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Courts - "Does the punishment fit the crime for child porn?"
Posted on November 21, 2009Thanks to the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog for the pointer to this story by Tracey Read, published Nov. 19th...
Ind. Courts - "Defense gets $72K for experts in Jada Justice case "
Posted on November 21, 2009From the NWI Times today, a story by Bill Dolan. Some quotes:CROWN POINT | The public will pay up to...
Ind. Law - "The power of a drug containing noxious ingredients"
Posted on November 21, 2009Methamphetamine is the subject of this editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that includes these quotes:If anyone questions...
Courts - "Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's"
Posted on November 21, 2009Updating this long list of earlier ILB entries, Andrew Wolfson reports in today's LCJ in a lengthy story:The Kentucky Court...
Ind. Courts - Indiana AG joins federal-and-state task force intended to thwart mortgage fraud and other financial crimes
Posted on November 20, 2009See the press release from Nov. 18th here. See also this Nov. 19th story from the Las Vegas Sun, headed...
Courts - Still more on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Posted on November 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 1, 2009, Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog had this entry yesterday headed...
Ind. Decisions - Re the COA decision in Ankeny v. Governor
Posted on November 20, 2009The Court of Appeals decision Nov. 12th in the case of Steve Ankeny and Bill Kruse v. Governor of the...
Ind. Courts - "Hamilton qualified to judge"
Posted on November 20, 2009That is the headline to this editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:Congress? approval of a Hoosier...
Ind. Courts - "Video explains the process of Alternative Dispute Resolution (sometimes known as Mediation) to settle court cases in Indiana"
Posted on November 20, 2009The program, "Alternative Dispute Resolution: Real Dialogue. Real Answers," was developed by the Indiana Supreme Court to give people involved...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on November 20, 2009In Scruggs v. Garst Seed Co. (ND Ind. J. Sharp), a 15-page opinion, Judge Williams writes:Dayna Scruggs appeals from the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on November 20, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): W. Kenneth Baldwin, et al. v. Kimberly A. Gilbert, et...
Environment - IDEM and it's chief in the news
Posted on November 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 15th, headed "Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner,"...
Ind. Decisions - One today from 7th Circuit
Posted on November 19, 2009In U.S. v. Leroy F. Miller (ND Ind., CJ Miller), a 5-page opinion, Judge Easterbrook writes:Leroy Miller was convicted of...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Madison Co. prosecutor denies alleged misconduct"
Posted on November 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8, 2009, Christina M. Wright of the Anderson Herald-Bulletin reported yesterday:ANDERSON, Ind. ? An...
Ind. Courts - Senate debate underway on Hamilton nomination [Updated]
Posted on November 19, 2009Final debate is now underway for the "up or down" U.S. Senate vote on the David Hamilton nomination. Watch on...
Law - "Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere: Extensive Surveillance System Integrates Nonpolice Video, Raises Concerns About Possible Privacy Abuses"
Posted on November 19, 2009From today's WSJ, this story by William M. Bulkeley, reporting that not only are there video cameras all over Chicago,...
Law - More on: Federal golf cart subsidies
Posted on November 19, 2009Updating this Oct. 18, 2009 ILB entry, which ended with quotes from a WSJ story about federal and state tax...
Courts - Still more on: In Kansas, the Mortgage Machine Backfires; MERS issue raised in Indiana
Posted on November 19, 2009This Oct. 10, 2009 ILB entry includes a quote from the Boston Globe from Oct. 9th (from a Globe story...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on November 19, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Morton P. Maish v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:?The...
Courts - "Justice Sotomayor adds celebrity to court"
Posted on November 19, 2009The Washington Post on Nov. 17th had this lengthy story reported by Jesse J. Holland of the AP. Some quotes:WASHINGTON...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on November 18, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In T.L. Brandon Hollar v. State of Indiana , an 11-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Hollar...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides aspect of Inlow estate dispute
Posted on November 18, 2009In the Matter of the Estate of Lawrence W. Inlow; Anita Inlow v. Jason L. Inlow, Heather N. Johnson, Jeremy...
Law - Indiana Daily Student editorial on stalled Dawn Johnsen nomination
Posted on November 18, 2009Published late Monday, Nov. 16th, the headline is "Unacceptable obstruction":IU law professor Dawn Johnsen was supposed to be confirmed by...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Sex offender registry [may be] reduced by 1/3"
Posted on November 18, 2009The ILB had this lengthy entry on Nov. 11, 2009, about the Indiana Supreme Court decision in Richard P. Wallace...
Ind. Law - IU Law Prof. Mary Hart Mitchell, 56, who died Nov. 4, featured in Dan Carpenter column
Posted on November 18, 2009Updating these earlier ILB entries, Dan Carpenter, op-ed columnist for the Indianapolis Star, has a long column today on the...
Ind. Courts - "Obama court nominee David Hamilton clears Senate hurdle: full Senate vote set for today"
Posted on November 18, 2009Warren Richey has the story here in the Christian Science Monitor. Some quotes:In the first major showdown over the future...
Ind. Courts - Hamilton vote now set for Thursday
Posted on November 18, 2009The "up or down" U.S. Senate vote on the David Hamilton nomination is now set for Thursday. Here are some...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Petitions to transfer filed in the Indiana voter ID case
Posted on November 18, 2009This will update this ILB entry from Oct. 20th, which included links to the dueling petitions to transfer filed re...
Ind. Courts - New Bicknell City Judge Michael Edwards named "Judge of the Day" by national law blog
Posted on November 18, 2009Remember this entry from Nov. 3rd, 2009, where the City of Bicknell finally got a judge? Their city judge, and...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana decisions today from the 7th Circuit - plus another 2nd amendment case
Posted on November 18, 2009In Bandak v. Eli Lilly Retirement Plan (SD Ind., McKinney), a 9-page opinion. Judge Posner writes:Bandak, a retired employee...
Law - Hackers reportedly targeting law firms via e-mail
Posted on November 17, 2009An AP story, reported by Lolita C. Baldor, is headed "FBI says hackers targeting law firms, PR companies." The story...
Courts - "Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers"
Posted on November 17, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 25, 2009, headed "Lake County Illinois prosecutors 'Turn Tables on Student Journalists'" (and the...
Courts - "GOP Opposition Slows Obama's Judicial Nominees"
Posted on November 17, 2009Nina Totenberg's report this morning on NPR's Morning Edition is available for listening or reading here. The Washington Post has...
Ind. Courts - "Changes could reshape the face of Indiana's courts"
Posted on November 17, 2009Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today on the plan to restructure Indiana's courts. The 27-page plan...
Ind. Gov't. - Tippecanoe County Assessor's "software plea rebuffed"
Posted on November 17, 2009From the Lafayette Journal Courier today, this story by Dorothy Schneider:The Tippecanoe County commissioners denied a request from county assessor...
Ind. Courts - "Apathy ensnarls courts, irks judges: Witnesses appear in slippers, if at all"
Posted on November 17, 2009Rebecca S. Green had this story in yesterday's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:On Nov. 3, Brandon Pierson showed up...
Ind. Courts - Senate debate begins on Hamilton [Updated]
Posted on November 17, 2009At 3:13 PM Senate debate has begun on the cloture motion re consideration of the nomination of David Hamilton to...
Ind. Decisions - "Man who hit school bus is in trouble for apologizing"
Posted on November 17, 2009The case of Gabino Gonzalez v. State of Indiana, argued this morning before the Supreme Court, is the subject of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on November 17, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Paul Davis v. State of Indiana , an 11-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Darden writes:Davis...
Law - Report of the GAO on cybersecurity and evolving threats
Posted on November 17, 2009Today the Government Accountability Office has issued a 24-page report titled "Cybersecurity: Continued Efforts are Needed to Protect Information Sysytems...
Ind. Courts - New Parenting Time and Child Support Guidelines Booklet
Posted on November 17, 2009The ILB is pleased to make available online the ISBA Family & Juvenile Law Section's new publication, Indiana's Parenting Time...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending November 13, 2009
Posted on November 17, 2009Just received. Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending November 13, 2009. It is five pages long....
Ind. Gov't. - More on "State government began laying off employees today in order to cut costs"
Posted on November 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Friday the 13th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press has a story headed...
Law - "Indoor Tanning Association dispatches lawyer to Muncie"
Posted on November 16, 2009Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a long story that begins:MUNCIE -- Delaware County's proposed ordinance to...
Courts - "A showdown is set for Tuesday with Judge David Hamilton's nomination"
Posted on November 16, 2009Here is a companion to the story posted here yesterday from The Hill. David G. Savage of the LA Tmes...
The Indiana Law Blog: Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend?
Posted on November 16, 2009The Monday feature - "What did you miss over the weekend?" From Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009: Ind. Law - "Getting...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 16, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 11/16/09): Tuesday, November 17th 9:00 AM - Gabino Gonzalez v....
Ind. Courts - Lugar and Sessions on Judge Hamilton
Posted on November 16, 2009Jessia Brady of Roll Call reported at 3:49 PM this afternoon:Senate Judiciary ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said Monday that...
Ind. Courts - "Death Row Offender Wrinkles Waives Clemency"
Posted on November 16, 2009A press release just issued by the Indiana Dept. of Correction:Michigan City, Indiana (November 16, 2009) - The Indiana Parole...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court weighing use of tests in sentencing
Posted on November 16, 2009A decision is pending in the case of Malenchik v. State, which was argued before the Supreme Court on Oct....
Law - Some legislators in Maryland are shocked! shocked! at expansive definition of "slot machines"
Posted on November 16, 2009Some quotes from a story today in the Washington Post, reported by John Wagner:When Maryland legalized slot machines last year,...
Environment - More on: Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner
Posted on November 16, 2009"'99 report raised concerns about waste, environment: No official inquiries in last 10 years on potential impact" is the headline...
Courts - "New Justice Sotomayor Emerges as Frequent -- and Tough -- Questioner"
Posted on November 16, 2009So writes Tony Mauro in this article for The National Law Journal. A sample: As Sotomayor wraps up her second...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on November 16, 2009For publication opinions today (7): In Lawrence E. Nunley v. State of Indiana, an 18-page opinion, Judge May writes:Lawrence E....
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court decides one today
Posted on November 16, 2009In Ameritech Publishing, Inc. v. Indiana Dept. of State Revenue, an 11-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:Three years ago, this Court...
Environment - "Porter County Commissioners OK regulations for wind turbines" [Updated]
Posted on November 16, 2009Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on wind turbines in Porter County, Jane Huh of the Gary Post-Tribune reports...
Law - "Prostitution Now Outlawed In R.I."
Posted on November 15, 2009NPR's Weekend Edition this morning had this story by Iam Donnis. It begins:Until earlier this month, Rhode Island was the...
Environment - Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner
Posted on November 15, 2009"Fate of 'Easterly's pile' at ArcelorMittal remains unknown" is the headline to this story by Gitte Laasby of the Gary...
Law - "Special report | Fighting domestic violence in Kentucky"
Posted on November 15, 2009The Louisville Courier Journal today has a number of stories on fighting domestic violence in the state. Here is the...
Ind. Courts - "Cap n? Cork owner sues state over wine laws"
Posted on November 15, 2009Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a long story that begins:INDIANAPOLIS ? For more than...
Ind. Gov't. - "Late tax bills force counties to borrow millions"
Posted on November 15, 2009Mike Smith of the AP has this long story that begins:INDIANAPOLIS ? Nearly every Indiana county has failed to send...
Ind. Gov't - Access to Power: How lobbyists buy legislators' time and attention
Posted on November 15, 2009Many Indiana papers today have stories and editorials on lobbying and legislative eithics, including:Gary Post Tribune - "Reaction to reform...
Law - "Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce"
Posted on November 15, 2009The NY Times' Ron Liber had a very useful article in his "Your Money" column this week - it could...
Ind. Law - "Getting off (nearly) scot-free: Is the penalty too light for convicted embezzlers?"
Posted on November 15, 2009That is the headline to this story by Laurie Wink in the Sunday Michigan City News-Dispatch:LA PORTE - Local and...
Courts - "Conservatives split over filibuster of Obama court pick"
Posted on November 15, 2009That is the headline to this story by Alexander Bolton, reporting for The Hill. The long story begins:Leading conservative activists...
Courts - More on: Kentucky judge rejects mayoral candidate's motion to seal divorce files
Posted on November 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 28, 2009, Joseph Gerth of the Louisville Courier Journal reported yesterday in a story...
Ind. Law - "Boxes of medical files found abandoned in South Bend"
Posted on November 14, 2009Tom Moor reports in the South Bend Tribune:SOUTH BEND - An agent with the Indiana attorney general's office removed 21...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer Nov. 12th
Posted on November 13, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available probably Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that transfer was granted yesterday...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on November 13, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Curtis Colvin v. State of Indiana , a 7-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:Curtis Colvin...
Ind. Gov't. - "State government began laying off employees today in order to cut costs"
Posted on November 13, 2009"Indiana state workers get layoff notices" is the headline to this just-posted Friday the 13th story by Mary Beth Schneider...
Ind. Decisions - "The Mezuzah case" is decided en banc by 7th Circuit
Posted on November 13, 2009This is not an Indiana case, but the ILB has had several entries about it in the past, including this...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Supreme Court Hears $125,000 Gambling Debt Case: Woman Claims Casino Knew About Addiction"
Posted on November 13, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Nov. 12, the Louisville Courier Journal today has a 10-picture photo gallery of yesterday's...
Ind. Law - "Barnes & Thornburg enters top 100 on list of largest law firms"
Posted on November 13, 2009So reports Scott Olson in this Indianapolis Business Journal story today that begins:A spate of office openings and an acquisition...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana appeals court upholds axing of Obama suit"
Posted on November 13, 2009The Court of Appeals decision yesterday in the case of Steve Ankeny and Bill Kruse v. Governor of the State...
Ind. Courts - "New federal courthouse dedicated in downtown Terre Haute"
Posted on November 13, 2009Howard Greninger reports today in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star:A new federal courthouse was officially dedicated Thursday amid federal judges, Terre...
Ind. Decisions - "Driving infraction sentences slashed for Elkhart man"
Posted on November 13, 2009The COA Nov. 10th NFP decision in the case of Ray Bean, Jr. v. State of Indiana is the subject...
Ind. Gov't. - Daniels appoints child services ombudsman
Posted on November 13, 2009From the press release:INDIANAPOLIS (November 13, 2009) ? Governor Mitch Daniels has named an Indianapolis woman with more than 25...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one opinion today
Posted on November 13, 2009In State of Indiana ex rel. Adrian D. Kirtz v. The Delaware Circuit Court No. 5 and the Hon. Thomas...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on November 12, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Kristy Humpery, et al. v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. , a 16-page opinion, Judge...
Court - More on: Lake County Illinois prosecutors "Turn Tables on Student Journalists "
Posted on November 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct.25th, the story has taken an even stranger turn. "Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over...
Courts - "Attorney sues over comments posted on Kentucky.com"
Posted on November 12, 2009The ILB has had a number of entires on impacts of and access to anonymous posts and comments, the most...
Courts - "I?m Innocent. Just Check My Status on Facebook"
Posted on November 12, 2009That is the headline to this story by Damiano Beltrami of the NY Times who reports today on social network...
Courts - More on: "Judges In Pa. Corruption Case Likely to Evade Civil Charges" Indiana case mentioned
Posted on November 12, 2009The SCOTUS opinion in the Indiana case of Stump v. Sparkman is in the news again today. Here is the...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Interesting disciplinary decision filed Nov. 3rd by the Supreme Court
Posted on November 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 10th, Ben Zion Hershberg reported in a Louisville Courier Journal story dated Nov. 11th...
Courts - "Conservatives Oppose Judicial Nominee"
Posted on November 12, 2009Kate Phillips writes this evening in "The Caucus," a NY Times blog, at the start of a lengthy analysis piece:Conservative...
Law - "If BigLaw is Changed For Good, What Happens to Law School?"
Posted on November 12, 2009Fascinating. Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog looks at:a piece that takes a harder look at what might become...
Ind. Courts - "State suing local landlords over lead levels in home"
Posted on November 12, 2009Mark Wilson reports today for the Evansville Courier & Press in a long story -- some quotes:In a lawsuit filed...
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court Hears $125,000 Gambling Debt Case: Woman Claims Casino Knew About Addiction" [Updated]
Posted on November 12, 2009Indy 6 News has the first story I've seen on the oral argument this morning before the Indiana Supreme Court...
Ind. Decisions - "Sex offender registry [may be] reduced by 1/3"
Posted on November 11, 2009So reported Megan Stembol of WANE Fort Wayne in this story yesterday. Some quotes:ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - A landmark...
Ind. Decisions - Fort Wayne family's "Malpractice case can proceed: Court says facts about ?04 death allow for reversal"
Posted on November 11, 2009Yesterday's COA decision in the case of Dharam Bhatia v. Anuradha Kollipara, M.D. (ILB entry here) is the subject of...
Ind. Law - "Linton golf cart ordinance still on the table; changes suggested"
Posted on November 11, 2009The ILB has entries on Linton's consideration of allowing cart carts on city street that go back more than a...
Courts - "NJ Supreme Court committee to look at what can be done to make e-discovery cost-effective and accessible to all"; "Evidence on Social Networking Sites"
Posted on November 11, 2009For the first article, see this Nov. 10th article from the New Jersey Law Journal, which deals in the main...
Ind. Law - Still more on "Key to safe-haven law is spreading the word"
Posted on November 11, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on Indiana's "safe haven" law, dating back to 2004. The most recent...
Ind. Courts - Showdown on Judicial Nominee Set for Next Week: David Hamilton's 7th Circuit nomination
Posted on November 11, 2009David Ingram of The Blog of Legal Times has this story on the long-stalled David Hamilton nomination:Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Ind. Courts - Two stories in one: Linda Pence and Timothy Morrison
Posted on November 11, 2009"Southern Indiana U.S. Attorney Candidate Bows Out" is the headline to this entry by Andrew Ramonas in the Main Justice...
Courts - "'I Believe' tag fails test in court Judge says S.C. religious plate based on discriminatory law"
Posted on November 11, 2009The headline is from this story by Adam Parker today in the Charleston South Carolina Post & Courier. The ILB...
Law - "ABA Proposes Law Student Loan Relief"
Posted on November 11, 2009That is the heading of this story today by Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal. It begins:The American Bar...
Ind. Courts - "Hancock County prosecutor's post stirs fuss among GOP hopefuls"
Posted on November 11, 2009Bill McCleery has the report today in the Indianapolis Star....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 20 NFP)
Posted on November 10, 2009For publication opinions today (5): In Dharam Bhatia v. Anuradha Kollipara, M.D. , a 7-page opinion, Judge Bradford writes:In this...
