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Environment - "Interpretation of state law led to 20-day BP public hearing notice"

Posted on April 27, 2008
The Gary Post-Tribune's awarding-winning environmental reporter, Gitte Laasby, has this story today:Indiana Department of Environmental Management officials acted against advice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to check state law when IDEM provided 20 days? notice of a public hearing...

Ind. Courts - Even more on "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights"

Posted on April 27, 2008
Updating earlier ILB entries from April 18th, April 21st and April 23rd, the Richmond Palladium Item has an editorial today, titled "Let judges express their views." It reads:Two Indiana judicial candidates have joined the Indiana Right to Life Committee as...

Law - U.S. Senate kills bill to right the wrongs of Ledbetter

Posted on April 26, 2008
Remember Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co ., the Supreme Court decision from last May, where, to quote Steven Greenhouse of the NYT, "the Supreme Court ruled that workers generally lose their right to sue for pay discrimination unless...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending April 25, 2008

Posted on April 25, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending April 25, 2008. There were four transfers reportedly granted this week. Three were summarized in this ILB entry from earlier today - it is the entry immediately below....

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Ind. Decisions - Court grants transfer in three cases

Posted on April 25, 2008
The formal transfer list will follow later today, but the ILB has received notice that three cases have been granted transfer: Michael Hill v. State of Indiana - an Oct. 23, 2007 NFP opinion, which concluded:Based on the foregoing, we...

Ind. Decisions - "This is one of those cases that gives lawyers a bad name"

Posted on April 25, 2008
An opinion issued yesterday in the case of Cheryl Janky v. Speros Batistatos et al., by Judge Simon, ND Ind., has this catchy introduction:This is one of those cases that gives lawyers a bad name. It began as a routine...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)

Posted on April 25, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): In Kenneth Hay v. Wanda J. Hay, a 5-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:Kenneth raises two issues, which we consolidate and restate as whether the trial court properly ordered the sale of property that Kenneth held...

Ind. Courts - More on Monroe County Circuit Judge Division 6 primary race

Posted on April 25, 2008
A story ($$$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times today begins:Four Democrats are seeking the nomination for Monroe County Circuit Judge, Division 6. Republican Joby Jerrells is running unopposed for his party?s nomination. Seat 6, which now handles civil cases, divorce proceedings...

Ind. Decisions - Even more on: Jeffersonville bans sex offenders from parks

Posted on April 25, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 3rd, Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Jeffersonville City Court Judge Ken Pierce rejected a man's request for an exemption from the city's ban on sex offenders using city parks yesterday,...

Ind. Decisions - "ACLU to appeal loss in BMV case"

Posted on April 25, 2008
A story today in the Indianapolis Star via the AP reports:The ACLU of Indiana will appeal a court ruling that allows the state to revoke driver's licenses if information on them doesn't match Social Security records. Marion Superior Court Judge...

Ind. Decisions - "Dueling awareness days and accompanying t-shirts"

Posted on April 24, 2008
Nuxoll v. Indian Prairie School District, an opinion in a case out of Illinois issued late yesterday by the 7th Circuit, is discussed last evening in this entry by Gary Welsh of Advance Indiana. The ruling is also featured in...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 10 NFP)

Posted on April 24, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Susan Crager v. John Crager (NFP) - "Appellant-respondent Susan Ann Crager appeals the decree of dissolution of her marriage to appellee-petitioner John Crager, as modified by the trial court?s ruling...

Ind. Courts - "Veolia accused of failing to read meters regularly and overestimating usage"

Posted on April 24, 2008
John Russell reports in the Indianapolis Star today on a lawsuit filed yesterday against the company managing the Indianapolis Water Company. Some quotes:Veolia Water is being sued for allegedly failing to read the meters of its customers at least every...

Ind. Law - More on "Vigo?s Ephedrine ordinance could be revamped"

Posted on April 24, 2008
On April 17 the ILB quoted from a Terre Haute Trib-Star story about Vigo County's local ordinance on meth ingredients. Today the same Trib-Star reporter, Howard Greninger, writes:Vigo County law enforcement officers will no longer issue tickets against retailers because...

