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Ind. Decisions - Yet more on: All is not over in the Clerk County probation fees dispute

Posted on February 16, 2008
This ILB entry from 1/9/08 reported that, now that the motion to reconsider had been denied, both the Council and the judges hoped that the dispute could be quickly settled. Today Ben Zion Hershberg of the LCJ reports, under the...

Courts - A St. Louis Ram, others, sue New England Patriots and coach for "fraudulent videotaping"

Posted on February 15, 2008
See this posting from the WSJ Law Blog, including a link to the complaint, filed in federal court in Louisiana....

Ind. Decisions - No transfer list for week of Feb. 15th, 2008

Posted on February 15, 2008
No transfer list was issued by the Supreme Court for the week ending February 15, 2008...

Ind. Decisions - State loses auto-dialer case in trial court

Posted on February 15, 2008
From a press release today by Attorney General Steve Carter:Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter will appeal a ruling issued this week in Harrison Circuit Court that dismisses a lawsuit to enforce Indiana?s Automated Dialing Law against American Family Voices (AFV)...

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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)

Posted on February 15, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Andrew Reinhardt v. State of Indiana, a 7-page opinion, Sr. Judge Sullivan writes:Andrew Reinhardt (Reinhardt) was charged with Dealing Cocaine as a Class A felony alleging that he ?did knowingly deliver cocaine to a...

Ind. Courts - More on: Date for announcement of new COA judge approaching [Updated]

Posted on February 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this week, Gov. Daniels this morning announced his selection of Dubois Superior Court Judge Elaine Brown to succeed Judge John Sharpnack, who is retiring May 3, 2008 after nearly 17 years on the Court...

Ind. Courts - More on: "Ind. hunting preserve case in court today"

Posted on February 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:A legal battle between Indiana and 10 high-fence hunting preserve owners in the state will continue under a ruling issued yesterday by a judge in Harrison...

Ind. Courts - "Judge Brugnaux discusses her role in Courtenay Scott?s 2004 plea bargain"

Posted on February 15, 2008
Looking back, the ILB has had a number of entries referencing Vigo Judge Judge Barbara L. Brugnaux. Here is a list. Now, in a lengthy story dated Feb. 14th, Howard Greninger reports in the Terre Haute Trib-Star:A Vigo County judge...

Ind. Courts - Still more on "Judge admits he's target of criminal probe"

Posted on February 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 9th, Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports today in a story headlined "Judge Lennington relinquishes tax-sale jurisdiction." that begins:MUNCIE -- Delaware County Circuit Court 5 Judge Wayne Lennington has relinquished jurisdiction over all...

Ind. Courts - U.S. Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence nominated to succeed U.S. District Judge John Daniel Tinder in Indiana's Southern District

Posted on February 15, 2008
So reports the Indianapolis Star's Washington editor, Maureen Groppe in this story today....

Ind. Courts - Gov. Daniels names Marshall County Prosecutor as Circuit court judge

Posted on February 14, 2008
From Plymouth's WTCA:Governor Mitch Daniels announced today that he has named Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Palmer as Marshall County Circuit court judge. The appointment is effective March 1. Palmer, a Plymouth native, has been with the prosecuting attorney?s office...

Ind. Courts - "Ind. hunting preserve case in court today"

Posted on February 14, 2008
The most recent ILB entry is Jan. 28th. From a LCJ news update posted at 12:14 PM today:A judge in Harrison County will hear arguments this afternoon at 1:30 in a continuing legal battle between the state of Indiana and...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 12 NFP)

Posted on February 14, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Fredrick A. Zitlaw v. State of Indiana. a 20-page, 2-1 opinion, with the dissent beginning on p. 14, Judge Sharpnack writes:Fredrick A. Zitlaw appeals the trial court?s denial of his motion to dismiss. Zitlaw...

Ind. Courts - Indiana Court Times, Jan/Feb 2008, is available online

Posted on February 14, 2008
The Indiana Courts website announces today that the 20-page Jan/Feb issue of Indiana Court Times is available online. The ILB, for one, was not aware that this publication existed. Access the current issue here. The ILB will present some...

Law - Incredible but true! "Kentuckians rejected Lincoln presidency"

Posted on February 14, 2008
Louisville Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill writes today:Somewhere in Kentucky's mad bicentennial birthday rush toward further deification of Abraham Lincoln, it must be said his native state gave him just 0.9 percent of the vote in the pivotal 1860 presidential...