Ind. Decisions - "Boney Grants Exclusive Interview: Convicted Killer Gives First TV Interview In 5 Years"
Posted on November 10, 2009WLKY out of Louisville has the story today with numerous links, including a 3-part TV interview with Charles Boney. Here...
Ind. Courts - Discussion of upcoming gambling addiction case
Posted on November 10, 2009Ed Feigenbaum, editor of Indiana Gaming Insight, was interviewed yesterday afternoon by Steve Simpson of WIBC on the case of...
Ind. Courts - "Deputy Allen County prosecutor quits over pot charge"
Posted on November 10, 2009From a story by Rebecca S. Green in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:A deputy Allen County prosecutor has resigned, about...
Ind. Law - Indiana store-front law offices
Posted on November 10, 2009The ILB would like to publish a poster of "Indiana store-front law offices" featuring photos of unique locations. For examples...
Ind. Courts - More on: Interesting disciplinary decision filed Nov. 3rd by the Supreme Court
Posted on November 10, 2009On Nov. 5th, the ILB posted this entry about a public reprimand issued by the Supreme Court in In the...
Ind. Law - More on "I&M fight costs Fort Wayne $300,000 for lawyers"
Posted on November 10, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, whose story is quoted in this ILB entry from Nov. 7th, today has an editorial...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on November 09, 2009For publication opinions today (2): Joshua P. Lindsey v. State of Indiana Zachariah Holden v. State of Indiana NFP civil...
Courts - More on Judge David Hamlton's nomination to 7th Circuit
Posted on November 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5, which included this quote from the Washington Post:WASHINGTON -- Ten months into Barack...
Courts - More on "If Chicago cop caught you with LIDAR, go to court: Judge will dismiss it"
Posted on November 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 6th, Megan Twohey of the Chicago Tribune reports today in a story headlined: "Speeding...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend?
Posted on November 09, 2009Stats for the ILB over the weekends fall to one-third or less of these during the week, although the ILB...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 09, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 11/9/09): Thursday, November 12th 9:00 AM - Caesars Riverboat...
Ind. Courts - More on "Red Spot Paint may have to pay $26 million for cleanup"
Posted on November 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 6th, Dan Shaw of the Evansville Courier & Press is reporting this evening:A lawsuit...
Courts - Still more on Judge David Hamlton's nomination to 7th Circuit
Posted on November 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, which quoted from the Baltimore Sun story today headed "Long wait may soon...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending November 6, 2009
Posted on November 09, 2009There is no Clerk's transfer list for the week ending November 6, 2009....
Environment - "Is New York?s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?"
Posted on November 09, 2009The ILB has had several entries on "a new technique that taps previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas" by drilling...
Courts - More on "Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed " [Updated]
Posted on November 09, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, stories are now coming in re the oral arguments this morning in the two...
Ind. Courts - "Funds Available to Help Those In Legal Profession Who Need Mental Health or Dependency Treatment"
Posted on November 09, 2009A press release today from the Indiana Supreme Court begins:Judges, attorneys and law students in need of mental health or...
Courts - "Kentucky's troubled death-penalty system lets cases languish for decades"
Posted on November 08, 2009Like the Gary Post Tribune, quoted in the entry below, the Louisville Courier Journal today has devoted a lot of...
Ind. Courts - "Bill for capital cases delivered to taxpayers"
Posted on November 08, 2009The subheading of Andy Grimm's lengthy feature in the Gary Post-Tribune today is "Lake County, state have spent combined $2.7M...
Ind. Laws - More on "Lawmaker to push texting-driving ban"
Posted on November 08, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 3rd, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today that concludes: Research from...
Ind. Courts - How it is going in Valparaiso's Courthouse, what with it hosting the Marion County attempted murder trial?
Posted on November 08, 2009James D. Wolf Jr's story today in the Gary Post Tribune is headlined: "High-profile trial proceeds despite ongoing courthouse work:...
Ind. Law - Newspapers to join fight for ethics reform
Posted on November 08, 2009According to the Indianapolis Star today:Next Sunday, 23 Indiana newspapers, led by The Star's Editorial Board, will launch an editorial...
Ind. Gov't - Yet more on: "State no longer holds all cards"
Posted on November 08, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5th, editorials in two papers today don't accept that the gambling industry in Indiana...
Courts - "Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed "
Posted on November 08, 2009Adam Liptak reports today in the NY Times about tomorrow's upcoming oral argument before the SCOTUS in the case of...
Ind. Courts - ?You can?t arrest him. He works on my car for free?
Posted on November 08, 2009The Jeffersonville News & Tribune has this story today, reported by Matt Thacker, and headed "Former drug court officer questions...
Ind. Law - What is being done in Indiana to deal with foreclosures?
Posted on November 08, 2009David Smith has a lengthy story today in the Lafayette Journal Courier dealing with this issue. A quote:Stories like the...
Ind. Courts - State bar honors Allen Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt as the state?s Outstanding Judge
Posted on November 08, 2009From this brief report in today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The Indiana State Bar Association named Allen Superior Court Judge Charles...
Ind. Decisions - "Gambler gets second shot in suit against Ind. casino"
Posted on November 08, 2009Caesars Riverboat Casino. LLC v. Genevieve Kephart, which will be argued before the Supreme Court this Thursday, Nov. 12th, is...
Ind. Law - "Keeping track of sex offenders is not easy"
Posted on November 07, 2009I thought this was a great story in the Nov. 6th Greene County Daily World, reported by Anna Rochelle. It...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court sets Dec. 11, 2009 as execution date for Matthew Eric Wrinkles
Posted on November 07, 2009"Wrinkles murder case is topic on 'Oprah' Tuesday" is the headline of a brief story today in the Evansville Courier...
Ind. Law - "I&M fight costs Fort Wayne $300,000 for lawyers"
Posted on November 07, 2009Benjamin Lanka reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in a story that begins:Fort Wayne has paid nearly $300,000...
Ind. Law - Services set for IU Law Prof. Mary Hart Mitchell, 56, who died Nov. 4
Posted on November 07, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 4th, the Indianapolis Star today has the obituary for Indiana University-Indianapolis Law Professor Mary...
Courts - "Comment decision in New Hampshire high court?s hands"
Posted on November 06, 2009Adding against to the ILB's list of entries on impacts of and access to anonymous posts and comments, Ashley Smith...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on November 06, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Robert P. Koors, et al. v. Walter W. Steffen, et al. , a 10-page...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case, and an interesting voter registration / privacy case from Illinois
Posted on November 06, 2009In USA v. James Owens (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), an 8-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:James Owens pled guilty to transportation...
Courts - "Court blocks Illinois' parental notification law: State panel had cleared enforcement of law, but hours later a judge grants ACLU restraining order"
Posted on November 06, 2009This NY Times story from Nov. 3rd, reported by Monica Davey and headed "Illinois Curb on Minors? Abortions Nears ,"...
Ind. Decisions - Anthony J. Wallingford suspended from Indiana practice
Posted on November 06, 2009Here is a long list of ILB entries on :New Albany attorney Anthony Wallingford, who on Aug. 9, 2008 pleaded...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court decides one yesterday
Posted on November 06, 2009The case is Enhanced Telecommunications v. Ind. Dept Revenue. In a 15-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:Enhanced Telecommunications Corp. (ETC) challenges...
Courts - "If Chicago cop caught you with LIDAR, go to court: Judge will dismiss it "
Posted on November 06, 2009The Chicago Sun-Times column today, by Mark Brown, is headed: "How to beat a speeding ticket: If city cop caught...
Courts - "Rethinking Prosecutorial Immunity"
Posted on November 06, 2009The Supreme Court oral argument Nov. 4th in the case of Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, the subject of this ILB...
Law - "Shudder speed: Rise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers' disgust"
Posted on November 05, 2009Adding to a by now long list of ILB entries on red-light cameras, Neely Tucker reports in the Washington Post...
Courts - More on: "Prosecutors in Manhattan ? aware that the legal clock for bringing a case was running out ? devised the novel strategy of indicting the rapist?s DNA"
Posted on November 05, 2009Updating this Oct. 19th ILB entry, this issue is now before the California Supreme Court, according to a story today...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on November 05, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (3): In Re the Marriage of K.H. v. J.L.H. (NFP) -...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana opinion, and one interesting copyright decision
Posted on November 05, 2009The Indiana case is U.S. v. Kevin R. Schhultz (ND Ind., CJ Miller), a 9-page opinion. Judge Bauer writes:Kevin Schultz...
Courts - In Pennsylvania, "Women begin to dominate state appellate courts"
Posted on November 05, 2009That is the headline to this story today, reported by Debra Erdley, in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Here is a quote...
Courts - Sex offender laws before several courts
Posted on November 05, 2009Nov. 2nd ILB entry discussed recent decisions of the Indiana and Kentucky Supreme Courts relating to the ex post facto...
Ind. Gov't - Still more on: "State no longer holds all cards"
Posted on November 05, 2009On Sept. 13th Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had a lengthy story on what l noted in...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from the 7th Circuit
Posted on November 04, 2009In U.S. v. Anthony Hampton (SD Ind., Judge Tinder), a 22-page opinion, Judge Williams writes:A series of 911 calls reporting...
Law - "Missing Georgia Lawyer and Her Husband Are Declared Dead"
Posted on November 04, 2009This is pretty scary (especially in light of recent news here in Indiana). From the ABA Journal Blog:A Savannah lawyer...
Courts - Still more on "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Posted on November 04, 2009On May 13, 2009 the ILB posted an entry quoting from a NY Times story by John Schwartz about "a...
Courts - "Flipping off Illinois judge gets homeless man new digs -- jail"
Posted on November 04, 2009Carolyn Rusin reports in the Chicago Tribune:A homeless McHenry County man in trouble with the law will have a roof...
Environment - More on: "Indiana participates in Dana cleanup with $2 million stock distribution"
Posted on November 04, 2009An interesting side-note to this Oct. 13th ILB entry - WLKI 100.3 News had this item yesterday, headed "City Council...
Courts - State of Indiana co-authors amicus brief in Melendez-Diaz challenge
Posted on November 04, 2009From a press release issued yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- Following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that abruptly required crime-lab...
Ind. Gov't. - Dispute about lowering twp. trustee salary in northern Indiana township
Posted on November 04, 2009The Kankakee Valley Post-News (Newton-Jasper counties) had a story last week by Cindy Ward headed "Board president tries to reduce...
Courts - Former Indiana University administrator and "non-traditional" law student argues before SCOTUS as a Meyer Brown associate
Posted on November 04, 2009Here is the story, from the Chicago Law blog. It begins:Fourth-year associates at big law firms rarely find themselves making...
Ind. Courts - Disciplinary Commission Executive Secretary Donald R. Lundberg resigns effective Jan.1, 2010 to join Barnes and Thornburg
Posted on November 04, 2009Here is the announcement, which begins:The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission Executive Secretary Donald R. Lundberg will resign as head...
Ind. Law - IU-Law Indianapolis Professor Mary Harter Mitchell has died
Posted on November 04, 2009From a message sent by Dean Gary Roberts earlier today:Professor Mary Mitchell passed away early this morning from liver failure....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on November 04, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Robin Lovitt v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:Concluding that...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on November 03, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Larry D. Smith v. State of Indiana , a 6-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Barnes...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: " First, Annex Books, now New Albany DVD"
Posted on November 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 10th, Harold J. Adams reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The City of New...
Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on November 03, 2009In U.S. v. Tyrone Vaughn (ND Indd., CJ Miller), a 15-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:A jury convicted Tyrone Vaughn...
Courts - Oral argument today before the SCOTUS in RICO case in which many states have an interest
Posted on November 03, 2009According to this entry today in SCOTUSBlog, the SCOTUS today is hearing the following case:1 p.m. ? In Hemi Group,...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 03, 2009The ILB's weekly "Upcoming Oral Arguments" entry, both this week and last, indicated that NO oral arguments had been posted...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Indiana Supreme Court Suspends Judge Accused of Theft"
Posted on November 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 29th, which quoted a story about the cost and inconvenience to the City of...
Courts - More on: Louisville paper gets it wrong re Kentucky AG "advising" the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling; Implications
Posted on November 03, 2009Yesterday the Louisville Courier Journal, at the behest of the Kentucky Attorney General, published a correction in its printed paper...
Not Law - "Newsday Columnist Quits Over Paywall, Wants To Be Read"
Posted on November 03, 2009TechDirt has an entry on the renewed effort of some newspapers to make their online stories pay-for-view that begins:One of...
Courts - Still more on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Posted on November 03, 2009Updating this Oct. 23rd ILB entry, which quoted from a story on the oral argument that took place Oct. 22,...
Law - More on Ed DeLaney attack: $3 million bond set
Posted on November 03, 2009Robert Annis has a report in today's Indianapolis Star about the arraignment of the accused attacker, Augustus Mendenhall....
Law - "Driven to Distraction: When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison "
Posted on November 03, 2009The NY Times had a long and moving, front-page story Sunday, by Elizabeth Rosenthal, about texting. "A 24-year-old fashion designer...
Ind. Courts - "Tippecanoe County Judge, Purdue professor take on problem-solving courts in book"
Posted on November 03, 2009Sohia Voravong's story in the Lafayette Journal Courier Nov. 2nd began:Becoming a registered voter, signing up for a library card,...
Ind. Courts - Court of Appeals visits Benton Central High School
Posted on November 03, 2009Meranda Watling reports on a Court of Appeals oral argument held at Benton Central High School in Oxford, Indiana last...
Ind. Courts - "Calif. High Court Reflects on Brief Policy"; What About Indiana?
Posted on November 03, 2009That first clause is the heading to this story today by by Mike McKee of The Recorder, whose report begins:Hoping...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on November 03, 2009In Kohlmeyer v. Second Injury Fund, a 7-page, 5-0 decision, Justice Dickson writes:Indiana's statutory worker's compensation scheme enables certain totally...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court sets Dec. 11, 2009 as execution date for Matthew Eric Wrinkles [Updated]
Posted on November 03, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 13, 2008, headed "7th Circuit rules in Indiana case where defendant wore stun-belt throughout...
Ind. Laws - "Lawmaker to push texting-driving ban"
Posted on November 03, 2009Following up on this earlier ILB today on texting, Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a report...
Ind. Law - More on "Some fear charter schools may become sports powers"
Posted on November 02, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 23rd which quoted an Indianapolis Star story headlined "IHSAA rules that Butler recruit Chrishawn...
Ind. Courts - Two 7th Circuit opinions pending before the SCOTUS
Posted on November 02, 2009One was before The Court today,Jones v. Harris Associates. See this WSJ Law Blog entry headed "On Tap at the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on November 02, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (3): Martha Nyatawa v. Corvee, Inc. (NFP) - In a per...
Ind. Law - Update on Ed DeLaney?s medical condition
Posted on November 02, 2009The ILB has just received this statement re the condition of Indianapolis attorney and legislator Ed DeLaney: Indianapolis, IN. ?...
Ind. Decisions - Four cases granted transfer Oct. 29
Posted on November 02, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available later today. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that four transfers were granted...
Courts - Louisville paper gets it wrong re Kentucky AG "advising" the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling
Posted on November 02, 2009The Louisville Courier Journal has pulled the editorial included in this ILB post from Oct. 31st. It has published a...
Ind. Law - "When a public defender is also a defendant"
Posted on November 02, 2009That is the headline to this long, front-page story today in the Indianapolis Star, reported by Heather Gillers. Here is...
Law - "Groups urge Senate leader to move ahead with Dawn Johnsen confirmation"
Posted on November 02, 2009Updating the ILB's long list of earlier entries on Indiana Universtiy Mauer School of Law professor Dawn Johnsen's long-pending nomination...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend?
Posted on November 02, 2009Stats for the ILB over the weekends fall to one-third or less of these during the week, although the...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 02, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 11/2/09): Note: No oral arguments scheduled. Next week's oral arguments...
Courts - Kentucky Supreme Court won't suspend sex offender ruling
Posted on November 02, 2009The AP is reporting:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Supreme Court on Monday denied the state's request to suspend its recent...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending October 30, 2009
Posted on November 02, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending October 30, 2009. It is four pages long. Four transfers...
Ind. Law - More on: Indianapolis attorney Ed Delaney reportedly brutally attacked, perhaps by another attorney
Posted on November 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Indy 6 News now has this more complete account....
Ind. Courts - "Change of venue shifts Indy trial to Valparaiso"
Posted on November 01, 2009James D. Wolf, Jr. reports today in the Gary Post Tribune:VALPARAISO -- Visitors to the Porter County Courthouse this week...
Law - "Digital Data Makes For A Really Permanent Record"
Posted on November 01, 2009The ILB wrote Oct. 8th on the "Streisand effect", when, for example, an attempt to expunge past criminal records instead...
Law - "GQ Ranks Elizabeth Warren Among D.C.?s Most Powerful"
Posted on November 01, 2009That from this entry by Jacqueline Palank in the WSJ Bankruptcy Blog. See the entire list of 50 here, at...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Jeff steel plant fined $240,000 for violations found after worker died"
Posted on November 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 29th, Chris Sikich reported in the Indianapolis Star Oct. 30th:The Indiana Department of Labor...
Environment - "Coal Combustion Residue: Status of EPA?s Efforts to Regulate Disposal"
Posted on November 01, 2009The Government Accountability Office has issued this 38-page congressional briefing, dated Oct. 30th....
Ind. Law - Indianapolis attorney Ed Delaney reportedly brutally attacked, perhaps by another attorney
Posted on October 31, 2009The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Indianapolis attorney and state representative Ed DeLaney was attacked in Carmel by "his prospective...
Ind. Courts - "St. Joseph County officials are saying little about Nemeth case"
Posted on October 31, 2009Erin Blasko has this report today in the South Bend Tribune. (For background, see this ILB entry from Oct. 29th.)...
Ind. Gov't. - Following up on "Lights Out at the Penitentiary: Strapped States are Shutting Prisons"
Posted on October 31, 2009This ILB entry from Sept. 5th quoted stories from the WSJ and the LA Times titled, respectively, "Lights Out at...
Courts - Ky AG advises the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling as he appeals it. to SCOTUS
Posted on October 31, 2009"State to appeal ruling limiting sex-offender law" is the headline to a story dated Oct. 29th in the Louisville Courier...
Ind. Courts - More on: Notre Dame sues former employee over tip
Posted on October 31, 2009Updating this Oct. 15th ILB entry, WSBT South Bend has an Oct. 30th story by Alicia Gallegos reporting:The University of...
