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Ind. Decisions - More on: SCOTUS to hear second Indiana case

Posted on March 22, 2008
Updating this lengthy ILB entry from Jan. 24th, the Indiana Supreme Court decision in the case of Ahmad Edwards v. State will be heard before the SCOTUS on Wed., March 26th. Maureen Groppe, Gannett News Service, has a comprehansive USA...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Suit filed over RCA Dome auction"

Posted on March 22, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from March 21, an editorial in the Indianapolis Star today is headed "City board made the right call to reverse decision on Dome auction." It begins:The Capital Improvement Board, faced with public outrage over its decision...

Ind. Courts - Updating "New Marion County public defender will face budget cuts"

Posted on March 22, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, the Indianapolis Star today has stories on Bob Hill, nominee to fill the position of Marion County Public Defender Agency, and David E. Cook, outgoing public defender. BTW, I read these articles in...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Jill Behrman murder trial unfair, lawyer tells appeals court"

Posted on March 21, 2008
This morning the ILB posted quotes and/or links to stories from two reporters, Deanna Martin and Jon Murray, on yesterday's arguments before the Court of Appeals. Now Bethany Nolan from the Martinsville Reporter-Times, the site of the trial, weighs in...

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Ind. Courts - Miami County to get second superior court

Posted on March 21, 2008
The Peru Tribune reports:It happened a bit sooner than originally planned - but as of Jan. 1, 2009, Miami County will have a second superior court. A bill creating the court has been passed by the Indiana General Assembly and...

Not law - Kentucky governor allows state workers to access blogs

Posted on March 21, 2008
John Stamper of the Kentucky Herald-Leader reports today in a story that begins:FRANKFORT -- Reversing a policy set by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration, state-owned computers used by executive branch employees can now access blogs. The state had banned access...

Ind. Courts - More on: "Suit filed over RCA Dome auction"

Posted on March 21, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from March 17th, Brendan O'Shaughnessy of the Indianapolis Star reports today:Bowing to public opinion and facing a lawsuit, the Capital Improvement Board reversed course Thursday on what to do with the money generated by the sale...

Ind. Decisions - "Jill Behrman murder trial unfair, lawyer tells appeals court"

Posted on March 21, 2008
Oral arguments were heard yesterday, March 20th, before a panel of the Court of Appeals in the case of John R. Myers, II vs. State of Indiana. Myers is the man convicted of killing IU student Jill Behrman, whose "body...

Ind. Courts - Another case lost for months in the Clerk's Office

Posted on March 20, 2008
Check the docket to confirm that your case has, in fact, been transmitted to the Court of Appeals after being fully briefed, as emphasized in this footnote #1 in an opinion issued today: Jerry A. Gore v. State of Indiana...

Ind. Courts - City Court Judge Brandy Goodman proposes a probation department

Posted on March 20, 2008
From the Alexandra Times-Tribune, Randy Chambers reports:Alexandria can maintain, and perhaps profit, from having its own probation department according to City Court Judge Brandy Goodman. Living up to one of her campaign promises, Judge Goodman appeared before Alexandria City Council...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 12 today (and 24 NFP)

Posted on March 20, 2008
For publication opinions today (12): Kevin Taylor v. State of Indiana - "Based upon the evidence submitted to the post-conviction court, the court did not err in finding that Taylor failed to establish that he received ineffective assistance of trial...

Ind. Courts - Zionsville schools health fee would become voluntary under settlement

Posted on March 20, 2008
Robert Annis of the Indianapolis Star reports today:A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana over a controversial fee charged by Zionsville Community Schools may be settled by the end of the week. Wayne Uhl, the school...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals Court upholds Terre Haute City Council election

Posted on March 20, 2008
Reporting today on Tuesday's COA decision in the case of Dan Lockard v. Charles Miles and John Mullican, where Lockard failed to win despite the fact that his opponent had died after his his name was placed on the ballot,...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Judge upholds Plainfield sex offender ban"

Posted on March 20, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from March18th, Bruce C. Smith of the Indianapolis Star reports today in a story that begins:Plainfield has won the latest round in its three-year legal battle to ban convicted sex offenders from town parks. But the...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)

Posted on March 19, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. v. Desert Palace, Inc., and Opbiz, LLC, a 15-page opinion, Judge Kirsch writes:JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (?Chase?) appeals the trial court?s dismissal of its action against Desert Palace, Inc...

