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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on November 03, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In James K. Oberst v. State of Indiana, a 14-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:James K....
Law - "Split Court Denies Rehearing En Banc in Sun Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly"
Posted on November 02, 2010I've posted a link to this story by contributing author Jason Rantanen in the blog Patently-O, run by Dennis Crouch,...
Ind. Courts - Hamilton Superior Court Judge William Hughes arrested on DUI charge
Posted on November 02, 2010There are a number of reports from last evening and this morning that Judge Hughes was arrested in North Carolina...
Environment - More on "Wind turbines can bring financial windfall"
Posted on November 02, 2010Or not. An August 9, 2010 story by Diane Krieger Spivak of the Gary Post-Tribune, quoted here by the ILB,...
Ind. Decisions - No Indiana cases today, but Judge Posner writes on class actions
Posted on November 02, 2010In Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck, a 29-page opinion (including an Appendix beginning at p. 26) reversing and remanding a...
Environment - More on "Shuttered EPA libraries to open doors tomorrow after two years"
Posted on November 02, 2010That was the heading to this ILB entry from Sept. 30, 2008. Now the GAO has put out a 40-page...
Law - "Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer?s"
Posted on November 01, 2010This is an important article for attorneys. Reported by Gina Kolata in the Sunday NY Times, the lengthy front-page story...
Courts - Updating "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Posted on November 01, 2010The ILB has had a number of entries under that heading. On Oct. 29th Andrew Pollack had this story in...
Courts - "Judges Weigh Fairness of Juvenile Life Without Parole"
Posted on November 01, 2010In this WSJ Law Blog entry from Friday, Oct. 29, Nathan Koppel wrote:Is it cruel and unusual punishment to sentence...
Environment - Asian Carp issue is FWJG's Sunday Centerpeice
Posted on November 01, 2010Stacey Stumpf of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports the lead story, headed "Area key in stopping assault on Great...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Supreme Court Grants Transfer of Brown County Fire District Case"
Posted on November 01, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 22, 2010, re the case of Susanne C. Gaudin, et al. v. J.W. Austin,...
Ind. Law - "Rising Star: Jennifer Ruby is a probate professional"
Posted on November 01, 2010That is the headline to this feature in the Sunday Indianapolis Star, about Jennifer Ruby, an "estate planning, small-business advising...
Ind. Decisions - Even more on: "Indiana couple fights to keep child raised since birth"
Posted on November 01, 2010Updating these earlier ILB entries, the Toledo Blade reported Oct. 31st:The 3-year-old boy at the center of an interstate custody...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 01, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 11/1/10): Thursday, November 4th 9:00 AM - Jeffrey Akard...
Courts - Another example of a juror behaving badly
Posted on November 01, 2010The WSJ Law Blog has the entertaining version this afternoon. William Glaberson's NY Times story takes the more serious approach,...
Ind. Courts - More on "Judge David recommends reprimand, not suspension, for McKinney"
Posted on November 01, 2010This ILB entry from Oct. 2, 2010 quoted Douglas Walker's comprehensive story in the Muncie Star-Press - here are some...
Ind. Gov't. - Three health insurance stories of interest
Posted on November 01, 2010(1) "Insurance 'death spirals' remain full of life: State seems at a loss to keep companies from closing plans, which...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on November 01, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Phillip Ibrahim v. Automotive Finance Corp. (NFP) Term. of Parent-Child...
Courts - Five reasons why Nevadans should vote "no" on changing to an appointed, rather than elected, Supreme Court
Posted on November 01, 2010A letter today in the Las Vegas Review-Journal from two professors Sylvia R. Lazos, at UNLV's William S. Boyd School...
Ind. Courts - More on "Carroll County clerk refuses to quit"
Posted on November 01, 2010Updating this ILB entry from August 20, 2010, Justin L. Mack of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today in a...
Ind. Gov't. - Town of Cedar Lake urged to opt out of IURC
Posted on November 01, 2010Carrie Napoleon of the Gary Post Tribune has a story today that puzzles me. Some quotes:CEDAR LAKE -- Resident concern...
Ind. Law - Forbes: "Sullivan's Death Could Cost Notre Dame $30 Million"
Posted on November 01, 2010Patrick Rishe of Forbes' SportsMoney blog has late this afternoon posted a long, detailed analysis that begins:If found guilty of...
Ind. Law - Forbes: "Sullivan's Death Could Cost Notre Dame $30 Million" [Updated]
Posted on November 01, 2010Patrick Rishe of Forbes' SportsMoney blog has late this afternoon posted a long, detailed analysis that begins:If found guilty of...
Environment - 2010 Indiana Environmental Statutes now available
Posted on October 29, 2010This is the 2010 edition of the annual publication, the Indiana Environmental Statutes, sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 9 NFP)
Posted on October 29, 2010For publication opinions today (5): In John Taele and Sarah Taele v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., a 14-page,...
Ind. Decisions - One today from the tax court
Posted on October 29, 2010In Dale J. Scopelite and James T. Sheehan v. Indiana Dept. of Local Government Finance(NFP), a 19-page opinion, Judge Fisher...
Ind. Courts - Remember "Is a county prosecutor a member of the executive or judicial branch?"
Posted on October 29, 2010Remember this ILB entry from August 23, 2010 where Delaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney's attorney, Kevin McGoff, was quoted as...
Courts - More on "Justices can't cite foreign law in death penalty cases but just fine with foreign lethal injection drugs for executions"
Posted on October 29, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, there is a strong editorial today in the NY Times. A quote:In the case of Jeffrey...
Ind. Courts - Heated election battle for Allen County Superior Court Judge continues
Posted on October 29, 2010Although this Oct. 26, 2010 story by Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette describes a civil debate:FORT...
Ind. Courts - Another "traffic court judges behaving badly" story
Posted on October 29, 2010WISH TV 8 had a lengthy story last evening by Deanna Dewberry, headed "Judge put on spot for parking hypocrisy,"...
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The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....

The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....