Ind. Courts - "Hammond Mayor irritates judge, talks of murder case: Court had banned discussion about Hammond homicide"
Posted on October 31, 2009Ruth Ann Krause reports today in the Gary Post Tribune:Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., was on the radio Thursday and...
Ind. Courts - More on "School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix"
Posted on October 31, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here is a story from Wed. Oct. 28th that the ILB missed, reported by Rebecca S....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer granted in BMV / Social Security Administration records case
Posted on October 30, 2009The ILB has received no official notice, but a reader sent this note late this afternoon:FYI, it's reported on the...
Ind. Decisions - What happens when a case is settled after transfer is granted? [Updated]
Posted on October 30, 2009The answer is in this Supreme Court "Order Dismissing Appeal and Vacating Oral Argument Setting," file-stamped Oct. 28, 2009. The...
Ind. Gov't. - "Jeff steel plant fined $240,000 for violations found after worker died"
Posted on October 29, 2009Harold J. Adams reports in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:Steel Dynamics, the Jeffersonville steel processing plant,...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Indiana Supreme Court Suspends Judge Accused of Theft"
Posted on October 29, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 14th that reported that Knox County Bicknell City Court Judge David Andrew Moreland had...
Ind. Law - Flagrant Age Discrimination at IU-Indy School of Law?
Posted on October 29, 2009The blog Concurring Opinions had this post yesterday from IU-Indy law prof Gerard Magliocca:I am not in the habit of...
Environment - Former IDEM Air Chief goes to Washington
Posted on October 29, 2009Janet McCabe, the highly-regarded, long-time head of IDEM's Air Office until the politics changed with Gov. Daniels' election, has accepted...
Courts - Kentucky judge rejects mayoral candidate's motion to seal divorce files
Posted on October 28, 2009Andrew Wolfson reported yesterday in the Louisville Courier Journal:A judge Tuesday rejected a motion by Louisville mayoral candidate Jim King...
Ind. Courts - "Justices to hear East Chicago casino case Thursday "
Posted on October 28, 2009Dan Carden reports today in the NWI Times about the upcoming oral argument tomorrow in the case of Foundations of...
Ind. Courts - More on "Clash of schools, blogs raises free-speech issues"
Posted on October 28, 2009Updating this Oct. 17th ILB entry quoting an Indianapolis Star story that reported (and included a copy of the complaint)...
Ind. decisions - "$29M deal reached in IMI price-fixing lawsuit: IMI settlement is the biggest yet in concrete scheme"
Posted on October 28, 2009Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star reports today that:Plaintiffs in a concrete price-fixing lawsuit in Central Indiana have landed their...
Ind. Decisions - "Federal Judge orders Ind. to improve food stamp processing"
Posted on October 28, 2009Ken Kusmer of the AP reports in a long story:A federal judge has ordered Indiana's partially privatized welfare intake system...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on October 28, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In Jeff and Nancy Ream v. Yankee Park Homeowner's Association, Inc. , a 22-page, 2-1...
Law - GAO report blames U.S. News law school rankings for rising cost of legal education
Posted on October 27, 2009See Ellie Mystal's Above the Law entry here. It begins:The Government Accountability Office has released a new report on the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on October 27, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Sheila Perdue, et al. v. Anne Waltermann Murphy, et al. , a 22-page opinion,...
Law - "Internet advocate argues for open access to government law and policy" [More]
Posted on October 27, 2009From the Daily Emerald, the independent daily newspaper of the University of Oregon, this report from CJ Ciaramella, dated Oct....
Ind. Courts - "Judge Nemeth issues 11th hour warning about St. Joseph County budget cuts"
Posted on October 27, 2009Troy Kehoe reports today at WSBT South Bend in a long story that begins:With a final budget vote less than...
Law - Continuing on computer security problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers
Posted on October 27, 2009This August 25th ILB entry began:Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal...
Courts - More on: "SCOTUS declines to set rule on drunk driving stops, letting stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving ? and not just rely on anonymous tips ? to stop a suspected drunk driver"
Posted on October 27, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 21st, the Washington Post today has this editorial, headed "'One free swerve': The Supreme...
Ind. Courts - Retired St. Joseph County Superior Court William Means, 80, dies
Posted on October 27, 2009Here is the story, written by Mary Kate Malone, in the South Bend Tribune, from Oct. 24th. Some quotes:William Means,...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
Posted on October 27, 2009In Rudrappa Gunashekar and Jayashree Gunashekar v. Kay Grose d/b/a America's Affordable Housing, J & K Mfg., an 8-page, 4-1...
Ind. Decisions - Briefs in Foundations of East Chicago v. City of East Chicago and the Attorney General of Indiana
Posted on October 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 22, and this one from June 29th, here is what we have now: Brief...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues one today
Posted on October 26, 2009The Indiana Tax Court issued one opinion, a NFP, today, Lyle Lacey v. Indiana Dept. of State Revenue (NFP)....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending October 23, 2009
Posted on October 26, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending October 23, 2009. It is two pages long. One...
Courts - "In Astor Trial, a Lesson for Estate Lawyers "
Posted on October 26, 2009In this long list of entries on the Brook Astor estate issues, the ILB has stated several times: "The Brooke...
Courts - More on: SCOTUS looks at asset-forfeiture hearings, in a review of a 7th Circuit opinion
Posted on October 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 14, check out this entry today in The Volokh Conspiracy. This is the Chicago...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on October 26, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Kimberly Mosley, et al v. Ibrahim S. Zabaneh, M.D., et...
Environment - "Wasted regulations: Oversight of coal hazards largely left to those that produce them"
Posted on October 26, 2009That is the headline of this story by Mark Wilson in the Oct. 24th Evansville Courier & Press. Some quotes...
Environment - 2009 Edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes now available
Posted on October 26, 2009The 2009 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes, edited by Marcia J. Oddi, is now available. The 2009 edition of...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend?
Posted on October 26, 2009Stats for the ILB over the weekends fall to one-third or less of these during the week, although the ILB...
Court - Lake County Illinois prosecutors "Turn Tables on Student Journalists "
Posted on October 25, 2009Monica Davey has this long story in the Oct. 24 NY Times. It begins:EVANSTON, Ill. ? For more than a...
Courts - "Most state judges in the US must retire in 70s"
Posted on October 25, 2009Rachael LaCorte of the AP has this lengthy story today -- a few quotes:OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Chief Justice Gerry Alexander...
Ind. Law - Attorney General Zoeller wants more authority over casinos and their funds
Posted on October 25, 2009Eric Bradner reports in the Oct. 24th Evansville Courier & Press:Indiana's attorney general is calling for a new law that...
Ind. Courts - "Bondsmen bailing out of the business: Recession, Marion County judges' new policy erode pool of customers"
Posted on October 25, 2009Here is a story from Dan McFeely of the Indianapolis Star from Tuesday, Oct. 20th that the ILB nearly missed:Bail...
Ind. Law - More on "Direct wine sale ban not about minors"
Posted on October 25, 2009On Oct. 17 the ILB quoted from Dan and Krista Stockman's weekly "Uncorked" column in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,...
Ind. Courts - "Arson science on trial in Indiana courtroom: Evidence challenged in 1995 conviction"
Posted on October 25, 2009A long and fascinating story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Jared S. Hopkins. It begins:Since Kristine Bunch was...
Ind. Law - "Old meth lab poisons dream home: State recordkeeping largely outpaced by makers of drug"
Posted on October 24, 2009Angela Mapes Turner reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that begins:The headaches, muscle aches and breathing problems began...
Courts - House Judiciary Committee to hold the first congressional hearing on Iqbal Oct. 27th
Posted on October 24, 2009David Ingram reports in The National Law Journal:Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the 5-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that has become a...
Ind. Gov't. - Star editorializes against redrawing Indy maps based on the 2000 census
Posted on October 24, 2009The headline to the editorial is "Power play for political purposes." It reads:Republicans on the City-County Council appear ready to...
Ind. Courts - "Judge and prosecutor argue over sex offender plea"
Posted on October 24, 2009Stan Maddux reports today for the Michigan City News-Dispatch:LA PORTE - A plea agreement by a sex offender ignited friction...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on October 23, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Dewayne Jones v. The Housing Authority of the City of South Bend, IN ,...
Ind. Courts - More on "Hamilton Avenue slaying trial" continues
Posted on October 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 21, yesterday the trial concluded and Judge Robert Altice "found the defendant guilty Desmond...
Ind. Law - "Some fear charter schools may become sports powers"
Posted on October 23, 2009Note the heading. Kyle Neddenriep of the Indianapolis Star had this lengthy story Oct. 1 that may prove to be...
Courts - More on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Posted on October 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 21st, which includes links to a number of earlier entries, Stephene Steitzer of the...
Courts - Even more on: "SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran"
Posted on October 23, 2009An editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headed "A proper reversal," concludes:Here is the legal issue: After Corcoran?s...
Ind. Decisions - "Superior Court in Marion County, Indiana, finds that Indiana Real Estate Commission's ruling on attendance at closing probably 'invalid or illegal.'"
Posted on October 23, 2009That is the heading from this press release issued by Mentor Listing Realty, Inc: Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) October 23, 2009...
Ind. Gov't. - "Welfare officials to reveal post-IBM process"
Posted on October 23, 2009Mary Beth Schneider reports in the Indianapolis Star:The State Budget Committee, a bipartisan panel of state representatives and senators, will...
Courts - "Were hundreds of criminals in Maryland given the wrong sentences because lawyers messed up a basic work sheet?"
Posted on October 23, 2009That is the headline to this Oct. 22, 2009 story in Slate, reported by Ray Fisman. It is a long...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Welfare officials to reveal post-IBM process"
Posted on October 23, 2009That was the headline to Mary Beth Schneider's report in the Indianapolis Star this morning. This afternoon she reports under...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer Oct. 22nd
Posted on October 23, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available probably Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice that transfer was granted yesterday...
Ind. Decisions - "Judge rules IHSAA must let South Bend Washington senior play football"
Posted on October 23, 2009Another ISHAA ruling in the news today, this one reported by Alicia Gallegos of the South Bend Tribune:SOUTH BEND ?...
Courts - "Supreme Court of Kansas holds that a criminal defendant must have used actual force to justify a self-defense jury instruction"
Posted on October 23, 2009Take a look at this entry just posted by How Appealing. See also this entry just posted at The Volokh...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Welfare officials to reveal post-IBM process" [Updated]
Posted on October 23, 2009That was the headline to Mary Beth Schneider's report in the Indianapolis Star this morning. This afternoon she reports under...
Ind. Decisions - Briefs in Foundations of East Chicago v. City of East Chicago and the Attorney General of Indiana?
Posted on October 22, 2009Updating this ILB request from earlier today, thanks to the Attorney General's office for sending the ILB their briefs in...
Law - Dawn Johnsen nomination still caught in Senate delay
Posted on October 22, 2009Indiana Universtiy Mauer School of Law prof Dawn Johnsen's nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel is still stalled,...
Law - "?Absolutely Wretched?: One Prof?s Take on the State of Legal Ed."
Posted on October 22, 2009That is the heading to this new WSJ Law Blog entry by Ashby Jones....
Law - More on "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks
Posted on October 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6, 2008, Edmund H. Mahony of the Hartford Connecticut Courant reports today in a...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues one today
Posted on October 22, 2009In Charles Rivers v. State of Indiana, a 4-page, 4-1 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:A jury found appellant Charles Rivers...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from the 7th Circuit
Posted on October 22, 2009In Frank Brunker v. Schwan's Home Service (ND Ind., Judge Moody), a 14-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:Frank Brunker sued...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on October 22, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): Moussa Ousmane v. State of...
Ind. Law - More on "Jeff Council takes steps to revise sex offender ordinance"
Posted on October 22, 2009The ILB had a long entry Oct. 8th on the Jeffersonville City Council's preliminary action to revise the city's sex...
Ind. Courts - An interesting side note to yesterday's COA argument in Terre Haute
Posted on October 22, 2009Yesterday's Court of Appeals' oral argument in the case of Brea Rice v. State of Indiana was held at Indiana...
Courts - "Courts - Still more on: SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran"
Posted on October 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Ashley Smith of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel has this story today, headed "Convicted killer...
Environment - "Environmentalists divided over wind farm, endangered bats"
Posted on October 22, 2009An earlier ILB entry on wind turbines and the Indiana bat was: "Indiana bat endangered by wind farms?" from June...
Ind. Decisions - Oral argument this morning on use of "scoring models" in sentencing
Posted on October 22, 2009The oral argument before the Supreme Court in Malenchik v. State is this morning. This is the case where the...
Environment - "EPA Proposes Withdrawal of Bush-Era Air Toxics Assessment "
Posted on October 21, 2009Robin Bravender reports for the NY Times late today in a lengthy entry that begins:U.S. EPA has proposed withdrawing part...
Courts - "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Posted on October 21, 2009Updating a long list of earlier entries, the most recent from Feb. 1st of this year, Stephenie Steitzer of the...
Environment - More on: "BP permit must be rewritten: State may not have fully assessed new emissions"
Posted on October 21, 2009Gitte Laasby reports in the Gary Post-Tribune today in a long story with the headline "Environmentalists vow to halt BP...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on October 21, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In State of Indiana v. James S. Hobbs IV , a 9-page opinion, Judge Kirsch...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on October 21, 2009In Fannon v. Guidant Corp. (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 17-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:This case involves the claims of...
Ind. Courts - "Hamilton Avenue slaying trial" continues
Posted on October 21, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the "Hamilton Avenue slaying trial" continues. Jon Murray reports today in the Indianapolis Star under the...
Law - "Facebook, MySpace Divide Along Social Lines"
Posted on October 21, 2009Given the ILB's recent entries about MySpace, this report I listened to on NPR this morning was really interesting. Also...
Courts - More on "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
Posted on October 21, 2009The ILB entry from Sept. 13th includes this quote from the NYT:The case is the latest filed by a conservative...
Courts - More on: SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran
Posted on October 21, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a story today headed "Justices return...
Ind. Courts - "Lawyers clash over legality of ordinance governing Indiana ?adult superstore? -- stories display some confusion, but by whom?
Posted on October 21, 2009Harold J. Admas story today in the Louisville Courier Journal begins with a great lede:While a gallery bused in by...
Courts - "Alito troubled by concerns over court's Catholics"
Posted on October 21, 2009Marrclaire Dale has this report in the Washington Post that begins:PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced frustration...
Courts - "SCOTUS declines to set rule on drunk driving stops, letting stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving ? and not just rely on anonymous tips ? to stop a suspected drunk driver"
Posted on October 21, 2009Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has the story here. It begins:The US Supreme Court has let stand a...
Ind. Gov't. - Although "State will cancel its $1.34 billion contract with IBM", concerns also expressed about ACS
Posted on October 20, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, see AP's Ken Kusmer reported late today -- here is a sample:Rep. Peggy Welch, a Bloomington...
Courts - SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran
Posted on October 20, 2009This ILB entry from Dec. 31, 2008 summarizes a 2-1, 7th Circuit opinion in Joseph E. Corcoran v. Buss (ND...
Ind. Courts - Hearing Officer Appointed In Brizzi Matter
Posted on October 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 8th, headed "Ind. Courts - Disciplinary complaint filed against Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi,"...
Ind. Courts - "Putnam County Judges ask commissioners for Court Referee"
Posted on October 20, 2009A long story today in the Greencastle Banner Graphic, reported by Maribeth Ward, begins:Putnam County Commissioners gave their approval to...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on October 20, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Mark Alvin Lamar v. State of Indiana , an 8-page opinion, Judge Mathias concludes:The...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 on Oct. 19th (and 2 NFP)
Posted on October 20, 2009For publication opinions Oct. 19 (1): In State of Indiana v. Mark Damron, a 7-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes:The State...
Ind. Courts - "Jurors ?missed it? in murder acquittal, judge says"
Posted on October 20, 2009Jason Riley reported yesterday in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that began:Senior Judge Martin McDonald on Monday said...
Ind. Courts - "Proposal to close Lake County courts stirs opposition"
Posted on October 20, 2009Bill Dolan reports in the NWI Times: CROWN POINT | Lake County Commissioner Roosevelt Allen, D-Gary, said closing the satellite...
Courts - "Sotomayor?s Gift of Gab Grabs Headlines Again"
Posted on October 20, 2009Check it out - from the WSJ Law Blog - by Jennifer Forsyth...
Environment - "BP permit must be rewritten: State may not have fully assessed new emissions"
Posted on October 20, 2009Gitte Laasby reports in the Gary Post-Tribune today in a long story:MERRILLVILLE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is forcing...
Ind. Gov't - "Indiana, IBM Welfare Dispute May Not Be Over"
Posted on October 20, 2009So reported Norman Cox in this Channel 6 News story last evening....
Law - Jan Crawford Greenburg to become CBS News chief legal correspondent
Posted on October 20, 2009From a CBS press release:Jan Crawford Greenburg will become CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent, it was announced today by Sean...
Ind. Decisions - Petitions to transfer filed in the Indiana voter ID case
Posted on October 20, 2009Briefs have now been filed re the Court of Appeals decision in League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, the...
Ind. Gov't. - Even more on "State will cancel its $1.34 billion contract with IBM and other vendors to automate the application process for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits"
Posted on October 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 17th, Angela Mapes Turner had this valuable story Sunday in the Fort Wayne Journal...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Indiana High Court Allows MySpace Entry As Evidence In Murder Trial"
Posted on October 19, 2009In Thursday's Supreme Court decision in Ian J. Clark v. State, the Court wrote:One of his trial objections does pose...
Courts - "Prosecutors in Manhattan ? aware that the legal clock for bringing a case was running out ? devised the novel strategy of indicting the rapist?s DNA"
Posted on October 19, 2009"Indicting DNA Profiles Is Vital in Old Rape Cases" is the headline to this story today in the NY Times,...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Hunters must know the laws"
Posted on October 19, 2009Ken Kosky's award-winning "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times seems to have taken a few weeks off since...
Courts - More on: The Legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens
Posted on October 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 17th on C-SPAN's America & the Courts program devoted to Justice Stevens, today Joan...
Ind. Gov't. - Re: "Where does Wishard's money come from?"
Posted on October 19, 2009The ILB does not intend to start covering the Wishard rebuilding issue, but the front-page story by Daniel Lee in...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on October 19, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 10/19/09): Thursday, October 22nd 9:00 AM - Gary D. Jackson...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on October 19, 2009Apparently there are opinions today, but the Court site reports: "We are currently experiencing technical problems with our opinions website....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending October 16, 2009
Posted on October 19, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending October 16, 2009. It is two pages long. One transfer...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Judge will remain in Jay County murder cases"
Posted on October 19, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6th that began by quoting a story from the Muncie Star-Press:PORTLAND ? Judge Brian...