Ind. Courts - South Bend Tribune story on judicial evaluation repeated; plus more on the upcoming election

Posted on February 14, 2008
Here are ILB quotes about a Sept. 27, 2006 South Bend Tribune series: "The South Bend Tribune's series, Judging the Judges, continues today with this story by Jeff Parrott, headlined "Judge evaluations help voters make informed choice." Today, the Tribune...

Ind. Decisions - "Religious order appeals Holy Cross Village tax decision"

Posted on February 13, 2008
A report today on this long on-going dispute. The South Bend Tribune had what the ILB described as "a very long and really interesting story on the issue of whether/when real estate owned by a religious institution is subject to...

Courts - "Religion Joins Custody Cases, to Judges? Unease"

Posted on February 13, 2008
From the NY Times, a story by Neela Banerjee headed "Religion Joins Custody Cases, to Judges? Unease." Some quotes:Across the country, child-custody disputes in which religion is the flash point are increasing, part of a broader rise in custody conflicts...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 10 NFP)

Posted on February 13, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Todd H. Phillips v. Dee Anne (Phillips) Delks , a 19-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Todd H. Phillips (?Husband?), pro se, appeals the trial court?s finding that he is in contempt of the Decree of...

Ind. Courts - Date for announcement of new COA judge approaching

Posted on February 13, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 12, 2007, re the three finalists nominated to succeed Judge John Sharpnack, who is retiring May 3, 2008 after nearly 17 years on the Court of Appeals, the Governor's appointment is to be made...

Ind. Courts - "State Supreme Court denies motion to hear Burke election challenge"

Posted on February 13, 2008
The second part of this ILB entry from Jan. 23rd quotes a report that both "Mayor Duke Bennett?s ... attorneys on Tuesday afternoon filed documentation with the court in support of former Mayor Kevin Burke?s previous motion filed earlier this...

Environment - More on "EPA's mercury rule struck down"

Posted on February 13, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 10th, there is an interesting entry today in The Volokh Conspiracy, written by Jonathan H. Adler . law prof and Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at the Case Western Reserve...

Ind. Courts - More on: David Camm appeal brief filed with the Supreme Court

Posted on February 13, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 13th, 2007, which quoted from a comprehensive story in the Louisville Courier Journal that "Lawyers for former Indiana State Trooper David Camm filed a 21,000-word appeal yesterday with the Indiana Supreme Court, arguing that...

Environment - Even more on "Great Lakes Compact on track"

Posted on February 13, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from January 17th, the Great Lakes Compact bill, SB 45, has now passed both Houses in the same form - all that remains is the Governor's signature. Bill Ruthhart reports in the Indianapolis Star:A bill that...

Indiana Courts - Still more on "New computerized courts case management system went live in Monroe County Monday"

Posted on February 12, 2008
The JTAC pilot projects in Monroe County & Washington Township, Marion County went into operation two months ago, in mid-December, 2007. (See a long list of entries about the Court's computerized case management system project here.) So, how is it...

Ind. Courts - Update on Delaware judicial candidacies

Posted on February 12, 2008
Updating these ILB entries from Feb. 11th ("Delaware Circuit Court 3 Judge Robert Barnet Jr. has decided to call it a career") and Feb. 9th ("More on 'Judge admits he's target of criminal probe'"), Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press...

Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Paige Grable's release delayed: Correction department says earliest release is now Feb. 11"

Posted on February 12, 2008
Updating these two ILB entries from Nov. 2, 2007 (one and two), Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Paige Grable, the Southern Indiana teenager who went to prison last May after being convicted in the drunken-driving crash that...

Ind. Courts - More on: Proposed amendments to Court rules

Posted on February 12, 2008
State Rules. Yesterday the ILB posted this entry re proposed amendments to Indiana court rules. The deadline for comments is May 5th. A number of rules are affected. In addition, the notice makes this comment:The Committee was asked to address...

Ind. Law - Zionsville attorney/forensic anthropologist studies LaPorte's 1908 "Lady Bluebeard"

Posted on February 12, 2008
A long story in today's Chicago Tribune by Kristen Kridel is headlined "A century-old mystery: Did serial killer fake her death? Through DNA analysis, Indiana forensic anthropologists hope to determine if 'Lady Bluebeard' really died in fire on her farm...

Ind. Courts - More on "Incumbent Welch exits race for Monroe Circuit Court judge"

Posted on February 12, 2008
The Bloomington Herald-Times has a story ($$) today (updating this earlier ILB entry) that reports:Alphonso ?Al? Manns said today he plans to run for judge of Monroe Circuit Court, Division VII. * * * The Division VII seat is held...

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