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Ind. Courts - Marion County Judge Hawkins, Master Commissioner Broyles charged by Disciplinary Commission

Posted on April 10, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 16th, quoting from a Jon Murray report in the Indianapolis Star about Harold David Buntin, who "served 13 years for a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn?t commit," including two year after a...

Ind. Gov't. - More on Attorney General race

Posted on April 10, 2008
From a report today in the Louisville Courier Journal:New Albany native Greg Zoeller said yesterday that he is planning to seek the Republican nomination for Indiana attorney general at the party's convention in June. But Zoeller, chief deputy to outgoing...

Ind. Decisions - COA panel hears arguments at Indiana University Southeast

Posted on April 10, 2008
Yesterday's oral argument before a Court of Appeals panel in the case of Charles Sweeney vs. State of Indiana, heard at Indiana University Southeast, is the subject of a story this morning by Dick Kaukas of the Louisville Courier Journal....

Ind. Gov't. - Valpo mayor Costas enters GOP attorney general field

Posted on April 09, 2008
So reports Patrick Guinane in this story today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:VALPARAISO | Mayor Jon Costas hopes to appear on the Republican ticket in November as the party's nominee for Indiana attorney general, the two-term city leader announced...

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Ind. Courts - More on: Judicial mandate mentioned in Carroll County

Posted on April 09, 2008
Expanding upon this ILB entry from yesterday evening, Debbie Lowe of the Carroll County Comet reports today:Carroll County Council met twice last week in an attempt to develop a budget to stop constant overspending of projected income by department heads...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court holds Three Strikes Law unconstitutional

Posted on April 09, 2008
In Eric D. Smith v. Indiana Dept. of Correction, et al, a 15-page, 3-2 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:In 2004, Indiana enacted a ?Three Strikes Law? providing that an inmate ?may not file a complaint? if the inmate has filed three...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)

Posted on April 09, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): Roy Bennett v. State of Indiana - "The trial court sentenced Bennett to a term of two years for each of the Class D felonies, and to a term of seven years for two of...

Ind. Decisions - "Jury award upheld against doctor in bullying case"

Posted on April 09, 2008
Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in the case of Daniel H. Raess, M.D. v. Joseph E. Doescher (ILB summary here) is the subject of a story today in the Indianapolis Star by Jeff Swiatek. Some quotes:The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday...

Ind. Courts - Judicial mandate mentioned in Carroll County

Posted on April 08, 2008
From 18 WLFI, Lafayette, this story today:DELPHI, Ind. - Carroll County took steps Monday to ease budget woes. County leaders moved some funds around internally and are waiting to see if the courts will reduce their spending. Friday, the County...

Ind. Courts - More on: Other blogs chime in

Posted on April 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 4th re other Indiana blogs chiming in "on the failure of the Supreme Court and its JTAC committee to allow private companies to access to the data stream from the Monroe County case management...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals reverses murder convictions under Indiana?s Criminal Rule 4(C)

Posted on April 08, 2008
Today's Court of Appeals 26-page, 2-1 decision in Robert Jeffrey Pelley v. State of Indiana is the subject of this story this evening via South Bend's TV 16. Some quotes:Jeff Pelley was found guilty by a jury in 2006 for...

Ind. Law - Ghost employment charged for work at cemetery

Posted on April 08, 2008
Douglass Walker of the Muncie Star-Press reports today:UNION CITY -- Union City's ex-park and cemetery superintendent faces criminal charges over allegations he assigned a city employee to close graves at a privately owned cemetery, then pocketed the money that was...

Ind. Courts - "Sex Offender Files Suit Against Every Sheriff, Prosecutor In Ind."

Posted on April 08, 2008
That is the headline to this story posted on the 32 WLKY website out of Louisville. Some quotes:SCOTT COUNTY, Ind. -- A man filed a lawsuit against every sheriff and prosecutor in the state of Indiana. Steve Morris wants a...

Ind. Courts - COA hears oral arguments in Hammond

Posted on April 08, 2008
Yesterday morning a panel of the Indiana Cuort of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Gladys E. Tobias vs. Margaret & Thomas Mannella in a courtroom in Hammond Indiana. (The case was listed in Monday's ILB "Oral arguments...