Courts - More on "$6.4M fine in Ohio for illegal practice of law"
Posted on October 19, 2009"Ohio High Court Hits Alleged Trust Mill With $6.4 Million Fine" is the title of this article by Karen Sloan...
Law - More on "The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: A Preliminary Report"
Posted on October 19, 2009FindLaw.com columnists and law professors Joanna Grossman and Deborah Brake have written a three-part article on the Lilly Ledbetter Act....
Ind. Courts - "CSI Indy? Not in Hamilton Avenue slayings case: It's unusual -- but not unheard of -- for a grisly murder case to yield no physical evidence linking a suspect to the crime"
Posted on October 19, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the "Hamilton Avenue slaying trial" is now in its second week. Jon Murray and Heather Gillers...
Law - Reading the bills may not be the answer ...
Posted on October 19, 2009Today Al Kamen's "In the Loop" column in the Washington Post includes this gem:They call it the World's Greatest Deliberative...
Ind. Gov't. - "Restoring equity: Two-year budget misses mark on school funding"
Posted on October 18, 2009Yesterday the ILB posted this South Bend Tribune story headed "Middlebury schools to sue over funding formula." The ILB has...
Ind. Law - Golf cart update; Federal golf cart subsidies
Posted on October 18, 2009Time for another golf cart update, adding to this long list of earlier ILB golf cart entries. Recent entries have...
Environment - More on "A new technique that tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading to the rest of the world"
Posted on October 17, 2009The lead NY Times editorial today begins:New York State?s environmental regulators have proposed rules to govern drilling in the Marcellus...
Ind. Law - "Direct wine sale ban not about minors"
Posted on October 17, 2009That is the headline to Dan and Krista Stockman's weekly "Uncorked" column today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "State will cancel its $1.34 billion contract with IBM and other vendors to automate the application process for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits" [Updated]
Posted on October 17, 2009The Indianapolis Star editorializes today on the contract cancellation:Large, troubling questions remain about the fate of a public assistance system...
Courts - "Advocates see NYC Astor case a win on financial abuse"
Posted on October 17, 2009Jennifer Peltz of the AP reports today in the WAPO in a lengthy story that begins:NEW YORK -- To senior...
Courts - The Legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens
Posted on October 17, 2009That is the focus of tonight's edition of C-Span's America and the Courts. You can watch it tonight at 7:00...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on October 17, 2009The case is Mark P'Pool v. Indiana Horse Racing Commission (45A04-0812-CV-757 ) - opinion issued 8/27/09; Appellee's motion to publish...
Ind. Courts - "Restructuring state courts"
Posted on October 01, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today on the Indiana Judicial Conference's 27-page plan to improve the Indiana...
Law - Still more on: Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Posted on October 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 17th, which started with the Boston Globe's report "about a high level city employee...
Ind. Courts - More today on: A bizarre story this afternoon involving the wife of a Marion Superior Court judge
Posted on October 01, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 1st, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports today that the "Forgery case will...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "N.J. man asks Indiana court to reconsider recent ruling regarding twins born to surrogate"
Posted on October 01, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Tim Evans has this story today in the Indianapolis Star, headed "Twins' adoption must be redone."...
Ind. Decisions - "Ind. court says no warrant needed for DNA test"
Posted on October 01, 2009Yesterday's 2-1 COA decision in Arturo Garcia-Torres v. State of Indiana (ILB summary here) is the subject of a brief...
Courts - Still more on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Posted on October 01, 2009Several of the stories I've read today indicate that McDonald v. Chicago is a different case than NRA v. Chicago....
Courts - The new Supreme Court, 2009 - 2010
Posted on October 01, 2009This USA Today story features a cool photo galley of all the justices - and each photo can be expanded...
Courts - More on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Posted on October 01, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry headed "Courts - The SCOTUS has granted cert in a number of cases, including an Indiana...
Ind. Decisions - More on "N.J. man asks Indiana court to reconsider recent ruling regarding twins born to surrogate"
Posted on September 30, 2009Updating this ILB entry from May 9, 2009, in which the Indy Star is quoted as reporting:A New Jersey man...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on September 30, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Arturo Garcia-Torres v. State of Indiana , a 26-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Bradford writes:Appellant/Defendant...
Ind. Law - "Did an amendment to this year?s state budget open the door to tax refunds for nursing homes across the state?"
Posted on September 30, 2009Following up on this ILB entry from Sept. 24th, quoting from a story by Jennifer Tangeman of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune,...
Ind. Decisions - "Hospital rezoning opponents lose appeal" [Updated]
Posted on September 30, 2009Yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of Liberty Landowners Assn. v. Porter County Commissioners, et al (ILB summary...
Courts - The SCOTUS has granted cert in a number of cases, including an Indiana federal case
Posted on September 30, 2009Includng three from the 7th Circuit, one on the right to bear arms and its application to ordinances prohibiting possession...
Law - "Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars -- 1774 to Estimated 2019"
Posted on September 30, 2009This very useful website is the work of Robert Sahr, Associate Professor of Politcal Science at Oregon State University. If...
Ind. Law - More on: "Did an amendment to this year?s state budget open the door to tax refunds for nursing homes across the state?"
Posted on September 30, 2009Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, I've tried my hand at reading SECTION 479. Here is what I've come...
Ind. Courts - More on: DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Indianapolis Law Firm to Enforce the Employment Rights of Indiana Army National Guardsman
Posted on September 30, 2009Remember this story from March 16th? The DOJ put out this release:WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice...
Law - Yet more on "Amazon's Kindle to Sell Law Books" and the implications
Posted on September 29, 2009Updating these earlier ILB entries, today a report in The Daily Princetonian on a Kindle trial there. Hyung Lee writes,...
Courts - More on upcoming SCOTUS term
Posted on September 29, 2009The WSJ Law Blog has this entry today, "Pre-Gaming the 2009-10 Term." From the WSJ itself today, a long article...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on September 29, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Scott Ruse v. Mark Bleeke/Scott Ruse v. Terry Parrish, an 18-page opinion, Judge Kirsch...
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court upholds conviction of South Bend molester"; some comments on Melendez-Diaz' application in Indiana
Posted on September 29, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on the case of Richard Pendergrass v. State of Indiana, involving the...
Ind. Decisions - A different take on the COA voter ID decision
Posted on September 29, 2009The Court of Appeals Sept. 17th decision in League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita has been the subject of...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on September 29, 2009The case is Edwin Berberena v. State of Indiana (49A02-0901-CR-87 ) - 2-1 NFP opinion issued 7/23/09; Appellant's motion to...
Law - "A new push to define 'person,' and to outlaw abortion in the process"
Posted on September 29, 2009Robin Abcarian reports today in the LA Times - the subhead is "Some abortion foes think the rationale for Roe...
Ind. Decisions - "Child support order was error"
Posted on September 29, 2009The Court of Appeals decision yesterday in the case of M.W. v. State of Indiana (see ILB summary here, 4th...
Law - NY Times on "High Cost of Death Row"
Posted on September 29, 2009A NY Times editorial today begins:To the many excellent reasons to abolish the death penalty ? it?s immoral, does not...
Ind. Law - Two stories on Indiana meth laws
Posted on September 29, 2009This very long story by Lisa Trigg in the Terre Haute Tribune Star, from Sept. 3rd, is headed "Wabash Valley...
Ind. Courts - NEW ILR Article on Developments in Indiana Appellate Procedure
Posted on September 28, 2009This ILB is pleased to post this 34-page 2009 Indiana Law Review article on appellate procedure, authored by Bryan H....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending September 25, 2009
Posted on September 28, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending September 25, 2009. It is four pages long. One...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 28, 2009In U.S. v. Sutton (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 12-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:A jury convicted Varnador Sutton of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on September 28, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. v. Gregory S. Schafer, et al , a...
About this Blog - Again, please sign on as annual ILB supporter
Posted on September 28, 2009Don't know how you kept up before the Indiana Law Blog? Are you an Indiana Law Blog addict? Does someone...
Courts - "The Case of the Plummeting Supreme Court Docket "
Posted on September 28, 2009The NY Times' Adam Liptak's "Sidebar" column today begins:In the early 1980s, the Supreme Court decided more than 150 cases...
Ind. Gov't. - "Jeffersonville's sex offender law could get update"
Posted on September 27, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries mentioning the Jeffersonville sex offender ban, today David Mann of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports:The...
Ind. Courts - "Indiana small claims courts a return to debtors' prison?"
Posted on September 27, 2009An important story today in the Evansville Courier & Press, reported by Roberta Heinman ("Special to the Courier & Press"...
Courts - "High Court Justices to Take Up Lawyer Ethics, Errors: Six cases on the calendar will have direct consequences for the practice of law"
Posted on September 27, 2009Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports in a story dated Sept. 28. The lengthy report begins:How lawyers do...
Ind. Courts - "Judge Spencer tearfully steps down "
Posted on September 27, 2009This lengthy report from Dave Stafford of the Anderson Herald Bulletin - a quote:Spencer?s nearly 40 years of public service...
Courts - Justice Sonia Sotomayor's throws out first pitch, successfully
Posted on September 27, 2009Video from the AP: "Justice Sonia Sotomayor was right down the middle with her ceremonial pitch at Yankee Stadium." Another...
Courts - In Kansas, the Mortgage Machine Backfires; MERS issue raised in Indiana
Posted on September 27, 2009This is a story about MERS (the Mortgage Electronic Registration System) and a Supreme Court decision in Kansas. We've had...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: $40 million spent since passage of 2007 law meant as a bridge to help retired legislators and state employees until they qualify for Medicare
Posted on September 27, 2009This ILB entry from May 31st gives essential background to today's story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reported by...
Courts - "Judicial pay disparity drains talent from federal bench"
Posted on September 27, 2009Carol J. Williams reports today in the LA Times:With seven children to care for and a caseload that quadrupled this...
Courts - "The right of students across the country to speak their minds in blogs and text messages at stake"
Posted on September 27, 2009Updating this entry from July 17, 2007, and this one from Feb. 20, 2009, today the Waterbury Connecticut American-Republican has...
Ind. Law - WSJ discovers the "Invasion of the Golf Carts"
Posted on September 26, 2009The ILB has been writing since early 2006 about the increasing interest in the use golf carts on Indiana streets...
Environment - "Hoosier Environmental Council founder heads IU Mauer law school program"
Posted on September 26, 2009Dawn Hewitt reports in the Bloomington Herald-Times in a story ($$) that begins:Carolyn Waldron is the new director of the...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Daniels' welfare privatization: Too big to fail? Shouldn't we be working on a Plan B?
Posted on September 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 22nd, a number of stories today cover yesterday's testimony of Family and Social Services...
Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Lawyer ordered before judge on contempt issue"
Posted on September 25, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, this afternoon KICKS 96 reports:The Wayne County Prosecutor?s Office has filed its response to an offer...
Ind. Gov't. - State funding now follows the student, and this makes a big difference
Posted on September 25, 2009"More students are crossing district lines: Families take advantage of change in state law that slashed cost of attending another...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on September 25, 2009The case is Antoine Sanders v. State of Indiana (49A02-0901-CR-31) - 2-1 NFP opinion issued 9/15/09; Ordered published on Court's...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on September 25, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): In the Marriage of D.L.C. v. S.C. n/k/a S.L. (NFP)...
Ind. Courts - "Trial about St. Joseph County judge's mandate order ends"
Posted on September 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 24th, Margaret Fosmoe of the South Bend Tribune reports today:St. Joseph County residents will...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "IHSAA appealing Jasmine Watson ruling"
Posted on September 25, 2009Yesterday's 2-1 COA opinion in the case of IHSAA v. Jasmine S. Watson (see ILB summary here) is the subject...
Ind. Gov't. - "Panel ponders nuclear plant rates: Utilities want to charge customers from project onset"
Posted on September 25, 2009Updating these two entries (9/13 and 9/14) on the then-upcoming meeting of the legislative Regulatory Flexability Committee, Niki Kelly of...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Lesbians' petition is denied because Indiana doesn't recognize their marriage"
Posted on September 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 14th, quoting from a lengthy and comprehensive Indianapolis Star story by Jon Murray, this...
Law - Lawyers blogging critically about judges; students mocking teachers online
Posted on September 25, 2009Those are the topics of two new Findlaw articles: "Should Lawyers Be Allowed to Blog Critically About Judges?" by Julie...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides Pendergrass v. State
Posted on September 24, 2009In Richard Pendergrass v. State of Indiana, an 18-page 3-2 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Richard Pendergrass was convicted of two...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on September 24, 2009For publication opinions today (4): Indiana High School Athletic Association v. Jasmine S. Watson and South Bend Community School Corporation...
Ind. Decisions - More on "IHSAA appealing Jasmine Watson ruling"
Posted on September 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 24th, which quoted a South Bend Tribune story that began:The Indiana High School Athletic...
Ind. Law - More on: Words matter, regardless of a legislator's, or legislature's, intent
Posted on September 24, 2009Just yesterday the ILB posted this lengthy entry, detailing imprecise language in the voter ID law, the property tax caps,...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Lawyer ordered before judge on contempt issue"
Posted on September 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 8th, Bill Engle of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports today:Indianapolis attorney Sarah Nagy has once...
Courts - "How does the concept of plain view apply to the modern technology of a computer?"
Posted on September 24, 2009This ILB entry from August 26th looked at the Ninth Circuit's new computer search and seizure decision in United States...
Ind. Courts - More on "Judge Nemeth vs. St. Joseph County trial under way"
Posted on September 24, 2009Margaret Fosmoe of the South Bend Tribune has an expanded version of yesterday's story in today's paper....
Ind. Courts - More on: Madison Circuit Court Judge Fredrick R. Spencer is resigning effective September 25, 2009
Posted on September 24, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, this story from the Anderson Herald Bulletin, reported by Aleasha Sandley, provides additional information: Madison Circuit...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court's call for amicus briefs in sentencing case answered
Posted on September 24, 2009Updating this Sept. 6th ILB entry re the Supreme Court's call for amicus briefs in the case of Anthony Malenchik...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer Sept. 24th
Posted on September 24, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime tomorrow or perhaps not until Monday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice...
Ind. Courts - Brinkman will serve as pro temp of the Madison Circuit Court
Posted on September 24, 2009Supreme Court appoints Judge Pro Temp:The Indiana Supreme Court is appointing Senior Judge Jack L. Brinkman to serve as Judge...
Ind. Courts - "Judge Nemeth vs. St. Joseph County trial under way"
Posted on September 23, 2009The South Bend Tribune reports this afternoon:A trial is under way today that will decide whether St. Joseph County Probate...
Ind. Decisions - Of interest 7th Circuit bankruptcy opinion today
Posted on September 23, 2009In In re Bruce S. Smith, M.D., a 28-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:When defendant-appellant Dr. Bruce S. Smith filed...
Ind. Law - Words matter, regardless of a legislator's, or legislature's, intent
Posted on September 23, 2009An important editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Controversy over two key state laws adopted in recent years serves...
Ind. Courts - More on: "The public can now be the judge of whether a former South Bend Police officer used excessive force while arresting a man after a high speed chase"
Posted on September 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, in South Bend different viewers are having different (ILB - Rashomon-like?) reactions to "city...
Environment - "Hog Lawsuits Raising Stink in Missouri"
Posted on September 23, 2009Bill Draper of the AP reports on agricultural nuisance. (For earlier ILB entries on the topic, see this list.) Sme...
Ind. Decisions - SCOTUS considered likely to approve cert grant in Indiana sex offender case
Posted on September 23, 2009Listed today on SCOTUSblog's "Petitions to Watch for the Conference of 9.29.09 (Part II)" is the 7th Circuit opinion in...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on September 23, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Ronald N. Rennaker, Patricia A. Rennaker, Richard W. Pape, Jr., Karen M. Pape and...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on September 23, 2009The case is Casimir Szpunar v. State of Indiana (49A02-0812-CR-1136 ) - NFP opinion issued 7/16/09; Appellant's motion for publication...
Ind. Courts - Indianapolis Bar Ass'n weighs in on Governor's criticism of COA opinion and judge
Posted on September 23, 2009The ILB has just received this statement of James H. Voyles, Jr., President of the Association:Judicial independence is the cornerstone...
Courts - "MLB savior and judge Sotomayor to throw out ceremonial pitch"
Posted on September 23, 2009This story today in USA Today, complete with photo. From Joan Biskupic's story:WASHINGTON ? Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up...
Environment - "Request to install up to 2 wind turbines goes to Hancock County zoning board Thursday"
Posted on September 23, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries now on wind turbines, their impact, and local regulation. Today Bill McCleery...
Environment - "Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions "
Posted on September 23, 2009This story today by Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times - it begins:The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that...
Ind. Courts - More on "Clark Circuit Court to hold night sessions"
Posted on September 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 12th, Braden Lammers has a story in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune headlined "Tuesdays...
Ind. Courts - "State raising the bar on taped interrogations: Recently adopted rule is among the most stringent in the U.S."
Posted on September 23, 2009As noted in this ILB entry yesterday, the Supreme Court's amendment adding a new Section 617 to the Rules of...
Ind. Courts - Madison Circuit Court Judge Fredrick R. Spencer is resigning as Judge of the Madison Circuit Court effective September 25, 2009
Posted on September 23, 2009Announcement from the Indiana Courts public information office:Madison Circuit Court Judge Fredrick R. Spencer is resigning as Judge of the...
Ind. Gov't. - "State official linked to sex calls resigns"
Posted on September 23, 2009Mark Alesia just posted this story in the Indianapolis Star website:Gary Wilfert, senior state steward of the Indiana Horse Racing...
About this Blog - Please sign on as annual ILB supporter
Posted on September 22, 2009Please sign on as annual ILB supporter -- pay quarterly, the next quarter starts October 1st. Check the Law Firm...
Courts - "Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court: Wisconsin justice faces sanctions for ad that may have gone too far"
Posted on September 22, 2009Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal - some quotes from the lengthy story:The challenger's ad in the...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on the COA voter ID decision
Posted on September 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 20th, more reaction. From the Evansville Courier & Press, this editorial today. Some quotes:Although...
Ind. Courts - "Now-retired Perry educator asks that felony charges of hitting mentally disabled man be dropped"
Posted on September 22, 2009Jon Murray reports today in the Indianapolis Star:A former Perry Township teacher accused of twice striking a disabled student asked...
Law - "Keep Your Resume Honest"
Posted on September 22, 2009That is the advice in this article today from Deborah Ben-Canaan and Martha Fay Africa of The Recorder. Some quotes:In...
Ind. Courts - More on: Court makes a number of rule changes
Posted on September 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 16th, which providing links showing the nine sets of new rule amendments (i.e. with...
