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Courts - "Judges can't take Duke case"

Posted on February 06, 2008
Dan Horn reports today in the Cincinnati Enquirer:Four federal judges in Cincinnati have bowed out of the antitrust case involving Duke Energy. The chief judge says the problem is that every federal judge in town is a Duke customer, which...

Ind. Courts - More on Muncie mayoral election contest

Posted on February 06, 2008
"Republicans today will try to convince a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking a special election in Precinct 46' was how a report in the Jan. 23rd Muncie Star-Press began. Today a story in the Star-Press by Nick Werner begins:MUNCIE...

Ind. Courts - "Judge Phillip I. Adler has filed as a Democrat for re-election to Vigo County Superior Court Division 2"

Posted on February 06, 2008
From the Terre Haute Trib-Star:Incumbent Judge Phillip I. Adler has filed as a Democrat for re-election to Vigo County Superior Court Division 2, a position he has occupied since Jan. 1, 1997....

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

Posted on February 06, 2008
Sarah Morin reports ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times in a story that begins:Monroe Circuit Judge David Welch announced Tuesday that he will no longer seek a fourth term, alluding to members of his own Democratic Party dissuading him from doing...

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Ind - Courts - "Bom To Seek LaPorte Superior Court 3"

Posted on February 06, 2008
From the Michigan City News-Dispatch:Attorney Steve Bom has announced he'll seek the Republican nomination for La Porte Superior Court 3 Judge in the May primary election. * * * "And I am the only candidate who challenged the retiring judge,...

Ind. Decisions - More on: "Judge in Behrman case rejects bid for new trial"

Posted on February 05, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 14, 2007, the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Arguments are set for next month in the appeal of a man convicted of murdering Jill Behrman, a 19-year-old Indiana University student. The three-member Indiana Appeals Court...

Ind. Courts - "Hamilton prosecutor files paperwork to seek circuit court judgeship"

Posted on February 05, 2008
Tania E. Lopez reports in the Indianapolis Star:NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Hamilton County's prosecutor filed Monday to seek the job of circuit court judge. Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp's decision to put her name on the Republican ballot came two days before she...

Ind. Courts - Decision in: Wrongful death trial in Ball State student's 2003 shooting

Posted on February 05, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 23th, Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:INDIANAPOLIS -- A former Ball State University police officer was found not liable Monday for the 2003 shooting death of a lost, unarmed, drunken student who...

Ind. Courts - "Allen Circuit Judge Felts pursues re-election"

Posted on February 05, 2008
From today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:With a brief news conference over the lunch hour inside the north entrance of the Allen County Courthouse, Circuit Judge Thomas J. Felts, a Republican, announced his plan to seek re-election. A number of other....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 7 NFP)

Posted on February 05, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Diana and Christopher Williams v. Christy Kruszka (NFP) - "Christy Kruszka gave birth to Infant K. and executed a consent to adopt the next day. Diana and Christopher Williams, husband...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides case involving UCC 405

Posted on February 05, 2008
In Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Bank One, a 12-page, 3-2 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:Kenneth B. Wulf stole more than $500,000 from his employer, Auto-Owners Insurance Company, by depositing checks payable to Auto-Owners into a personal account he opened at Bank...

Ind. Courts - Reports on bills of interest to the Judiciary that were discussed last week

Posted on February 05, 2008
Last Friday, Feb. 1st, the Indiana Judicial Center posted its fifth installment of very useful reports for 2008 on bills of interest to the Judiciary. Access them here. The report begins:We have reached the halfway point of the session. This...

Ind. Courts - A number of stories on judicial candidates

Posted on February 04, 2008
Here are some recent stories on candidates for the judiciary: From the South Bend Tribune: Former Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter announced today that he is running for district judge. Teter, 45, is seeking to succeed Cass County 4th Judicial...

Ind. Courts - More on "Carroll County judge charged with public intoxication"

Posted on February 04, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 29, 2007, Debbie Lowe of the Carroll County Comet reports:Carroll Circuit Court Judge Donald Currie pled not guilty at an initial hearing Dec. 26 after being arrested for public intoxication Dec. 23 in Boone...

Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana opinions today from the 7th Circuit

Posted on February 04, 2008
In USA v. Beaver, Chris A. (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 22-page opinion involving concrete price-fixing, Judge Kanne writes:A federal jury found Christopher Beaver guilty of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy, 15 U.S.C. � 1, and making false statements...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)

Posted on February 04, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Jim Atterholt, et al v. Geneva Herbst, et al , a 14-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:Geneva Herbst, the personal representative of the Estate of Jeffrey A. Herbst (?the Estate?) brought an action seeking excess...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending February 1, 2008

Posted on February 04, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending February 1, 2008. One case, Keller v. State, was granted transfer Friday, 2/1/08 and remanded to trial court. Another case, Maymon v. State, which was granted transfer 1/18/08...

Ind. Law - Last Week in Review at the Indiana General Assembly

Posted on February 04, 2008
The Evansville Courier & Press' Bryan Corbin's review of the past week in the General Assembly, which appeared Sunday, is headlined "Legislators tackle session's tough agenda." The story reports:With the 2008 session not quite half over, the Indiana House has...

About the ILB - Announcement

Posted on January 30, 2008
Announcement: The ILB will be on hiatus, temporarily. Watch for our return!...

Ind. Courts - Indiana courthouses in the news

Posted on January 30, 2008
Courthouse Preservation. A press release from the office of Senator James Merritt announces: "Senate passes courthouse preservation legislation." Some quotes:When members of the Farmland Ladies Bridge Club announced a bold plan to save the historic Randolph County Courthouse from demolition...

Ind. Decisions - "Court rejects Boney's appeal"

Posted on January 30, 2008
Reporting on yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of Charles D. Boney v. State of Indiana [see ILB summary here - 2nd case], Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal writes in a comprehensive story that begins:The...

Ind. Courts - "Switzerland County might get own circuit court"

Posted on January 30, 2008
Justin Helfrich reports in the Madison Courier:A bill advancing through the state legislature could give Switzerland County its own circuit court. If House Bill 1096 becomes law, the 91st judicial circuit would be created in Switzerland County, eliminating the joint...

Ind. Courts - "Jarrette Seeks Sixth Term As Kosciusko Superior Court II Judge"

Posted on January 30, 2008
From the Warsaw Times-Union:James C. Jarrette is running for a sixth term as Superior Court II judge in the Republican May 6 primary. Jarrette, 60, has served as Superior Court II judge since Jan. 1, 1997. He served as a...

Court - "Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains Pillar of U.S. Justice"

Posted on January 29, 2008
Adam Liptak of the NY Times has a long, front-page article today on the American bail system, part of a series called "American Exception" that "will examine commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are actually unique in the...

Legislative Benefits - More on: "Insulted" legislators; disrespected citizens

Posted on January 29, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from January 27th, several papers today weigh in with editorials about the Senate committee's reaction to testimony on SB 165. From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, this editorial titled "Waiting for Scandal" :Pity the poor Indiana...

Courts - More on: Montana Supreme Court too slow in issuing opinions; Ohio just right

Posted on January 29, 2008
Then there is Texas. Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Janet Elliot of the San Antonio Express-News also had a Sunday story, headlined "Cases piling up before justices." Some quotes from the long story: AUSTIN ? At a time when...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 7 NFP)

Posted on January 29, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): In Bank of America v. Kou Chin Ping, Waterwood of Carmel Homeowners Association, Inc., Bank One, N.A. f/k/a Bank One of Indiana, N.A., a 12-page decision, Judge Najam writes:Bank of America, N.A. (?Bank of America?)...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides case on statute of limitations for negligence claims against an insurance agent

Posted on January 29, 2008
In Idan (John) Filip and Valaria Filip v. Carrie Block and 1st Choice Insurance Agency, a 13-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:Indiana Trial Rule 56(C) requires parties to designate the evidence in support of or opposition to a motion for...

Courts - More on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"

Posted on January 28, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 23 about the case recently argued before the Ohio Supreme Court, Robert Barnes of the Washington Post reports today in a story headlined "Huge Lawsuit Could Change Handling of the Dead." Some quotes:The Albrechts'...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 12 NFP)

Posted on January 28, 2008
For publication opinions today (4): In In the Matter of the Unsupervised Estate of Carl Deiwert; Wallace Richard Deiwert v. Judith McKinney , a 6-page opinion, Judge Bradford writes:Appellant/Cross-Appellee Wallace Richard Deiwert (?Dick?) appeals from the probate court?s order concluding...

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