. that begins:Today, the Indiana Democratic Party and the Indiana Republican Party asked the Indiana Supreme Court to allow them to...
Law - "Empty Homes Spur Cities' Suits: Banks, lenders sued to recover costs"
Posted on May 09, 2008Julie Kay of The National Law Journal has an interesting article today that begins:Homeowners aren't the only ones claiming they were victimized by the subprime foreclosure debacle sweeping the nation. Cities now dealing with scores of abandoned, foreclosed homes have...
Environment - More on: Dangers in commencing construction before permit is final
Posted on May 09, 2008Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has more today on the BP sir permit. Christine Kraly of the NWI Times also has a story, titled "Appeal to BP permit in the works?," and...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 19 NFP)
Posted on May 09, 2008Yesterday the Court of Appeals posted 29 opinions, today there are 24 more. Get out your reading glasses! For publication opinions today (5): In Belden, Inc., and Belden Wire & Cable v. American Electronic Components, Inc., a 22-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Courts - Results of the Feb. 2008 Indiana bar exam available online
Posted on May 09, 2008Access them here....
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Howard County Judge accuses deputy prosecutor of drug use"
Posted on May 08, 2008Updating this ILB entry from May 3rd, the Kokomo Perspective has an editorial today that begins:Judge Stephen Jessup has made a career out of inconsistency on and off the bench, and his latest act -- admitting in open court to...
Ind. Law - Still more on: "Booksellers incensed over sexual content law"
Posted on May 08, 2008Not only booksellers, but the Indianapolis Museum of Art, according to this longish story by Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star, updating his earlier story from yesterday. Today's story begins:The Indianapolis Museum of Art, which sells art books containing images...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 24 NFP)
Posted on May 08, 2008More details to follow For publication opinions today (5): In Town of Georgetown v. Edwards Community, Inc. et al , an 11-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:The Town of Georgetown (?the Town?) appeals the order of the Floyd Circuit Court imposing...
Ind. Courts - Carmel City Judge defeats longtime Hamilton County prosecutor
Posted on May 08, 2008Chris Sikich reports in the Indianapolis Star:A Carmel city judge in his second year in office defeated the longtime county prosecutor in the Republican primary for Hamilton County Circuit Court judge. In a race closely watched by county Republicans, Paul...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision from 7th Circuit today
Posted on May 08, 2008In U.S.A. v. Teresa and Michael Osburn (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 7-page opinion, Chief Judge Easterbrook writes:In 1998 Michael Orsburn was elected Trustee of Keener Township in Jasper County, Indiana. The Trustee administers funds for emergency services and...
Ind. Decisions - Two recent transfer grants
Posted on May 08, 2008The ILB has received notice that on May 7th the Supreme Court granted transfer in the case of Dreaded Inc. v. St. Paul Guardian Ins. Co., where the issue involved whether St. Paul was liable for environmental cleanup defense costs...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Court of Appeals reverses murder convictions under Indiana?s Criminal Rule 4(C)
Posted on May 08, 2008Updating this ILB entry from April 13th on the COA decision in the case of Robert Jeffrey Pelley v. State of Indiana, the South Bend Tribune reports today:The office of Attorney General Steve Carter has asked the Indiana Supreme Court...
Environment - Dangers in commencing construction before permit is final
Posted on May 08, 2008Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports today:BP could be forced to stop, alter or tear down construction on its modernized Whiting refinery if its newly issued air permit construction approval is appealed. BP started construction when it received...
Courts - "Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates"
Posted on May 08, 2008My friend Diana Skaggs, of the excellent Kentucky Divorce Law Journal, has an entry today that is applicable to all practitioners, regardless of jurisdiction:Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates...
Ind. Decisions - "State court upholds Portage police response at residence"
Posted on May 08, 2008Monday's NFP COA decision in the case of John Zane v. City of Portage and Clifford Brich, et al (see ILB summary here - 3rd case) is the subject of a story today by James D. Wolf Jr. in the...
Ind. Decisions - "Employers Can't Ignore Workplace Bullies"
Posted on May 08, 2008Indiana's April 8th Supreme Court decision in the case Daniel H. Raess, M.D. v. Joseph E. Doescher (see list of ILB "workplace bullying" entries here) is the focus of a May 7th "Smart Answers" column by Karen E. Klein in...
Courts - "Michigan Marriage Amendment Nixes Domestic Partners Benefits"
Posted on May 07, 2008From an entry this afternoon in the Volokh Conspiracy by Dale Carpenter, law prof. at U. of Minn. Law, headed "Michigan Marriage Amendment Nixes Domestic Partners Benefits":So said the Michigan Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision today. By state constitutional...
Ind. Law - More on: "Booksellers incensed over sexual content law"
Posted on May 07, 2008Updating this ILB entry from March 26th about HEA 1042, Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star reports this afternoon:The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and attorneys for several national organizations representing booksellers filed a lawsuit in U...
Courts - Justice Scalia explains his change of heart re avoiding the public eye
Posted on May 07, 2008Tony Mauro of Legal Times writes about Justice Scalia's online Q & A with C-Span's Brian Lamb last Sunday. Some quotes:C-SPAN has posted the transcript of Brian Lamb's recent interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the latest event in...
Ind. Courts - Judge Elaine Brown will formally join the Court of Appeals in a robing ceremony at 3:00 p.m. on Friday
Posted on May 07, 2008From a press release today:Judge Elaine Brown will formally join the Indiana Court of Appeals in a robing ceremony in the Supreme Court courtroom at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2008. Chief Judge John G. Baker will preside. Governor...
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The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
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