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Courts - Montana Supreme Court too slow in issuing opinions; Ohio just right
Posted on January 28, 2008Supreme Court cases reportedly pile up in Montana. Yesterday the Billings Gazette had three stories on the problem. Some quotes from this lengthy story by Mike Dennison:HELENA - In Butte, a dispute over building a road to the Our Lady...
Ind. Gov't. - Is a public employee's history of internet usage subject to public records access?
Posted on January 28, 2008Should a public employee's computer browser's list of previous internet sites visited be considered a "public record", required to be disclosed via a public records request? That is the question addressed in this informal opinion dated Jan. 4, 2008, answering...
Environment - Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters up for public comment through end of January [Updated]
Posted on January 28, 2008Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today that:Environmentalists are concerned about the lack of progress toward cleaning up Northwest Indiana's most contaminated waters. They say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has focused on completing studies of rivers and...
Ind. Gov't. - Update on canned hunting
Posted on January 28, 2008Updating a long list of ILB entries on the status of hunting "preserves" in Indiana, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today on the death of this year's bill to legalize canned hunting:Proposed legislation that would have legalized...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on January 28, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Jan. 31st: 9:00 AM - Genevieve York v. Citifinancial Mortgage Co., Inc. - In this foreclosure action, the trial court granted in rem summary judgment and a decree of foreclosure...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 on Jan. 25th (and 9 NFP)
Posted on January 27, 2008The opinions issued by the Indiana Court of Appeals on Friday, Jan. 25th are now available online, via the Indiana Courts website. For publication opinions Jan. 25th (3): Erin Nicole Lighty v. Barry R. Lighty, Jr. - "The trial court...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 on Jan. 24th (and 5 NFP)
Posted on January 27, 2008The opinions issued by the Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday, Jan. 24th are now, finally, available online, via the Indiana Courts website. For publication opinions Jan. 24th (3): Tina N. Grant v. Gregory M. Hager - "Based on the...
Ind. Courts - Neary Will Run For LaPorte Superior 3 Judge.
Posted on January 27, 2008From the Michigan City News-Dispatch:La Porte Attorney Greg Hofer announced Friday his Republican candidacy for judge of the La Porte Superior Court No. 3 in La Porte. The current Superior Court 3 judge is Paul Baldoni, who recently announced his...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 on Jan. 23rd (and 18 NFP)
Posted on January 27, 2008The complete list of opinions issued by the Indiana Court of Appeals on Wed., Jan. 23 is now, finally, available online. This entry replaces the earlier, briefer ILB entry posted Jan. 23rd. For publication opinions on Jan. 23rd (2): In...
Ind. Courts - "Lawyer guilty of attack on woman in wheelchair"
Posted on January 27, 2008James D. Wolf Jr. of the Gary Post-Tribune reports, in a story that begins:VALPARAISO -- A jury of six people found former attorney, Lake County prosecutor and Hebron Councilman Michael Haughee guilty of sexual battery, criminal confinement and interference with...
Ind. Courts - Mediation of family court disputes
Posted on January 27, 2008Deb Kelly of the Terre Haute Tribune Star reports today on the use of mediation in Vigo County family court disputes. The long story begins:Some of the most contentious and time-consuming court proceedings in Vigo County are not high-profile criminal...
Legislative Benefits - "Insulted" legislators; disrespected citizens
Posted on January 27, 2008Updating these earlier ILB entries on SB 165, dated Jan. 17th and Jan. 20th, Mary Beth Schneider reports today in a front-page story in the Indianapolis Star headlined "Insulted, senators kill legislator-to-lobbyist bill":State Sen. Patricia Miller started this legislative session...
Ind. Courts - Reports on bills of interest to the Judiciary that were discussed this week
Posted on January 27, 2008The Indiana Judicial Center has now posted its third installment of very useful reports for 2008 on bills of interest to the Judiciary. Access them here. This week's report begins:The General Assembly has completed an extremely busy week of committee...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending January 25, 2008
Posted on January 25, 2008Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending January 25, 2008. Be sure to view all 4 pages. No transfers were granted this week. Four years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back...
Ind. Law - More on: Hoosier homeowners hit by perfect storm
Posted on January 25, 2008Updating this ILB entry from August 25, 2007 about ballooning property tax bils and home prices spiraling downwards (if there were buyers), the NY Times reports today, in a story by Michael M. Grynbaum, that is headed "Home Prices Sank...