Ind. Courts - "The public can now be the judge of whether a former South Bend Police officer used excessive force while arresting a man after a high speed chase"
Posted on September 22, 2009Reminiscent of this ILB entry from March 2nd, headed "Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era ", is this WNDU South...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Daniels' welfare privatization: Too big to fail? Shouldn't we be working on a Plan B?
Posted on September 22, 2009From a Star story quoted in this ILB entry July 20th:FSSA Secretary Anne Murphy has said that if IBM's service...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on September 22, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Francean (Moad) Bohm v. Anderson Woods, Inc., and Liberty Mutual...
Courts - "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
Posted on September 22, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute and trial. Today Ashby Jones of...
Ind. Gov't. - "DC's Real-Time Data Program Wins Award"
Posted on September 22, 2009Kari Lydersen reported in the Washington Post on Sept. 14th:The District of Columbia's real-time city data program and a water...
Courts - "A lawsuit seeking to identify a Gmail user who accidentally received confidential bank information must proceed in public"
Posted on September 22, 2009That's the headline to this long story by Thomas Claburn in Information Week that begins:A bank's effort to prevent the...
Ind. Decisions - Following up on: "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"; my plan
Posted on September 22, 2009The ILB has posted a number of entries on this year's budget bill and its surprises: items added into the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on September 21, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Peter and Lori Cook v. Ford Motor Company, a 38-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Robb...
Ind. Courts - "County library could be endangered legal resource"
Posted on September 21, 2009Francesca Jarosz of the Indianapolis Star has this lengthy, and important, story today that begins.Scott Vaughn hovered near a table...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: AP story features new public access counselor
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, the Star, which ran the AP story today, includes this sidebar headed "Test your...
Ind. Courts - More on: Briefs for upcoming argument in Thomas v. FSSA
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 16, for the case set to be argued this Wednesday, Sept. 23rd before a...
Courts - More on: Sotomayor not yet decided on cert pool
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, Tony Mauro has another article on the practice today in The Blog of...
Environment - "Attorney General signs decree to improve Jeff?s sewer problems"
Posted on September 20, 2009That was the heading to this story by Chris Quay Sept. 17th in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Indiana Attorney...
Not law but important - More on: "A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 12th, here, from the Sept. 14th Business Week, is a column from Kevin Maney...
Courts - More on "David Jason Stinson found not guilty in football player?s death"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, Andrew Wolfson has a Louisville Courier Journal story today titled "Stinson?s acquittal poses...
Ind. Law - "Despite laws, 'meth has not gone away'"
Posted on September 20, 2009That is the headline to this story by Sophia Voravong in today's Lafayette Journal Courier. Some quotes:After a 2005 Indiana...
Ind. Courts - More on: "$1.3 million Allen County Courthouse fix OK?d"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB item from July 17th, the ILB has located this item on the Allen County Blog, dated July...
Ind. Decisions - More on: ISBA comments in connection with voter ID decision
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, this one from earlier in the day on Sept. 18th, and this one...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Time might not be on Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney's side"
Posted on September 20, 2009On Sept. 14th the ILB posted this entry, including a copy of document issued by the Supreme Court and dated...
Environment - "Limits on LA Roosters Get a Green Light"
Posted on September 20, 2009Supplementing our informative entry from Sept. 15th headed "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana", the NY Times published this story Sept....
Ind. Gov't. - AP story features new public access counselor
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 2nd, Keith Robinson of the AP has this story today about new public access...
Ind. Decisions - More on: ISBA comments in connection with voter ID decision [Updated]
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, this one from earlier in the day on Sept. 18th, and this one...
Courts - "Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling"
Posted on September 19, 2009Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal writes in a lengthy story dated Sept. 21st that begins:On May 18, the...
Environment - "Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells"
Posted on September 19, 2009Continuing its series on water pollution, the NY Times published a front-page story Sept. 17 headed "Health Ills Abound as...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"
Posted on September 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday (that includes ILB comments), Niki Kelly's story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette...
Ind. Decisions - ISBA comments in connection with voter ID decision
Posted on September 18, 2009The Indiana State Bar Association's just released statement on Gov. Daniels' comments in connection with voter ID decision: On Thursday,...
Ind. Law - More on: "Lebanon mulls sex-offender ban: City is drafting an ordinance to keep convicts out of parks"
Posted on September 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, Marda Johnson of the Lebanon Reporter wrote Sept. 15th:Lebanon?s city council members have...
Ind. Decisions - Re the question of when the voter ID decision is applicable
Posted on September 18, 2009Re the proposition that the COA election ruling has no practical effect until it is certified, I asked Joel Schumm,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on September 18, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Latha Denny v. Kenneth Burger (NFP) - "Latha Denny (?Mother?)...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Announcement Of Strategic Plan For Indiana Judicial Branch"
Posted on September 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, today the AP reports:Trial courts and county clerk's offices in Indiana would be reorganized...
Courts - "Massachusetts high court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices"
Posted on September 18, 2009Adding to the growing list of ILB entries on various aspects of the use of GPS tracking devices, yesterday the...
Law - "Is the Billable Hour Dying? Here?s More Evidence That it Might Be"
Posted on September 18, 2009"Is the Billable Hour Dying? Here?s More Evidence That it Might Be," writes Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog....
Ind. Law - "What is a habitual offender in Indiana?"
Posted on September 18, 2009That is the headline to this Sept. 17th story by Dave Stephens in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:At least...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from 7th Circuit
Posted on September 18, 2009In USA v. Arthur Simmons (ND Ind., Judge Simon), a 16-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:A jury convicted defendantappellant Arthur...
Courts - "David Jason Stinson found not guilty in football player?s death:
Posted on September 18, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries, under the heading "You don?t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending September 18, 2009
Posted on September 18, 2009There is no Clerk's transfer list for the week ending September 18, 2009....
Law - "College Stars Run for Cover From Fans? Cameras "
Posted on September 17, 2009This story in the NY Times today, reported by Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans, begins:While shopping recently at RadioShack, Florida...
Law - More on: Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Posted on September 17, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 15, quoting a Boston Globe story about a high level city employee who routinely...
Ind. Courts - "Announcement Of Strategic Plan For Indiana Judicial Branch"
Posted on September 17, 2009From a press release:The Indiana Judicial Conference unveiled a long-term strategic plan to improve the Indiana system of justice. ?This...
Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit releases Hoosier Energy decision in typescript
Posted on September 17, 2009For background, start with this ILB entry from Jan. 6th headed "Still more on 'Judge gives reprieve to Hoosier Energy'"....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on September 17, 2009For publication opinions today (3): League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita - see ILB summary here. In Kenneth Lobb...
Ind. Decisions - More on: "State's voter ID law faces challenge" again [Updated]
Posted on September 17, 2009Updating this ILB entry from June 20, 2008, which includes the original press release and complaint, today the Indiana Court...
Courts - "Is Sotomayor?s ?Corporations Aren?t People? Comment a Harbinger?"
Posted on September 17, 2009This is really interesting. Ashby Jones has this entry today on the WSJ Law Blog. Here is a snippet:The issue...
Courts - "Stolen marriage licenses lead to charges for Lexington man"
Posted on September 17, 2009That is the headline to this story by Greg Kocher in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Some quotes: NICHOLASVILLE ? Police arrested...
Ind. Courts - "Newton attorney protests length of prosecution timeline"
Posted on September 17, 2009An interesting story today by Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press: The attorney for a Boonville, Ind.,...
Courts - "Nobody Puts Baby Sonia Sotomayor in a Corner"
Posted on September 17, 2009From Above the Law, quoting the WAPO:Justice Sonia Sotomayor would have been the belle of the ball even if she...
Ind. Decisions - "Supreme Court to Hear Case of Compulsive Gambler Who Says She Was Lured Into a Casino"
Posted on September 17, 2009The case of Caesars Riverboat Casino, LLC v. Genevieve M. Kephart, (see ILB summary here - 2nd case), granted transfer...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"; My thoughts
Posted on September 17, 2009Today's Court of Appeals decision in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, summarized earlier today in...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana officials ridiculed the decision and said it would be appealed to the state Supreme Court"; My thoughts [Updated]
Posted on September 17, 2009Today's Court of Appeals decision in the case of League of Women Voters v. Todd Rokita, summarized earlier today in...
Ind. Courts - More on: Supreme Court adds new Evidence Rule 617
Posted on September 16, 2009Following up on yesterday's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story (see latter part of this ILB entry), Niki Kelly and Jeff...
Ind. Decisions - "Walmart, Sam's Club workers from '94 to March of this year are set to share up to $28M"
Posted on September 16, 2009Erika D. Smith reports in today's Indianapolis Star:Nearly 300,000 Wal-Mart Stores workers in Indiana and their attorneys could receive up...
Ind. Courts - Briefs for upcoming argument in Thomas v. FSSA
Posted on September 16, 2009Here are the briefs for the upcoming oral argument in Thomas v. FSSA, set for 5:00 PM at the Wynne...
Ind. Courts - Revised Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines Approved by Supreme Court
Posted on September 16, 2009In addition to the changes to the rules of evidence announced yesterday, the Court also issued an order making substantial...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 16, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Mesha Marie Youngblood v. State...
Ind. Law - More on: Indiana malpractice cap may be challenged
Posted on September 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6th, the Indianapolis Star just posted this item that begins:Attorneys for a widower who...
Law - Carl Malamud speaks on "why access to the working of government by private citizens is crucial for our economy and for our democracy"
Posted on September 16, 2009The Gov 2.0 Summit took place in Washington DC from Sept. 9-10. Among the spealers was Carl Malamud, who has...
Environment - California water bottling company to build Plainfield plant
Posted on September 16, 2009Bruce C. Smith reports today in the Indianapolis Star:The largest private label bottler of water in the country will build...
Ind. Gov't - More on: "State no longer holds all cards"
Posted on September 16, 2009Following up on this ILB entry from Sept. 13th, here is a Sept. 10th story I had missed, by Ian...
Ind. Courts - Court makes a number of rule changes
Posted on September 16, 2009In addition to new evidence rule 617, and the rewrite of the child support rules, the Supreme Court has issued...
Environment - Updating "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana"
Posted on September 15, 2009This Aug. 18th ILB entry quoted by an Indianapolis Star report on citizens "lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 15, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Antoine Sanders v. State of...
Environment - "Randolph County dairy fined over manure spill"
Posted on September 15, 2009Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:WINCHESTER -- Union-Go Dairy recently agreed to pay a $2,125 civil penalty for...
Ind. Law - "The lawyer is in, thanks to the doctor"
Posted on September 15, 2009The Indianapolis Star published a good article yesterday by Shari Rudavsky on "Medical-legal partnerships address patients' health and social needs."...
Ind. Courts - "Johnson County Judges frown on casual attire in courtroom"
Posted on September 15, 2009Jason White of the Johnson County Daily Journal reported ($$) Sept. 9th:No shoes, no shirt, no court. And flip-flops do...
Law - Maintaining governmental emails in Boston and elsewhere
Posted on September 15, 2009Last Sunday, Sept. 13th, Donovan Slack and Michael Levenson of the Boston Globe reported under the headline "Boston Mayor Menino?s...
Environment - "Environmental groups to sue EPA over coal-ash ponds"
Posted on September 15, 2009So reports James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal in this story dated Sept. 14th that begins:Three environmental groups have...
Ind. Courts - "Albion lawyer suspended following 2007 jailhouse ruse"
Posted on September 15, 2009Jeff Wiehe reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:An Albion-based attorney will have her law license suspended for at...
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court adds new Evidence Rule 617
Posted on September 15, 2009From the press release:The Indiana Supreme Court has amended the Indiana Rules of Evidence to prohibit evidence of a suspect's...
Courts - "Bowman on the Supreme Court's Sentencing Jurisprudence"
Posted on September 15, 2009Legal Theory Blog notes that "Frank O. Bowman III (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted Debacle: How the...
Ind. Courts - "Arguments today in Central Library appeal"
Posted on September 15, 2009As noted in this ILB entry Monday, today at 9:00 AM the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Central...
Ind. Courts - Judge David Hamlton's still-pending nomination is focus of New Yorker story
Posted on September 14, 2009Jeffrey Tobin has a very long article in the upcoming (Sept. 21st) issue of The New Yorker, titled "Bench Press:...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on September 14, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 9/14/09): Tuesday, September 15th 9:00 AM - Indianapolis Marion County...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending September 11, 2009
Posted on September 14, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending September 11, 2009. It is five pages long. Six transfers...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Golf carts limited to city, town streets"
Posted on September 14, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week examines Indiana's new golf cart law:Golf courses are...
Courts - "Lawsuit challenging Alaska judge choice tossed"; system similar to Indiana's
Posted on September 14, 2009Lisa Demer reported Sept. 11th in the Anchorage Daily News Some quotes:A lawsuit challenging how Alaska chooses its judges was...
Environment - Several recent environmental stories
Posted on September 14, 2009Sunday, Sept. 13th the NY Times had a major front-page story that continued on to two full inside pages: "Toxic...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 14, 2009US v. Anthony D. Edwards (ND Ind., Judge Simon)...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on September 14, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (0): Joshua Scott v. State of...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court grants a number of transfers
Posted on September 14, 2009The ILB has received notice that the following cases were granted transfer on Friday, September 11, 2009 (more details to...
Ind. Courts - "Lesbians' petition is denied because Indiana doesn't recognize their marriage"
Posted on September 14, 2009Jon Murray has a lengthy and comprehensive story today on the issue. A few quotes:Gay and lesbian couples from Indiana...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Some upcoming legislative committee meetings
Posted on September 14, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, which focused on issues being examined at the upcoming meetings of the legislative interim Commission on...
Courts - More on "Justices Asked to Weigh Free Speech vs. License Plates"
Posted on September 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from April 27th, SCOTUSBlog today selects the 7th Circuit decision Choose Life Illinois, Incorporated, et al....
Ind. Courts - More on: "Time might not be on Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney's side"
Posted on September 14, 2009This August 27th ILB entry includes this quote from the Muncie Star-Press:Supporters of the beleaguered prosecutor are presumably praying the...
Law - Two with Hoosier connections featured by ABA Journal
Posted on September 13, 2009The ILB has had a long list of entries on Carl Malamud. Now the ABA Journal is featuring him as...
Courts - "Federal judge rejects LCJ?s bid to block enforcement of city?s anti-litter ordinance"
Posted on September 13, 2009Sean Rose reports in the Sept. 12th Louisville Courier Journal - some quotes:A federal judge has rejected The Courier-Journal's effort...
Ind. gov't. - Stories about access to information in Fort Wayne
Posted on September 13, 2009"City eyes court battle for I&M data: Litigation next step in quest for info on utility system, consultant says" is...
Law - "Legal ethics experts say that collisions between the freewheeling ways of the Internet and the tight boundaries of legal discourse are inevitable"
Posted on September 13, 2009"Legal Battle Plays Out: Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar" is the headline to this lengthy Sept. 12th story...
Ind. Gov't - "State no longer holds all cards"
Posted on September 13, 2009Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a lengthy (and oddly unparagraphed) story today on what looks to...
Environment - "North Judson attorney argues for environment"
Posted on September 13, 2009Jeff Manes of the Gary Post-Tribune has a lengthy interview today with Marty Lucas - a quote:Martin Robert Lucas is...
Ind. Gov't. - Some upcoming legislative committee meetings
Posted on September 13, 2009The Indiana Commission on Courts, a legislative commission, will hold its first meeting this interim on Oct. 1st. The Agenda...
Courts - "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
Posted on September 13, 2009Jesse McKinley reports today in the NY Times in a story that includes the following:SAN FRANCISCO ? Come November, Washington...
Environment - "Turning to Windmills, but Resistance Lingers: Court Ruling Highlights Odds Against Them"
Posted on September 13, 2009Adding again to this long list of earlier wind turbine stories, the NY Times' Abby Goodnough has this long story...
Ind. Courts - More on: LaPorte County judge threatens attorney with jail
Posted on September 12, 2009Updating this Sept. 6th ILB entry, the Michigan City News-Dispatch reported Sept. 11th:MICHIGAN CITY - Accused murderer Shawn Kelley's defense...
Ind. Gov't - Still more on: "Petitions U.S. Supreme Court, Seeks Equitable Compensation for Indiana Funds Affected by Chrysler, LLC Bankruptcy"
Posted on September 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 6th, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog has this long entry today on the new petition...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Lights Out at the Penitentiary: Strapped States are Shutting Prisons"
Posted on September 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 7, Jonathan Saltzman and Peter Schworm of the Boston Globe report today in a...
Environment - More on: City of Richmond may soon own contaminated Dana site
Posted on September 12, 2009Updating this long list of ILB entries on cleanup of the bankrupt Dana Corp.'s Angola and Richmond sites, Bill Engle...
Courts - "7th Circuit Chief Judge Calls for Loosening of Sentencing Guidelines"
Posted on September 12, 2009Lynne Marek has this report in The National Law Journal, dated Sept. 14th. It begins:Judge Frank Easterbrook urged the U.S....
Ind. Courts - "Chief Floyd County probation officer cited in sexual harassment lawsuit"
Posted on September 12, 2009Daniel Suddeath reports in the New Albany News & Tribune in a long story that begins:Chief Floyd County probation officer...
Environment - More on "EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining"
Posted on September 12, 2009Updating this ILB entry from March 25th, Tim Huber reports today in USA Today in a story that begins:CHARLESTON, W.Va....
Ind. Courts - "Clark Circuit Court to hold night sessions"
Posted on September 12, 2009Chris Quay has this report in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:For the first time, Clark Circuit Court will offer...
Not law but important - "A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges"
Posted on September 12, 2009This article in the Sunday Washington Post, written by Zephyr Teachout, deserves close reading. It begins:Students starting school this year...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 15 NFP)
Posted on September 11, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Brian B. Baldwin v. Tippecanoe Land & Cattle Company , a 6-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana decisions today from 7th Circuit
Posted on September 11, 2009In Khem Bissessur v. IU Board of Trustees (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 9-page opinion, the Supreme Court's Iqbal...
Enviroment - "Porter County readies wind mill ordinance: Move spurred by firm that wants to put towers between Kouts-LaCrosse"
Posted on September 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 15th headed "NW Indiana counties stop residents' wind tower ventures," and adding to this...
Courts - "Blogging Assistant PD Accused of Revealing Secrets of Little-Disguised Clients"
Posted on September 11, 2009Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal has this interesting story that begins:A former Illinois assistant public defender?s blog musings...