Ind. Gov't. - Yet even more on "Storm Water Board resigns: Council criticized no-bid contract"

Posted on April 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from April 6th, Dick Kaukas of the LCJ reports today:A lawsuit by the New Albany City Council challenging no-bid contracts awarded by the city's sewer and storm water boards that was dismissed by a judge isn't...

Ind. Courts - More on: Marion County Judge Richard P. Good, Jr. dies

Posted on April 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star has this feature, headlined "Longtime public servant: He kept working well into his 70s through all 3 branches of government," that begins:Richard Good never quite got the hang....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 15 NFP)

Posted on April 08, 2008
For publication opinions today (3): In Charles Hyte Comm. Center Assoc. of Terre Haute v. City of Terre Haute Park Board, an 8-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:The Charles T. Hyte Community Center Association of Terre Haute, Inc. (?Hyte?) appeals the...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one today, upholding $325,000 jury verdict in "workplace bullying" case

Posted on April 08, 2008
In Daniel H. Raess, M.D. v. Joseph E. Doescher, a 16-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Dickson writes:This is an appeal by defendant Daniel Raess, M.D., a cardiovascular surgeon, challenging a $325,000 jury verdict and judgment on a claim for assault brought...

Law - Look at your charge receipt; it's likely you too can bring a class action

Posted on April 07, 2008
"Landslide of Suits Over Data on Receipts: 16-month-old statute decried as a 'gotcha' law brings 300 class actions," is the headline to this story today by Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal. It begins:A 16-month-old federal law designed to...

Ind. Decisions - More on: So far "McKinney lawsuit costs BSU $650,000"

Posted on April 07, 2008
"Defense bill of BSU cop involved in shooting reaches $1.3 million" is the headline to a story today by Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press, updating this ILB entry from June 11, 2007, when the total was half that. Some...

Ind. Courts - "Lake County courts' use of translators up"

Posted on April 07, 2008
Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times reports today in a story that begins:Justice is supposed to speak a universal language, but the cost of crossing criminal court defendants' language barriers to dole out justice can add up, Lake County records...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)

Posted on April 07, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (4): Jack L. Smith, Sr. v. State of Indiana (NFP) Michael Wilson v. State of Indiana (NFP) Isaiah Mosby v. State of Indiana (NFP) Travis Eppert...

Law - More on "High Stakes for Regulated Industry in Supreme Court Pre-emption Cases"

Posted on April 07, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 1, 2007, and this list of entries on protecting drug makers from lawsuits, Gardiner Harris Alex Berenson had this report in Sunday's NY Times. The article begins:For years, Johnson & Johnson obscured evidence that...

Ind. Courts - Judge Richard P. Good, Jr. dies

Posted on April 07, 2008
Judge Richard P. Good, Jr. was appointed to the Marion County Superior Court by Governor Frank O'Bannon in 1997. He served in the Criminal Division. Previously he had served for many years as the Executive Director of the Indiana Prosecuting...

Courts - "Fear, Paranoia and, Yes, Some Loathing in Alabama State House"

Posted on April 07, 2008
Remember this ILB entry from April 17, 2007 on the award of a Pultizer to a reporter who investigated the Alabama junior college system, including this quote from the Birmingham News:Mr. Blackledge, 43, won for his work exposing extensive corruption....

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on April 07, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will NOT be webcast: This Monday, April 7th: 10:00 AM - Gladys E. Tobias vs. Margaret & Thomas Mannella -...

Environment - Does IDEM favor business to the detriment of the environment?

Posted on April 06, 2008
That is the question addressed in this story today by Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune, which begins:For nearly a year, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has been under fire from environmentalists for being soft on business in permits...

Environment - "'Toxic trailers' raise fears about RVs"

Posted on April 06, 2008
The ILB has had several entries about FEMA "toxic trailers". Start here for background. Today Ted Evanoff of the Indianapolis Star has a long story about how issues arising from the trailers shipped to house Katrina survivors by FEMA, many...

Environment - More on "Benton County remains knee-deep in CAFO issues"

Posted on April 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 14th, Joe Larson of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports today in a story headed "Legal fight delaying hog farm operation," that briefs now have been filed before the Court of Appeals. Some quotes:BOSWELL...

Environment - Of hogs and corn and ethanol

Posted on April 06, 2008
Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star has a long story today in the business section of the Indianapolis Star headed "Hoosier pig farmers are struggling with rising feed costs and a market oversupply that's pinching swine producers." Some quotes:Farmers are...

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