Law - New blog on criminal law launched
Posted on January 25, 2008The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law has started a blog, OSJCL Amici: Views from the Field, described as:A first-of-its-kind, online resource for timely and critical commentaries on the cutting edge of criminal law. Our hope in creating this resource...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals opinions not posted again Thursday
Posted on January 25, 2008Although things looked brighter late Wednesday afternoon when the Court of Appeals opinions from earlier this week were finally made available online, again Thursday the Court of Appeals issued a number of opinions, but they have yet to be posted...
Ind. Courts - More candidates seek judicial nominations
Posted on January 25, 2008"Judge Brugnaux seeking another term in Superior Court" is the headline to this story by Howard Greninger in the Terre Haute Trib-Star:Barbara L. Brugnaux will seek a third term as judge of Vigo County Superior Court Division 5, announcing Thursday...
Ind. Courts - More on "Revised law in play on Wilkes sentence"
Posted on January 25, 2008Kate Braser of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today:More than 20 years ago, another Vanderburgh Circuit Court judge was in a position similar to the one Judge Carl Heldt faces today, when he will decide what punishment to render...
Ind. Courts - Lawyers reluctant to challenge sitting judges?
Posted on January 25, 2008The Evansville Courier & Press has an interesting editorial today, its premise is that few lawyers will challenge sitting judges for their seats, because if they lose they will have to practice before the judge. The editorial concludes:Our point in...
Legislative Benefits - Still more on "Legislator to Lobbyist" slowdown bill gets cold shoulder
Posted on January 25, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 20th, Indianapolis Star columnist Matthew Tully writes again today on the revolving door in Indiana between legislators and lobbyists. Aquote:The Statehouse is full of one-time legislators who now lobby their former colleagues...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court won't review Atkins guardianship case
Posted on January 25, 2008Last Friday, Jan. 18th, the ILB reported that the Supreme Court had denied transfer in the case of Guardianship of Patrick Atkins, Brett Conrad v. Thomas and Jeanne Atkins. Today the Indiananpolis Star has this brief item:The Indiana Supreme Court...
Ind. Decisions - SCOTUS to hear second Indiana case
Posted on January 24, 2008A very brief story today in the Indianapolis Star reports:The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments in the Indianapolis case of a man who wants to be his own lawyer. The justices will hear Ahmad Edwards'...
Law - "Foreclosures Prompt Cities to Make Plea for Aid"
Posted on January 24, 2008A troubling article today in the NY Times, reported by Ian Urbina, on how the subprime collapse is crippling the budgets of the nation's cities. It is not difficult to envision the impact on Indiana's cities, already in the midst...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit denies FedEx review
Posted on January 24, 2008On Jan. 22nd the 7th Circuit, according to this item from RTT News:declined to hear the request of FedEx Ground, an operating unit of FedEx Corp. (FDX), for interlocutory review of the class certification decision in the Kansas case pending...
Ind. Courts - More candidates seek judicial nominations
Posted on January 24, 2008From the Goshen News:Peter D. Todd has filed the paperwork to become a Republican candidate for Judge of Superior Court 5 in Elkhart County....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on January 23, 2008For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Randolph Ayers v. State of Indiana (NFP)...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issued 6 opinions on 1/22/08 (and 9 NFP)
Posted on January 23, 2008The COA opinions from Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 are now available. For publication opinions 1/22/08 (6): City of Charlestown Advisory Planning Commission v. KBJ, LLC Cynthia Ogle v. East Allen County Schools and East Allen County Schools Employee Group Benefit...
Ind. Courts - More judicial announcements
Posted on January 23, 2008From Tree County 1330 in Greensburg:Williams files early for Decatur Superior Court Judge. Lora Reed Williams filed paperwork today to run for Decatur Superior Court Judge. From the Michigan City News-Dispatch:Neary Will Run For LaPorte Superior 3 Judge...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one today, decided 1/22/08
Posted on January 23, 2008In Randolph County v. Chamness, a 5-page, 5-0 opinion on an interlocutory appeal, Chief Justice Shepard writes:This case arose when a car carrying four young women left the roadway in Randolph County, and overturned and ejected one of its occupants...
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