Environment - More on: Great Lakes losing even more water via St. Clair River
Posted on September 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 26th, Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today in a story headed...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Lap-Band Surgery to be Covered By Pizza Shop"
Posted on September 11, 2009In this entry on Sept. 1st, the ILB reported that the August 6th COA decision in PS2, LLC, D/B/A Boston's...
Ind. Gov't. - "Terre Haute bans feeding unsterilized cats"
Posted on September 11, 2009That is the headline to a brief AP story on the Indianapolis Star website this afternoon that reports:TERRE HAUTE, Ind....
Ind. Courts - More on "Group challenges arrests of Notre Dame protesters"
Posted on September 10, 2009Updating this June 4th ILB entry, quoting a South Bend Tribune story that began:SOUTH BEND ? Just when Notre Dame...
Ind. Courts - "Homeowners spin wind turbine lawsuit back to judge"
Posted on September 10, 2009Adding to the ILB's lengthening list of wind turbine stories, Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press reports...
Ind. Courts - "Judge widens suit against concrete companies in price-fixing case: Class-action status allows contractors, farmers and do-it-yourselfers to join case"
Posted on September 10, 2009Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star has this story today. Some quotes:The class certification could put pressure on the...
Ind. Courts - "Murder trial delayed after defenders withdraw"
Posted on September 10, 2009From an AP story:MARION, Ind. - A Marion murder trial was delayed after public defenders learned they wouldn't be paid....
Courts - Leahy Introduces Bill To Authorize Federal Judgeships
Posted on September 10, 2009That from this press release from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Among the recommendations, 38 new permanent district...
Ind. Law - "Merger Talks End Between Ice Miller and Greenebaum Doll"
Posted on September 10, 2009So writes Brian Baxter of The American Lawyer this morning....
Ind. Decisions - "By a vote of 6-4, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refuses to switch sides on a question of law that's already produced a 5-4 circuit split"
Posted on September 10, 2009So writes How Appealing today - see the entry here....
Ind. Decisions - First, Annex Books, now New Albany DVD
Posted on September 10, 2009This Sept. 3rd ILB entry was headed "7th Circuit issues long-awaited decision in Annex Books," and began:This ILB entry from...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on September 10, 2009For publication opinions today (4): In Wayne Brown v. State of Indiana , a 33-page opinion, Judge Friedlander writes:Following a...
Courts - "Requests to Change Venues of Trials Rarely Move Judges"
Posted on September 10, 2009From the WSJ today, a long story by Jennifer S. Forsyth and Lauren Eetter that begins:Last week, a federal court...
Law - "Cass Sunstein's nomination to be head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has been approved by the Senate in a 57-40 vote"
Posted on September 10, 2009News item from the Washington Independent, via The Volokh Conspiracy. Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on...
Ind. Decisions - More on: " First, Annex Books, now New Albany DVD"
Posted on September 10, 2009Lesley Stedman Weidenbener has this report this afternoon on the Louisville Courier Journal website about the 7th Circuit's decision today...
Law - "Reality's knocking" The recession is forcing law schools to bow to reality"
Posted on September 09, 2009This story, dated Sept. 7th, reported by Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal, begins:Washington and Lee University School of...
Courts - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission argued this monring
Posted on September 09, 2009Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog begins his analysis of today's oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:If supporters of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on September 09, 2009For publication opinions today (5): In A.J.L. v. D.A.L., J.K.C., and T.C. , a 16-page opinion, Judge Najam concludes:The trial...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana decisions today from 7th Circuit; plus an interesting environmental ruling
Posted on September 09, 2009U.S. v. Perez (ND Ind., Judge Simon) is a 16-page opinion by Judge Kendall (District Judge for the Northern...
Ind. Decisions - "Man convicted in 1982 slaying to be retried"
Posted on September 09, 2009"The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slow ..." Dave Stafford reports today in the Anderson Herald Bulletin:ANDERSON ? An Anderson...
Courts - "San Francisco Superior Court Lays Down Law on Jury Internet Use"
Posted on September 09, 2009Kate Moser reports today in The Recorder:A new rule proposed by San Francisco Superior Court would remind potential jurors not...
Law - "Major Banks Still Grappling With Foreclosures"
Posted on September 09, 2009Chris Arnold of NPR has this nearly 9 minute report this morning - listen if you can, there is more...
Ind. Decisions - Disciplinary ruling in Perry case
Posted on September 09, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on Teresa Perry, the young Evansville attorney charged with meth-related offenses in...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on September 08, 2009The ILB currently is unable to produce this entry -- the information on the Supreme Court calendar is totally different...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending September 4, 2009
Posted on September 08, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending September 4, 2009. It is three pages long. One transfer...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court's call for amicus briefs in sentencing case answered
Posted on September 08, 2009Re the ILB entry from earlier today, a reader writes to ask:In your posting regarding the call for Amicus briefs...
Courts - Three federal court decisions in the news today
Posted on September 08, 2009"State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill, Judge Rules" is the headline to this NY Times story by James Barron. Some quotes:New...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on September 08, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Jonta A. Powell v. State of Indiana , a 21-page opinion, Judge Brown concludes:Based...
Ind. Decisions - One today from the Supreme Court
Posted on September 08, 2009In Jim and Jill Kovach v. Caligor Midwest, et al, a 9-page, 5-0 opinion, Judge Boehm writes:The plaintiffs allege their...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court's call for amicus briefs in sentencing case answered
Posted on September 08, 2009Anthony Malenchik v. State -- 79A02-0902-CR-133. This is a NFP opinion issued June 5th. The Supreme Court granted transfer...
Ind. Decisions - Certainly we haven't heard the last of: "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"
Posted on September 08, 2009The headline to Tim Evans' story today in the Indianapolis Star is "New law lets DCS decide out-of-state placements." More...
Environment - A number of recent Indiana environmental stories [Updated]
Posted on September 08, 2009Several from Lake County:"Steelmaker plans landfill for toxic mill wastes: ArcelorMittal samples show cadmium levels higher than otherwise allowed." -...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: Part 3 of "Death penalty explained in three parts"
Posted on September 08, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week is the final of a three-part series on...
Law - Sex offender laws in the news
Posted on September 07, 2009"Unjust and ineffective: America has pioneered the harsh punishment of sex offenders. Does it work?" is the title to a...
Ind. Law - Time for another golf carts update
Posted on September 07, 2009The most recent ILB golf carts update was August 17th, so it is certainly time for another: Berne -...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Lights Out at the Penitentiary: Strapped States are Shutting Prisons"
Posted on September 07, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 5th, which included this quote:Reporting from Denver - After decades of pursuing lock-'em-up policies,...
Law - "Judges? Frustration Grows With Mortgage Servicers"
Posted on September 07, 2009That is the headline to this lengthy NY Times story by John Collins Rudolf, dated Sept. 3rd. Some quotes:With consumers...
Ind. Decisions - Two more NFP COA decisions reclassified
Posted on September 07, 2009Beaty Construction, Inc. v. Board of Safety Review, et al - NFP opinion issued 7/07/09; Appellant's motion for publication filed...
Ind. Courts - "NY businesswoman was high-class grifter"
Posted on September 06, 2009Charles Wilson of the AP has this lengthy story today that appears in Newsday. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Dina Wein...
Ind. Courts - "And when he came to the judge, the waiter asked, 'And I suppose you want the Arrogant Bastard beer?'"
Posted on September 06, 2009That quote from an entry Friday in Ruth Holladay's Blog. P.S. - Narrowing the field considerably, it was reportedly a...
Ind. Law - Indiana malpractice cap may be challenged
Posted on September 06, 2009Jeff Swiatek's story Sept. 5th in the Indianapolis Star was headed "Widower might challenge malpractice cap." Some quotes:A widower who...
Law - "Cyberlaw Cases: The Top Ten Pending Cyberlaw Cases"
Posted on September 06, 2009This is a good idea *, a new blog designed to follow ten cases: 1. The Google Books Settlement; 2....
Ind. Courts - "Judge retires from military: Maughmer plans on devoting energy to elected position"
Posted on September 06, 2009Kevin Lilly has this long feature in yesterday's Logansport Pharos-Tribune. Some quotes:As a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Air Force,...
Courts - C-SPAN focuses on the Supreme Court; also feature on campaign finance
Posted on September 06, 2009C-SPAN is going all out - it has a new website, totally devoted to the SCOTUS. And it will have...
Ind. Decisions - "Judge will remain in Jay County murder cases"
Posted on September 06, 2009The August 26th NFP decision in Thomas A. Smith, Michael J. Heffern, Tina L. Whiting, Addison R. Pijnapples, and Roderick...
Ind. Courts - "The defense and prosecuting attorneys were present, but the judge was not, due to personal reasons"
Posted on September 06, 2009That line is far down in this story by David Stewart of the Bloomington Alternative about a caravan of people...
Ind. Courts - "Attorney charged in hit and run: Deputy public defender faces misdemeanor"
Posted on September 06, 2009That is the headline to this story dated Sept. 4 in the Kokomo Tribune. Scott Smith reports:Howard County Deputy Public...
Ind. Courts - LaPorte County judge threatens attorney with jail
Posted on September 06, 2009Alicia Ebaugh reported Sept. 4th in the Michigan City News-Dispatch:La Porte Superior Court 1 Judge Kathleen Lang threatened Thursday to...
Courts - Houston lawyer asks "several local media outlets to provide the names of readers and listeners who commented about his client online"
Posted on September 06, 2009Adding to the ILB's list of entries on impacts of and access to annonmyous posts and comments, some quotes from...
Law - "Safeguarding History: Why the records of Supreme Court justices should be governed by rules -- not individuals"
Posted on September 06, 2009An important editorial today from the Washington Post:THE CASE of former Supreme Court justice David H. Souter shows why the...
Law - Dawn Johnsen's DOJ nomination impacts Monroe County school board
Posted on September 06, 2009Updating the ILB entries on DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen, Andy Graham of the Bloomington Herald-Times (who also wrote this earlier...
Law - Angie's List calls for better regulation; plus see the ILB's dog
Posted on September 06, 2009Posted on Sept. 3rd, via dBusinessNews, this very long press release that begins:(INDIANAPOLIS) -- Angie?s List Founder Angie Hicks today...
Courts - More on: SCOTUS will hear case next month, preceding the "First Monday in October"
Posted on September 05, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 30th, here are two very good stories on the important oral argument coming up...
Ind. Gov't. - "Lights Out at the Penitentiary: Strapped States are Shutting Prisons"
Posted on September 05, 2009Today's Wall Street Journal has this lengthy front-page story by Gary Fields on how many states are now "closing penitentiaries...
Ind. Decisions - "Federal court ruling would let city's adult shops run 24/7"
Posted on September 05, 2009That is the headline to Robert King's story today in the Indianapolis Star about the 7th Circuit's ruling Thursday in...
Courts - Relying on Indiana court decision, Illinois federal allows woman to sue bank for lax security after $26,000 stolen by hacker
Posted on September 04, 2009From a story by Kim Zetter of Wired:An Illinois district court has allowed a couple to sue their bank on...
Ind. Decisions - One cases granted transfer Sept. 3rd
Posted on September 04, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime today or perhaps not until Tuesday. Meanwhile, the ILB has received notice...
Courts - EEOC award of nearly $330,000 in damages to a former Marion County chief deputy coroner who claimed reverse discrimination
Posted on September 04, 2009Jon Murray reported Sept. 2nd in a story that began:The city likely will appeal a federal agency's award of nearly...
Ind. Courts - "'Special master' OK'd in Gabriele will case"
Posted on September 04, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 25th, Alicia Gallegos of the South Bend Tribune reports today:The Indiana Supreme Court has...
Ind. Gov't - "Petitions U.S. Supreme Court, Seeks Equitable Compensation for Indiana Funds Affected by Chrysler, LLC Bankruptcy"
Posted on September 04, 2009Updating this earlier ILB entry, here is the press release of Indiana's Treasurer:INDIANAPOLIS (September 3, 2009) ? Indiana State Treasurer...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 14 NFP)
Posted on September 04, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (6): Lokmar Abdul-Wadood v. Officers Cross and Stang (NFP) - "Lokmar...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 04, 2009In U.S. v. Noel (SD Ind., Judge Tinder), a 44-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Dick Noel was charged with producing...
Courts - Even more on: "You don?t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
Posted on September 04, 2009That title is from a column by Adam Liptak of the NY Times, discussed in this ILB entry Sept. 1st,...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Indiana Funds May Not Be Done with Chrysler"
Posted on September 04, 2009This June 24th ILB entry quoted a Business Week story that began: "Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is contemplating yet another...
Ind. Courts - Howard County Judge Jessup criticizes prosecutors? procedures
Posted on September 03, 2009The Kokomo Perspective today has a story that begins:Editor?s note: When Superior Court II Judge Stephen Jessup presented his court?s...
Courts - PACER to List ?Sealed vs. Sealed? Cases
Posted on September 03, 2009Supplementing recent ILB entries on PACER from Sept. 2, Aug. 26, and March 1, here is some information I just...
Ind. Gov't. - "Failed Minn. health software ends up in court "
Posted on September 03, 2009From the Houston Chronicle, a story by Martiga Lohn begins: ST. PAUL, Minn. ? Six years and more than $30...
Ind. Law - "Sex offender ban gains steam"; "The Supreme Court did not provide guidance on this issue . . . by refusing to hear an appeal"
Posted on September 03, 2009Robert Annis reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Lebanon may follow the lead of several other area municipalities in banning sex...
Ind. Decisions - Two today from the Supreme Court
Posted on September 03, 2009In Mahmoud M. Basileh v. Arwa G. Alghusain, a 10-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Rucker writes:In this post-dissolution action the Indiana...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on September 03, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (3): Michael England v. Lori England n/k/a Lori Alicea (NFP) -...
Courts - "Pfizer Inc. to pay Indiana nearly $3.7 million in historic settlement"
Posted on September 03, 2009From a NY Times story by Gardiner Harris headed "Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case ":WASHINGTON ? The...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues long-awaited decision in Annex Books
Posted on September 03, 2009This ILB entry from August 24th was headed "Annex Books and New Albany DVD still awaiting decisions; September will mark...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Indiana Funds May Not Be Done with Chrysler"
Posted on September 03, 2009This June 24th ILB entry quoted a Business Week story that began: "Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is contemplating yet another...
Courts - Still more on: "You don?t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
Posted on September 02, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday about judges closed the courtroom during jury selection -- the entry ended with a...
Courts - Federal court officials recoil at RECAP
Posted on September 02, 2009Recall this ILB entry from August 26th headed "Changes in store for PACER?" and this one from March 1 quoting...
Ind. Gov't. - New public access counselor, and new head of DFI, named by Governor [Updated]
Posted on September 02, 2009Here is the press release:Governor Mitch Daniels today named former bank executive David Mills as director of the Indiana Department...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one
Posted on September 02, 2009in Robert Rovai v. Ann Marie Rovai, a 5-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Employing an arrangement relatively common to...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on September 02, 2009For publication opinions today (4): This case, Bradley G. Shively v. State of Indiana , brings up the issues relating...
Law - "Case Shows Limits of Sex Offender Alert Programs "
Posted on September 02, 2009The NY Times' Monica Davis reported yesterday, Sept. 1:In all 50 states, registries of sex offenders have grown sophisticated and...
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Sex offender ID law misapplied, higher court says"
Posted on September 02, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Julu 10th, Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today:A convicted sex offender who...
Ind. Gov't. - "Could Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley lose her home?"
Posted on September 02, 2009Nick Werner of the Muncie Star-Press reports today in a story that begins:MUNCIE -- A dispute over Mayor Sharon McShurley's...
Law - "Blast faxes" and Robo-Calls
Posted on September 01, 2009Stories today: "Attorney General Greg Zoeller applauds efforts by federal government to ban robo calls" - From the press release:?There...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on September 01, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (0): Philandra A. McMurthy-Young v. State...
Ind. Decisions - Four 7th Circuit opinions today involving Indiana cases
Posted on September 01, 2009U.S. v. Garcia (SD Ind., Judge Tinder) - Judge Kanne writes:Paula Alvarez, Dustin Decker, and Saul Garcia were part...
Courts - More on: "You don?t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
Posted on September 01, 2009This ILB entry yesterday quoted from an article by Adam Liptak of the NY Times, which centered on: the case...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: Part 2 of "Death penalty explained in three parts"
Posted on September 01, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week is the second of a three-part series on...
Ind. Gov't. - "Hoosier welfare winners and losers"
Posted on September 01, 2009The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a strong editorial today about the state's welfare privatization contract. The long column concludes:USDA,...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on September 01, 2009Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified The case is Darrolyn Ross, et al v. Sheila Rudolph, Luvenia Kilpatrick,...
Environment - "Kentucky and Indiana lead nation in coal ash ponds"
Posted on September 01, 2009James Bruggers reports in the Louisville Courier Journal - here are some quotes:Indiana and Kentucky are the nation's top two...
Courts - "D.C. Circuit Begins Mandatory Electronic Filing "
Posted on September 01, 2009The Blog of Legal Times has posted this report by Mike Scarcella:The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
Ind. Decisions - "Lap-Band Surgery to be Covered By Pizza Shop"
Posted on September 01, 2009The August 6th COA decision in PS2, LLC, D/B/A Boston's Gourmet Pizza v. Adam Childers (ILB summary here) is the...
Ind. Courts - "In court case about path, a loss looks a lot like a win"
Posted on September 01, 2009Bob Zaltsberg, editor of the Bloomington Herald-Times, reported this story ($$) on August 31st:Jeff Sagarin has been fighting City Hall....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 28, 2009
Posted on August 31, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending August 28, 2009. It is one page long. No transfers...
Courts - "A.C.L.U. Lawyers Mine Documents for Truth "
Posted on August 31, 2009Scott Shane had this lengthy story August 29th in the NY Times. It began:WASHINGTON ? In the spring of 2003,...
Courts - "You don?t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
Posted on August 31, 2009That is the lede to this column today by Adam Liptak of the NY Times. Some quotes from this important...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 31, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In City of New Haven Board of Zoning Appeals v. Flying J, Inc. , Judge...
Ind. Decisions - "Court's trail confusing on sex offender rights"
Posted on August 31, 2009The Richmond Palladium-Item ran this editorial on August 30th:The Indiana Supreme Court ruled this summer that an offender who owned...
Ind. Law - "Mediation not about feeling good; it?s about making good decisions"
Posted on August 31, 2009Nicole Brooks had this story yesterday ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times that begins:Mediation is not ?feel good? work, said David...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 31, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/31/09): Thursday, September 3rd 9:00 AM - David A....
Ind. Law - Continuing on with: "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"; my thoughts
Posted on August 30, 2009This week's issue of the highly-respected, subscription-only newsletter, Indiana Legislative Insight, includes this story: The Indiana Law Blog points...