About this blog - Still more on: Announcement from the ILB editor

Posted on April 24, 2008
Updating the initial ILB entry on this topic from August 20, 2007, and this update from February 11, 2008, I am happy to report that yesterday I completed my final radiation treatment. What remains? I feel extremely fortunate to be...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 11 NFP)

Posted on April 23, 2008
For publication opinions today (5): In Prime Mortgage USA, Inc. and David M. Law v. Delie T. Nichols, a 67-page (!) opinion, Judge Robb writes:Prime Mortgage USA, Inc. (?Prime?), and David Law (referred to collectively as the ?Defendants?) appeal following...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Indiana photo-ID decision coming tomorrow?

Posted on April 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, the blog, Ballot Access News, edited by Richard Winger, reports today: No U.S. Supreme Court Election Law Decision on April 23: Although the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on April 23 in a...

Ind. Courts - Still more on "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights"

Posted on April 23, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 21st, James Bopp has has sent out this update to the lawsuit: This is an update on the case filed last week against Indiana's judicial canons which prevent judicial candidates from answering a candidate...

Ind. Courts - More on: Muncie and Terre Haute mayoral election contests continue

Posted on April 23, 2008
Yesterday Arthur E. Foulkes of the Terre Haute Trib-Star reported in a story that begins:Lawyers for former Terre Haute Mayor Kevin Burke have filed what could be the final brief in the legal battle for Terre Haute City Hall. Burke?s...

Ind. Courts - Indiana Court Times, March/April 2008, is available online

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Indiana Courts website announces today that the 16-page March/April issue of Indiana Court Times is available online....

Courts - Intensive competition for Supreme Court clients described

Posted on April 22, 2008
From Howard Bashman's How Appealing today:"Supreme Court - The Hottest Docket in Town; Firms Clamor to Be Among the Few To Go Before the Nation's Final Arbiter": Brent Kendall has this very interesting front page article today in The Daily...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 16 NFP)

Posted on April 22, 2008
For publication opinions today (3): In Jamie L. Freyn v. State of Indiana, a 4-page opinion, defendant appeals his sentence for domestic battery, as a Class D felony, Ind. Code � 35-42-2-1.3. Judge Riley writes:Freyn argues that the trial court...

Ind. Courts - Favorite headlines this morning

Posted on April 22, 2008
Slow news day, so far. But two favorite headlines this morning: From the Gary Post-Tribune: "Judge folds in a lecture after man pleads guilty". From the Evansville Courier & Press: "Defense spins paper cocoon around Brooks"....

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on April 21, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, April 24th: 9:00 AM - State of Indiana v. Charlene Davis - Davis was found to be incompetent to stand trial on certain criminal charges, and it was determined that...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court holds Three Strikes Law unconstitutional

Posted on April 21, 2008
Writing about the Supreme Court decisions April 8th on the "three-strike" law (see ILB entry here), the Indianapolis Star's Jon Murray has a lengthy and comprehensive report today on the ramifications. Some quotes:Locked away for setting an apartment fire, Eric...

Ind. Courts - More on "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights"

Posted on April 21, 2008
Updating Friday's ILB entry, today the documents filed April 18th in the suit filed in ND Indiana by James Bopp, Torrey Bauer, et al. v. Randall T. Shepard, et al., are available via PACER. The ILB has downloaded them; paying...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 6 NFP)

Posted on April 21, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): In Town & Country Ford, Inc. v. Robin A. Davis (NFP), a 6-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:In this small claims action, the trial court, in construing an installment contract for....

Ind. Decisions - Indiana photo-ID decision coming tomorrow?

Posted on April 21, 2008
The blog, Ballot Access News, edited by Richard Winger, reports today:The U.S. Supreme Court did not release any full opinions on April 21, but it probably will on April 22. That might include the Indiana government photo-ID case for voting...

Ind. Courts - "If the public is to not only understand the procedures in place for protecting children from abuse and neglect, but also to influence change in those procedures when necessary, it must have information"

Posted on April 20, 2008
Near the end of 2007 the ILB had a number of entries, including this one from Dec. 24, 2007, involving Marion County juvenile court Judge Marilyn Moores' order to release of the juvenile court file and the much larger DCS...

Ind. Gov't. - "Some county departments have cut paperwork"

Posted on April 20, 2008
The South Bend Tribune's Nancy J. Sulok writes today:A couple of county councilmen are studying ways to cut the amount of paperwork they encounter. Heath Weaver, D-District H, and Mark Catanzarite, D-District G, traveled to LaPorte County earlier this month...

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