Ind. Law - More on: Allen County examines legal fees

Posted on March 19, 2008
This Feb. 12, 2006 ILB entry quoted a story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette headlined "County examines legal fees: Bills of $800,000 a year spur search for alternatives." The JG also published an editorial on the topic. Today, over...

Ind. Decisions - "Judges in custody cases consider parent's availability, time"

Posted on March 19, 2008
Pablo Ros of the South Bend Tribune writes today about the Court of Appeals January 14th decision in the case of Julie Ratliff v. Bryan Ratliff (NFP) - see ILB entry here, 2nd case. The lengthy story begins:SOUTH BEND --...

Ind. Courts - "Intoxicated defendant's trial postponed"

Posted on March 19, 2008
Sophia Voravong reports today in the Lafayette Journal and Courier:A Lafayette man was arrested and ordered held without bond after allegedly showing up intoxicated for the first day of his criminal jury trial. James M. Coble, 55, is charged with...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on March 19, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, which lists the oral argument tomorrow, March 20th, before the Court of Appeals in the case of John R. Myers, II vs. State of Indiana, a brief item today in the Muncie Star Press...

Law - "1.8 million pages of federal case law online, free of copyright or other restrictions, including all U.S. Supreme Court cases and all federal circuit decisions since 1950"

Posted on March 18, 2008
Robert J. Ambrogi of Law Technology News has a very informative column today on the "Online Legal Research Revolution."...

Law - A primer on how subprimes "work"

Posted on March 18, 2008
The Volokh Conspiracy this afternoon points to an "informative and amusing cartoon guide to the subprime debacle."...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 18 NFP)

Posted on March 18, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Dan Lockard v. Charles Miles and John Mullican , a 10-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Dan Lockard appeals the trial court?s order denying his petition for election contest. Specifically, Lockard argues that the death of...

Courts - Another success for Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney

Posted on March 18, 2008
Here is a list of prior ILB posts on Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney. True, she hasn't lived in Indiana for many years, but then again, neither has John Wooden. Today Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog writes, under the...

Ind. Decisions - "DeBoy's killer wins appeal" is the headline

Posted on March 18, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision March 14th in the case of Cesar De La Rosa v. State of Indiana (NFP) is the subject of a story today reported by Curt Slyder in the Lafayette Journal and Courier, that begins:The Indiana...

Ind. Decisions - "Judge upholds Plainfield sex offender ban"

Posted on March 18, 2008
Bruce C. Smith reports in the Indianapolis Star:PLAINFIELD -- In the latest court ruling in a long-running lawsuit, a Marion County man listed on the state's sex offender registry is still banned from Plainfield's town parks. In a five-page opinion,....

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

Posted on March 17, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Rebecca Cox v. Harry Cox, a 10-page, 2-1 opinion, Sr. Judge Sullivan writes:Appellant Rebecca Cox (?Wife?) appeals the trial court?s grant of Appellee Harry Cox?s (?Husband?) petition for modification of a maintenance order...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana decision today

Posted on March 17, 2008
In US v. Justin L. Hoffman (ND Ind., Judge Miler), a 9-page opinion, Judge Flaum concludes:It is true that the presence of narcotics in a defendant?s car does not, by itself, establish probable cause to search his home, even...

Ind. Courts - "Suit filed over RCA Dome auction"

Posted on March 17, 2008
Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star is reporting this afternoon:An Indianapolis law firm has sued the Marion County Capital Improvement Board to prevent it from turning over money from auctioned RCA Dome items to the Indianapolis Colts Foundation and Indiana...

Ind. Courts - "Woman sues casino for flea bites under maritime law"

Posted on March 17, 2008
Grace Schneider has this interesting story today in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:For nearly six years, the 5,000-passenger Glory of Rome riverboat that serves as the Caesars Indiana casino has seldom moved from its Harrison County dock...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on March 17, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will be webcast: This Wednesday, March 19th: 11:15 AM - Nature's Link vs. Thomas & Amy Przybyla - Appellant-Defendant appeals...

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