Ind. Gov't. - "Local disasters prompt Clark County to seek ideas to back up documents"
Posted on August 30, 2009From the New Albany News & Tribune:The Clark County Public Records Commission held a meeting Thursday to hear a proposal...
Courts - SCOTUS will hear case next month, preceding the "First Monday in October"
Posted on August 30, 2009"Supreme Court to Revisit ?Hillary? Documentary" is the headline to this Adam Liptak story today in the NY Times. A...
Ind. Gov't. - "The Indianapolis Public School Board adopted the district's $448 million budget this week, but don't ask board members for too much detail -- they never saw the actual budget before voting on it"
Posted on August 30, 2009It gets worse. From today's "Behind Closed Doors" column in the Indanapolis Star:The Indianapolis Public School Board adopted the district's...
Environment - Wind turbines "can appear on Doppler radar like a violent storm or even a tornado"
Posted on August 30, 2009From the AP, a story that begins:SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of...
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Judges deal double defeat to songwriter who sued Lake tourism bureau"
Posted on August 29, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 5th, Steve Schmadeke of the Chicago Tribune has a lengthy story, dated Aug. 30th,...
Ind. Gov't. - Allen County's ordinances online
Posted on August 28, 2009From WOWO 1190 AM:Allen County has teamed up with IPFW's Helmke Library to put the entire county code online. The...
Ind. Decisions - "Court drops abuse suit against Fort Wayne. diocese"
Posted on August 28, 2009This AP alleged priest abuse story is about a different lawsuit than those that have appeared previously in the ILB....
Courts - "D.C. Circuit Tosses FCC Rule Capping Cable Subscribers"
Posted on August 28, 2009Take a look at this just-posted entry from the Blog of Legal Times....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on August 28, 2009For publication opinions today (5): In Annette Baker v. Heartland Food Corporation , a 9-page opinion, Judge Najam writes:Annette Baker...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana opinion today
Posted on August 28, 2009In Cruz v. Safford (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 10-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:Oscar Cruz, an inmate at the...
Ind. Courts - Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
Posted on August 28, 2009The Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System, held yesterday in Indianapolis, is the subject of a report...
Ind. Decisions - "High court denies Gary casino appeal: Ruling clears way for trial of casino mogul's lawsuit against city"
Posted on August 28, 2009As I wrote in this entry Monday when posting the August 21st transfer list:There look to be several other denials...
Ind. Decisions - "Seventh Circuit enforces requirement that district judges address non-frivolous sentencing arguments"
Posted on August 28, 2009That is the heading to this entry posted yesterday by Prof. Douglas Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog...
Ind. Gov't. - "Sex Registry Costs Increasing But Can't Be Cut "
Posted on August 27, 2009That is the headline to this August 26th story by Patrick Fazio, available via MyWabashValley.com:As local governments work to balance...
Ind. Decisions - An interesting non-Indiana opinion today from 7th Circuit
Posted on August 27, 2009In Federal Trade Commission v. Kevin Trudeau (ND Ill.), a 55-page opinion, Judge Tinder writes:If you have a problem, chances...
Ind. Courts - "Marion County Clerk?s office now accepting credit cards"
Posted on August 27, 2009From a press release:INDIANAPOLIS ? Marion County Clerk Beth White announced today that the Clerk?s office is now accepting credit...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on August 27, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): In In the Paternity of C.B. & C.R.; J.R. v....
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on August 27, 2009The case is Carla Cunningham v. Review Board - NFP opinion issued 6/18/09; Appellee's motion for publication filed 7/16/09; Appellant's...
Ind. Courts - "Time might not be on Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney's side"
Posted on August 27, 2009So announces the Muncie Star-Press in what appears to be a "teaser" leading to an "in print only" story. It...
Ind. Courts - Anonymous letter causes Knox County judge to step down from case
Posted on August 27, 2009Jenny Peter of the Vincennes Sun-Commercial has a lengthy report re Knox County Superior Court Judge Tim Crowley's decision. Some...
Ind. Gov't. - "St. Joseph County to crack down on homestead exemption cheats"
Posted on August 27, 2009Troy Kehoe of WSBT 2, South Bend, has this long story today. Here are some quotes:ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ? St....
Environment - Superfund site in Evansvlle; Indianapolis wins judgment for cleanup costs
Posted on August 26, 2009From the August 23rd Evansville Courier & Press, this story by Mark Wilson. It begins:Some of Evansville's oldest and...
Courts - changes in store for PACER?
Posted on August 26, 2009The Blog of Legal Times reports this afternoon:The Administrative Office of the United States Courts announced Monday that they are...
Courts - "This is the most free-wheeling, 'look ma no hands' legal decision I've read in a long time"
Posted on August 26, 2009That is a quote from George Washington law prof Orin Kerr, who has just posted this entry to The Volokh...
Courts - More on: "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Posted on August 26, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 23rd, a reader has sent me the document which, as the cited article stated:The...
Courts - "Kentucky court strikes down reference to God in state law"
Posted on August 26, 2009Stephene Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that begins:FRANKFORT, Ky. ? A Franklin circuit judge...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on August 26, 2009For publication opinions today (1): Randall Bonewitz and Russell Dellinger v. Ted Parker - see expanded ILB entry here. NFP...
Ind. Decisions - COA decides environmental nuisance case today
Posted on August 26, 2009There are also a number of NFP opinions today, but this "for publication" opinion will be treated individually. In Randall...
Courts - One of the federal trial judges in the 7th Circuit is reportedly not taking new criminal cases
Posted on August 26, 2009"U.S. judge Stadtmueller not taking new criminal cases" is the headline to this lengthy story by John Diedrich of the...
Ind. Law - "Investigators are also trying to locate an edition of the Auto Trader from June 20, 1991 with a listing for a blue van with high mileage for $1,500"
Posted on August 26, 2009This is why librarians archive materials, even those that seem unlikely. But too often, this does not happen. And the...
Ind. Gov't. - Rockies Express Pipeline apparently renigs on Indiana agreements
Posted on August 26, 2009As this June 27th ILB entry began:The ILB has posted a number of entries about the construction of the Rockies...
Ind. Decisions - Costs assessed in Hawkins/Broyles disciplinary cases
Posted on August 26, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the Indianapolis Star reports today:The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered a Marion Superior Court judge and...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court denies transfer in Child Services expedited review
Posted on August 26, 2009In the opinion in D.S. v. State of Indiana, issued August 10th, Judge May wrote:The Indiana Department of Child Services...
Environment - "Angola City Council approves Univertical cleanup agreement"
Posted on August 25, 2009The ILB has had a long list of entries on this issue. Today Jim Measel of WTHD 105.5 (NE Indiana)...
Ind. Courts - Federal criminal fraud case persists after defendants' deaths
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries relating to the Gabriele murder-suicide, the AP's Charles Wilson has a story today reporting:SOUTH BEND, Ind....
Law - Still more computer problems: Kentucky county's funds stolen by online hackers
Posted on August 25, 2009Be concerned. When the ILB posted this story July 27th from the Louisville Courier Journal about the theft of $415,000...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana 7th Circuit decision today; and an environmental decision of note
Posted on August 25, 2009In U.S. v. Deloney (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 7-page opinion, Judge Bauer writes:In 2007, Dwight D. Deloney pleaded...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on August 25, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In In the Matter of the Paternity of J.J. v. Wess A.J. , an 11-page...
Law - "Fans Cannot Be Involved in Recruiting, but the Line Blurs"
Posted on August 25, 2009Eric Prisbell and Steve Yanda have an interesting, and very long, story today in the Washington Post about "a growing...
Courts - Tips on "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom"
Posted on August 25, 2009Miriam Rozen of the Texas Lawyer reports today on three Texas judges and how they use social network sites to...
Ind. Law - "How valid is a will? Recent lawsuits raise questions about final wishes"
Posted on August 25, 2009The South Bend Tribune yesterday had this long story by Alicia Gallegos. From near the end of the story:The Jeffers...
Ind. Gov't. - "Sex offenders to pay fee in Floyd County"
Posted on August 25, 2009Chris Morris reports in the Jeffersonville New & Tribune:Sex offenders living in Floyd County will now have to pay a...
Ind. Law - "Attorney William Crabtree II, facing trial, found dead in Dyer home"
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, the most recent from Dec. 25, 2008, Christin Nance Lazerus reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:William...
Ind. Law - More on "Attorney William Crabtree II, facing trial, found dead in Dyer home"
Posted on August 25, 2009Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Dan Hinkel of the NWI Times has a comprehensive article on Mr. Crabtree....
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Death penalty explained in three parts"
Posted on August 24, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week begins a three-part series on the death penalty...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 24, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/24/09): None currently scheduled. Thursday, July 2nd 9:00 AM...
Ind. Decisions - Annex Books and New Albany DVD still awaiting decisions; September will mark the 4th anniversaries of their oral arguments before the 7th Circuit
Posted on August 24, 2009Here is Judge Sarah Evan Barker's August 27, 2004 opinion in Annex Books Inc, et al v. City of Indianapolis....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on August 24, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of R.B.; T.B. v. IDCS (NFP)...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues two rulings today in cellphone sales tax challenge
Posted on August 24, 2009In CINCINNATI SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP and NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC, as successor to Indiana Cellular, LLC, Kentucky CGSA, LLC,...
Ind. Law - "Facing Foreclosure in Northwest Indiana"
Posted on August 24, 2009Michael Puente of Chicago Public Radio has this long report today (that you may listen to or read). A few...
Ind. Law - "Gerrymandering targeted: Lawmakers take aim at partisan redistricting"
Posted on August 24, 2009That is the headline to this article today in the Evansville Courier & Press by reporter Eric Bradner. It begins:INDIANAPOLIS...
Law - Yet more on: Chicago Mayor Dailey privatizes City parking meters
Posted on August 24, 2009Updating this June 7th ILB entry, Slashdot has an interesting post this morning on the "smart" meters installed in Chicago....
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one late this afternoon
Posted on August 24, 2009In Alvey v. State, a 7-page, 4-1 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:The decisions of the Court of Appeals are conflicting over...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 21, 2009
Posted on August 24, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending August 21, 2009. It is eight pages long. (The ILB...
Ind. Courts - More on: Channel 6 finds public defender appointed upon request, with no effort at determining financial need
Posted on August 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Thursday, an ILB reader send this August 22nd story from the Anchorage Daily News. The...
Law - "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs overhaul of state's open records law; Attorney general's office gains powers, but often-abused exemptions remain"
Posted on August 23, 2009From a report today in the Chicago Tribune by Monique Garcia:Gov. Pat Quinn signed an overhaul of the state's open...
Ind. Courts - "DNA backlogs increase in state"
Posted on August 23, 2009Jon Murray reports today in this story in the Indianapolis Star on DNA backlogs. A few months back, Murray reported...
Ind. Gov't. - "Problem of junked cars in Sellersburg: Cars on blocks could cost the owner plenty"
Posted on August 23, 2009Braden Lammers has this report in the New Albany News & Tribune. Some quotes:The town of Sellersburg is cracking down...
Ind. Courts - More on: Former Indiana attorney admits to 24 bank robberies
Posted on August 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 22, 2006, Stephanie Gattman has this very long story today in the Elkhart Truth....
Environment - "Illinois pollution enforcement hampered by politics"
Posted on August 23, 2009Really? Michael Hawthorne has this lengthy story today in the Chicago Tribune. A quote:What appeared to be an obvious violation...
Ind. Gov't. - "Defending city police exhausts legal fund"
Posted on August 23, 2009Two related stories today from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes from the first, by Benjamin Lanka:Legal costs of...
Courts - "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Posted on August 23, 2009Mary Pat Gallagher's story in the New Jersey Law Journal, dated August 21st, included these quotes:Judges, like the rest of...
Ind. Courts - "Budget battles not over in St. Joseph County"
Posted on August 22, 2009Some quotes from about half-way through a story dated Aug. 20th by Troy Kehoe of WSBT.com, South Bend:Juvenile Justice Center...
Environment - More on: IDEM meetings introduce new antidegradation rules
Posted on August 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 12th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 20th:PORTAGE -- Indiana's proposed pollution...
Ind. Courts - "Priest abuse case hinges on "repressed" memories"
Posted on August 22, 2009The ILB had this most recent entry Jan. 25th on former Catholic priest Harry Monroe. Now a trial is taking...
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Indiana court lets sex offender park ban stand"
Posted on August 22, 2009Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Josh Duke has this report in today's Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:An Indiana Supreme Court decision allowing...
Law - "Where?s the Rulebook for Sex Verification? "
Posted on August 22, 2009The Sports Section of today's NY Times has a long, fascinating article by Alice Dreger, professor of clinical medical humanities...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana court lets sex offender park ban stand"
Posted on August 21, 2009Although the ILB has yet to receive, and thus post, a Clerk's Transfer List from last week or this week,...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Brief filed in response to AG's July 27th petition for rehearing in David Camm case
Posted on August 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 18th, Matt Thacker of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reports today in a lengthy...
Ind. Courts - Observations on: Verdict in road-rage shooting trial in Clark County
Posted on August 21, 2009This ILB entry from earlier today included this quote from the LCJ story:At Thursday's sentencing hearing, [Judge] Moore told the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 8 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on August 21, 2009For publication opinions today (8): In Christine Dugan v. Mittal Steel USA, Inc., and Jay Komorowski, a 13-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Courts -Still more on: Verdict in road-rage shooting trial in Clark County
Posted on August 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 1st, Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story...
Ind. Courts - "Appeals court upholds child molester ruling"; complaints aganst judge
Posted on August 21, 2009The NFP August 12th COA decision in Steven W. Everling v. State of Indiana is featured in this Aug. 20th...
Ind. Decisions - "LaVille school construction postponed again: Tax judge needs more evidence from DLGF before making final determination"
Posted on August 21, 2009The Tax Court's August 20th NFP opinion in the case of George M. Moffett v. Department of Local Government Finance...
Ind. Decisions - Another transfer granted this week, making three in total
Posted on August 21, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from yesterday, the ILB has received word that the following case was granted transfer Aug. 21st:Foundations...
Ind. Decisions - Two transfers granted Aug. 19th
Posted on August 20, 2009Although we still have not seen the transfer list for the week ending Aug. 14, the ILB has just received...
Ind. Decisions - Tax Court issues one NFP today
Posted on August 20, 2009In George M. Moffett v. Department of Local Government Finance (NFP), a 7-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes:On September 10, 2008,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 20, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Andre L. LaFlamme v. Carrie Goodwin, an 11-page opinion, Judge Friedlander writes:Andre Laflamme appeals...
Ind. Decisions - 4 Indiana opinions today from 7th Circuit
Posted on August 20, 2009Fincher v. South Bend Housing Authority (ND Ind., Judge Simon) In Laouini v. CLM Freight (SD Ind., Judge Barker),...
Courts - "3rd Circuit Appeal Challenges Judge's Outside Research in Bench Trial"; Where is Indiana on this?
Posted on August 20, 2009Henry Gottlieb writes today in the New Jersey Law Journal:A federal appeals court has been asked to limit the right...
Ind. Law - "Ice Miller wins kudos as women's employer"
Posted on August 20, 2009Dana Hunsinger reports today in the Indianapolis Star:When it comes time for that annual mammogram, women at Ice Miller can...
Ind. Courts - Channel 6 finds public defender appointed upon request, with no effort at determining financial need
Posted on August 20, 2009Indy Channel 6 News' Jack Rinehart had this report last evening. Here are some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS -- Some within the Marion...
Ind. Gov't. - Public Access Counselor moves on, to Indiana Department of Education; no successor named
Posted on August 20, 2009Robert Annis of the Indianapolis Star reports this afternoon:Indiana¹s top public records watchdog is leaving her job to take a...
Ind. Decisions - Another 7th Circuit post-Heller gun ruling
Posted on August 20, 2009The decision is Justice v. Town of Cicero (ND Ill), written by Judge Wood (joined by Judges Tinder and...
Law - More on: "New appraisal rules raise many concerns"
Posted on August 19, 2009"New appraisal rules raise many concerns" was the headline to a story by Nicole Blake of the Indianapolis Star, dated...
Courts - "After Settlement in Amtrak Case, Opinions Erased From Lexis and Westlaw"
Posted on August 19, 2009Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a lengthy article. Here are some quotes:Ordinarily, the decision to...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 13 NFP)
Posted on August 19, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Fouchard Guillaume and Christine Guillaume v. Hall Farms, Inc. and...
Ind. Gov't - "I-69 project: Can state finish what it started?"
Posted on August 19, 2009I actually thought the Indianapolis Star was for the currenlty planned I-69 route to Evansville, before it was against it....
Courts - "Judge rules blogger's identity must be revealed"; differing viewpoints
Posted on August 19, 2009The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press site has this brief story:A blogger lost his bid to keep his...
Ind. Law - "IPS wants to put an end to students' sexting"
Posted on August 19, 2009Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column June 15th, looked at "sexting" -- the ILB entry includes links to...
Courts - "Astor Trial Plods On, Trying the Patience of Many "
Posted on August 19, 2009Adding to this long list of earlier Brooke Astor estate trial entries, this story, by A. G. Sultzberger and John...
Courts - More on "Two Kentucky diet-drug lawyers permanently disbarred"
Posted on August 19, 2009Updating this Oct. 24, 2008 ILB entry, that headline wasn't the half of it. This story yesterday from the Lexington...
Ind. Decisions - "Indiana Supreme Court asked for clarity on local sex offender restrictions"
Posted on August 19, 2009"Ruling in Plainfield's case considered key for Indiana communities with similar rules" was the headline to a story Sept. 25,...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 14, 2009 not yet available
Posted on August 18, 2009Still waiting on the Clerk's Transfer List for the week ending August 14th. As noted in this entry from August...
Environment - "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana"
Posted on August 18, 2009Bob Scott reports in the Indianapolis Star:Gay-Ellen Stulp and Stephany Miskunas are lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow them...
Courts - "Va. Rushes To Address Ruling on Analysts: Drug-Case Demands Have Strained State Lab"
Posted on August 18, 2009Still pending before the Indiana Supreme Court are two cases which may turn on the SCOTUS ruling June 25th in...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided by 7th Circuit today; plus an Illinois case of interest
Posted on August 18, 2009In U.S. v. Foster (SD Ind., Judge Young), a 6-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:Darryl Foster pleaded guilty to violating...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on August 18, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Myers Blaker v. Ronald Young, II, M.D., and Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group, a 14-page, 2-1...
Ind. Courts - More on "A call for a moratorium on executions"
Posted on August 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 9th, Jon Murray has a story today in the Indianapolis Star headed "Activists again...
Ind. Decisions - Brief filed in response to AG's July 27th petition for rehearing in David Camm case
Posted on August 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 28, which includes a link to the AG's petition for rehearing, and this entry...
Ind. Courts - "Judge Morton retired: Have garden, will travel"
Posted on August 18, 2009Sarah O. Wilson's lengthy Aug. 15th story in the Rochester Sentinel begins:After 30 years as judge of Fulton Circuit Court,...
Ind. Courts - "Defendant will serve prison time under credit restriction, a recent Indiana law that states certain crimes can't receive the usual time off for good behavior"
Posted on August 18, 2009James D. Wolf Jr. reports in the Gary Post-Tribune, in a story that begins:VALPARAISO -- A man who moved from...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 17, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/17/09): None currently scheduled. Thursday, July 2nd 9:00 AM...
Ind. Courts - "Dearborn Judge Introduces New Court For Addicts"
Posted on August 17, 2009Southeast Indiana's Eagle News 99.3 FM has this story today by Mike Perleberg:(Lawrenceburg, IN) - A Dearborn County judge has...
Law - Prof. Dawn Johnsen to teach course this semester at IU Maurer School of Law
Posted on August 17, 2009So reports The Blog of Legal Times this afternoon. A quote:Dawn Johnsen is making a tentative return to the classroom...
Ind. Law - Golf carts update
Posted on August 17, 2009Starting off with this eye-catching story from the August 15th Gary Post Tribune, reported by Jon Seidel:GARY -- Police arrested...
Ind. Decisions - Interesting procedural decision in Illinois case by Judge Tinder
Posted on August 17, 2009In Eskridge v. Cook County (ND Ill.), a 9-page opinion, Judge Tinder writes:After their daughter tragically died of pneumonia,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on August 17, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Subhen Ghosh v. Indiana State Ethics Commission and Office of the Inspector General [argued...
Not Law but Interesting - Illinois Citizens Utility Board
Posted on August 17, 2009This is cool. I don't think Indiana has an equivalent. It is discussed in this Chicago Sun-Times story today, headed...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Ignoring school bus stops more than infraction"
Posted on August 17, 2009Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week looks at school zone speeding and other school...
Ind. Decisions - "Oak Park annexation protestors say attorneys failed their case"
Posted on August 16, 2009David A. Mann reports in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune:The plaintiffs in a remonstrance case against Jeffersonville?s Oak Park annexation...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"
Posted on August 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 13th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today has a feature on Janes Payne. Some...
Courts - Visteon judge to rule on cutting retiree benefits: Indiana retirees impacted
Posted on August 16, 2009Randall Chase of the AP had this story Friday. Some quotes:WILMINGTON, Del. ? A Delaware bankruptcy judge is weighing whether...
Environment - City of Richmond may soon own contaminated Dana site
Posted on August 16, 2009Recall these ILB entries from this spring about the Dana site in Angola and how the city was on the...
Ind. Courts - More on "ACLU Lawsuit claims Indiana law examiners violate the ADA "
Posted on August 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 9th, Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker issued an 8-page order August 8th on Plaintiff's...
Ind. Decisions - "7th Circuit Cuts Off Challenge to Chicago Cell Phone Ban"
Posted on August 15, 2009The 7th Circuit opinion this week in the case of Gayle Schor et al v. City of Chicago, flagged in...
Ind. Courts - Continuing on with: Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
Posted on August 15, 2009This will be the 6th ILB entry under the heading "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom" The...
Environment - "NW Indiana counties stop residents' wind tower ventures"
Posted on August 15, 2009Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a very long story today on the premise: "County ordinances aren't prepared to...
Ind. Gov't. - Even more on: Governor Daniels eases, somewhat, new BMV license ID requirements
Posted on August 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, that concluded:Okay, this is confusing. If you don't provide the additional identification materials when...
Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana opinions today from the 7th Circuit
Posted on August 14, 2009In Bentz v. City of Kendallvile (ND Ind., Judge Lee), a 15-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:On May 3, 2006,...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 15 NFP)
Posted on August 14, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Tanika Walker v. Samuel Nelson, III, a 15-page opinion, Judge Brown concludes:For the foregoing...
Ind. Decisions - One case granted transfer August 10th
Posted on August 14, 2009The Clerk's transfer list should be available sometime today or perhaps Monday. There was no transfer list for the week...
Courts - "Federal Judges? Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising"
Posted on August 14, 2009So reports NY Times reporter John Schwartz in a long story that begins:It took just 80 words for a federal...
Ind. Gov't. - Indiana Gaming Commission investigator arrested on theft, forgery and other charges
Posted on August 14, 2009A brief item in the Indianapolis Star:Vevay -- Indiana State Police have arrested an Indiana Gaming Commission investigator on theft,...
Ind. Courts - "Juvenile racial disparities subject of conference"
Posted on August 14, 2009Andy Grimm of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:Black youths in Lake County are twice as likely to be arrested than...
Environment - More on: "St. Joseph County to consider windmills: Bill would regulate turbine installation in St. Joseph County"
Posted on August 14, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, Troy Kehoe of WSBT South Bend reports this afternoon:MORE...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on August 13, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Jeffrey L. Kimbrough v. State of Indiana , a 32-page opinion, CJ Baker writes:Appellant-defendant...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana opinion; several others of interest
Posted on August 13, 2009In U.S. v. James Daniel (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 6-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:In this appeal, we once again...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on August 13, 2009The case is Josif Obetkovski v. Inland Steel Industries - NFP opinion issued 7/7/09; Appellee's motion for publication filed 7/14/09...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"
Posted on August 13, 2009Picking up on this ILB entry from August 10th, where a Court of Appeals opinion pointed out that during the...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Governor Daniels eases, somewhat, new BMV license ID requirements
Posted on August 13, 2009Here are stories today from: The Evansville Courier & Press - Eric Bradner reports:Citing negative backlash after stringent new rules...
Environment - "State recycling panel shocked by $11M transfer"
Posted on August 13, 2009This brief AP story, with no identifications, was posted on the Indianapolis Star website this afternoon:Members of a state panel...
Courts - New bankruptcy numbers out
Posted on August 13, 2009The release on the U.S. Courts site begins:In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, there were 1,306,315 bankruptcy cases...
Ind. Courts - "Court translation services spotty, but less so locally"
Posted on August 12, 2009Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today:When a Hispanic girl, 7, took the stand during a criminal trial...
Environment - IDEM meetings introduce new antidegradation rules
Posted on August 12, 2009Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a lengthy story:MERRILLVILLE -- Polluters like BP would be allowed to...
Ind. Courts - Civil and criminal liability issues re accidental child death from sleeping with an infant
Posted on August 12, 2009Tomorrow the Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a case where:The Parents filed a complaint in Starke Circuit...
Ind. Courts - "Fort Wayne Attorney Believes Automated Welfare System Is Hurting Child Support Collections"
Posted on August 12, 2009Jeff Neumeyer reports for Indiana's NewsCenter: Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, CW, and My Network:Attorney Josh Tourkow says in the...
Law - "Pitino contract contains morality clause"
Posted on August 12, 2009Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:The University of Louisville's contract with men's basketball coach Rick Pitino allows him...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on August 12, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Van Prooyen Builders, Inc. v. Earl L. Lambert, Jr. and Mildred Lambert , a...
Ind. Gov't. - Governor Daniels eases, somewhat, new BMV license ID requirements
Posted on August 12, 2009Responding, perhaps, to complaints such as this letter, quoted in an ILB entry headed "Making Hoosier women jump through hoops...
Ind. Decisions - "Crown Point businessman given plea agreement in fraud case "
Posted on August 12, 2009Here is the story from August 10th, by Susan Brown of the NWI Times; it begins:Nearly five years after alarmed...
Environment - US DC for DC rejects efforts to toss out Bush mining rule change without actually going through the formal rulemaking process
Posted on August 12, 2009Here is the story in the Charleston W Vir. Gazette, reported by Ken Ward Jr. The story includes links to...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Governor Daniels eases, somewhat, new BMV license ID requirements
Posted on August 12, 2009Read this ILB entry from earlier today in conjunction with this ILB entry from June 14th, headed "Obama Administration Plans...
Courts - "In Retirement, Justice O'Connor Still Rules "
Posted on August 11, 2009From the Wall Street Journal today, a long story by Jess Bravin that begins:Sonia Sotomayor just became the third woman...
Ind. Courts - "Job losses take toll on public defender funds"
Posted on August 11, 2009From the Johnson County Daily Journal, this lengthy story ($$) by Annie Goeller. Here are some quotes:College students and people...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides 7 Indiana cases today
Posted on August 11, 2009U.S. v. Floyd Deberry (ND Ind., Judge Simon) In Estate of Moreland v. Dieter (ND Ind., Judge Simon), a...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on August 11, 2009For publication opinions today (3): In Rockford Mutual Ins. Co. v. Terrey E. Pirtle , a 15-page opinion, Judge Kirsch...
Law - Wisconsin governor's counsel not admitted to Wisconsin bar
Posted on August 11, 2009Jason Stein of the Wisconsin State Journal reported yesterday:Gov. Jim Doyle?s chief legal counsel resigned today after the Republican Party...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
Posted on August 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 4th, Katherine A. Helm (currently clerking for a U.S. district court judge in California...
Law - The Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act (2009 Edition)
Posted on August 11, 2009Available here....
Environment - Tom Easterly recovering from heart surgery
Posted on August 11, 2009Indiana Department of Environment head Tom Easterly had a quadruple bypass last week. No word yet on how long he...
Environment - "St. Joseph County to consider windmills: Bill would regulate turbine installation in St. Joseph County"
Posted on August 11, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 9th, Ed Ronco reports today in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:Tonight, the St....
Courts - "The search is on for a candidate for one of the most scenic jobs in American law: magistrate judge for the United States District Court in Yosemite National Park"
Posted on August 11, 2009Here is the story in the NY Times, reported by Jesse McKinley, dateline Yosemite National Park....
Courts - "Bankruptcy Judges, Justice Dept. Rip Mortgage Companies"
Posted on August 11, 2009This comprehensive set of resources from ProPublica, along with the story by Karen Weise, provides much useful material re mortgage...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on August 10, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 8/10/09): None currently scheduled. Thursday, July 2nd 9:00 AM...
Ind. Decisions - "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"
Posted on August 10, 2009Thanks to Joel Schumm of IU Law for pointing out to me the footnote on the last page of D.S....
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 10, 2009For publication opinions today (7): In Dwight R. May v. Jerry George, an 11-page case, Judge May writes:Dwight R. May...
Courts - "Litigants become their own lawyers"
Posted on August 10, 2009The LA Times' John Keilman has a story today on "people are navigating the justice system themselves." The ILB has...
Ind. Gov't. - "Legislative resolutions add up: 29 hours spent on such measures"
Posted on August 10, 2009Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today in a story that begins:INDIANAPOLIS ? Ripped apart for months,...
Courts - "Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System"; related stories
Posted on August 10, 2009Solomon Moore of the NY Times has this long story today. Some quotes:As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in...
Ind. Courts - "Facing foreclosure? Experts advise action: Homeowners can take steps to minimize fallout"
Posted on August 10, 2009That is the headline to a lengthy story today in the South Bend Tribune, reported by Kim Kilbride. Debra Voltz-Miller,...
Law - "Obama?s Embrace of a Bush Tactic Riles Congress"
Posted on August 10, 2009On March 12th the ILB had this entry, quoting from a story by Charlie Savage of the NY Times, who...
Law - "Chicago red-light camera company open to two-tiered ticketing: Rolling right turns may net lower fines"
Posted on August 10, 2009This April 6th ILB entry is the most recent - it is headed "Red light camera bill may have hit...
Ind. Law - It's the Law: "Public urnination a lesser charge than exposure"
Posted on August 10, 2009Ken Kosky's weekly NWI Times' "It's the Law" column, an excellent and long-running series, today looks at public nudity:When it...
General News - Gripes (and a few kudos) about local newspaper websites
Posted on August 10, 2009I look at a lot of online papers every day to find items of interest for the ILB. Most of...
Courts - Wine shipping dispute involving Maine and Oregon, with the latter represented by IU Law Prof. Tanford
Posted on August 10, 2009Liz Chapman of the Lewiston Maine Sun Journal reports:The state is being sued in federal court by an Oregon winery...
Environment - "Blowback: Indiana's emerging wind farms whip up controversy: More and more critics say windmills aren't that green, aren't a great source of energy -- and can be harmful to people's health"
Posted on August 09, 2009The ILB has a number of earlier entries on wind turbines. Today Jeff Swiatek has a front-page story in the...
Ind. Law - New golf cart laws may need corrective amendments
Posted on August 09, 2009On August 5th the ILB had a long entry headed "Ind. Law - New golf cart law, as amended, may...
Environment - Burns Harbor's BZA to rethink Arcelor-Mittal denial
Posted on August 09, 2009Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 8th in a story that began:Faced with a lawsuit, the Burns Harbor...
Ind. Gov't - "If there is a default of some kind or a bankruptcy, can Indiana get the toll road back and lease it again?"
Posted on August 09, 2009That is one of the questions Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette asked Ryan Kitchell, head of the...
Ind. Law - "Tough abuse law makes detectives of animal officers"
Posted on August 09, 2009Michael Zennie's reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on the impact of new animal cruelty laws and ordinances....
Ind. Courts - "Chiropractor, attorney accused of scam: Accident victim says her saga painful; federal case alleges insurance fraud"
Posted on August 09, 2009Andy Grimm has the very long story today in the Gary Post Tribune. [Crystal Kennebrew's first visit to] "a Hammond...
Ind. Courts - "A call for a moratorium on executions"
Posted on August 09, 2009That is the title of this editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Jon Laramore?s opposition to the death penalty...
Ind. Courts - "Golf ball ?tsunami' prompts lawsuit"
Posted on August 08, 2009This story appeared yesterday in the Seymour / Jackson County Tribune.:Owners of two homes in a golf course subdivision south...
Courts - Two interesting SCOTUS articles
Posted on August 08, 2009David Ingram has a story to be published Monday in The National Law Journal, titled "Democrats Take Aim at Supreme...
Ind. Courts - More on "Lawyer ordered before judge on contempt issue"
Posted on August 08, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 19th, Bill Engle of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports today:Indianapolis attorney Sarah Nagy will face...
Ind. Gov't. - Photos of Logansport State Hospital and other closed mental hospitals nationwide featured in new book
Posted on August 08, 2009Kevin Lilly reports in the Logansport Pharos-Tribune:Photographer Christopher Payne spent much of his spare time the past seven years traveling...
Ind Decisions - More on: Federal court vacates permanent injunction issued in 1990 prohibiting defendants from physically preventing women from accessing Fort Wayne abortion clinic
Posted on August 08, 2009Thursday's order by U.S. District Judge William Lee (see ILB entry here) is the subject of a story today in...
Ind. Courts - Marion County potential jurors face detailed inquiries
Posted on August 08, 2009A search of the ILB for the term "juror questionnaire" turned up a number of interesting entries. Today Jon Murray...
Environment - "GM gets to dump its polluted sites;" Indiana impacted
Posted on August 08, 2009Some quotes from a lengthy story today in the Detroit Free Press, reported by Tim Higgins:When General Motors Co. emerged...
Ind. Decisions - More on: Interesting probate case in St. Joseph Circuit Court
Posted on August 08, 2009Updating these earlier ILB entries, Alicia Gallegos reports today in the South Bend Tribune:A judge has appointed a new administrator...
Courts - "Tennessee appeals court rules that public records laws apply to Corrections Corporation of America"
Posted on August 08, 2009Kate Howard reported yesterday in the Tennessean:Prisons run by Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America perform a government function and must...
Courts - "Cameras come to the SCOTUS - Camel's nose inside the tent?"
Posted on August 07, 2009Tony Mauro has this item this afternoon at the Blog of Legal Times - some quotes:While he was a Supreme...
Ind. Decisions - "Restaurants don?t have standing to challenge parking in Jeffersonville"
Posted on August 07, 2009That is the headline of this story by David A. Mann of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune about the COA...
Ind Decisions - Federal court vacates permanent injunction issued in 1990 prohibiting defendants from physically preventing women from accessing Fort Wayne abortion clinic
Posted on August 07, 2009The opinion and order is in the case of Fort Wayne Women's Health Organization v. Brane Judge Lee writes:It...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Who should decide Indiana's position on national legal issues? Who should know?
Posted on August 07, 2009In this ILB entry from July 27th, I wrote:Who should decide Indiana's position on national legal issues? Who should know?...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on August 07, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In Term. of the Parental Rel. of J.G.; S.G. and J.G. v. S.G. , an...
Courts - "Boston attorney sues lenders, says they created ?toxic? products"
Posted on August 07, 2009From the August 5th Boston Globe, this story by Jennifer B. McKim. Some quotes from the lengthy report:A Boston attorney...
Ind. Gov't. - Nine governors, but not Indiana, seek federal help for pork producers
Posted on August 07, 2009From a report this afternoon by Mike Glover of the AP:DES MOINES, Iowa -- The governors of nine key pork-producing...
Courts - Dawn Johnsen and David Hamilton still in limbo
Posted on August 07, 2009Updating this long list of entries about DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen, the Blog of Legal Times reports this afternoon that...
Ind. Gov't. - "Making Hoosier women jump through hoops to drive, vote is unfair"
Posted on August 06, 2009That is the headline to a letter today from Ruth Beeler of Churubusco, published iin the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette....
Ind. Law - Should courts determine what legislators intended in passing a law they apparently didn?t understand?
Posted on August 06, 2009An editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette begins:In weighing evidence, judges often are called upon to determine legislative...
Ind. Courts - "Dvorak explains delay in South Bend arson/murder case"
Posted on August 06, 2009St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak explains the ins and outs of extradition in this story today by Jeff Parrott...
Ind. Courts - "Red Spot may have to pay $26 million for cleanup"
Posted on August 06, 2009Dan Shaw has a report today in the Evansville Courier & Press headed "Red Spot may have to pay $26...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on August 06, 2009For publication opinions today (1): In PS2, LLC, D/B/A Boston's Gourmet Pizza v. Adam Childers , an 18-page opinion, Judge...
Courts - "Writing Expert Says Astor?s Signature Was Forged"
Posted on August 06, 2009Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute, John Eligon wrote yesterday in the NYT...
Courts - "'Iqbal' Forces Federal Judge's Hand on No-Fly List"
Posted on August 06, 2009Updating this ILB entry from August 4th, Dan Levine of The Recorder writes today in a story that begins:Northern District...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on August 05, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Vinod C. Gupta v. Jay Co. Auditor and Jay Co. Treasurer, Robin Alberson ,...
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