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Courts - More on the Kagan nomination for the SCOTUS
Posted on July 03, 2010Two articles from the last week caught my eye: "Kagan Reminds Senators: Legislation Is Your Job" is the headline to...
Ind. Law - More on: Reviewing the 34 voluminous applications
Posted on July 03, 2010Supplementing this ILB entry, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star also was present at the Supreme Court library yesterday afternoon...
Courts - "Summary rulings spike at the high court"
Posted on July 03, 2010Interesting article by Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal - a quote:[A]t the end of a term that produced...
Courts - Kentucky public defenders challenge the constitutionality of allowing prosecutors to decide whether to seek the death penalty
Posted on July 03, 2010Jim Hannah of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported July 1, 2010. Some quotes:A person who commits a crime in one county...
Ind. Courts - More on: "Evansville attorney, prosecutor candidate indicted on sex charges"
Posted on July 03, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 16, 2010, Lydia X. McCoy of the Evansville Courier & Press reports:William Wallace, the...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending July 2, 2010
Posted on July 03, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending July 2, 2010. It is two pages (and 24...
Courts - "Martin Ginsburg's Legacy: Love Of Justice"
Posted on July 03, 2010Listen to NPR's Nina Totenberg's report this morning: Martin Ginsburg's Legacy: Love Of Justice. It begins:On the last day of...
Ind. Courts - Applicant Information And Interview Times Of Those Seeking Position On High Court Now Available
Posted on July 02, 2010Access it here....
Ind. Courts - Could Gov. Daniels Appoint a Democrat?
Posted on July 02, 2010IU-Indy Law Prof. Joel Schumm, ILB special correspondent on the judicial nomination process, writes:Could Gov. Daniels Appoint a Democrat? One...
Ind. Law - "Take a gun to work law" goes into effect
Posted on July 02, 2010The new law went into effect yesterday, July 1, 2010. Charles Wilson of the AP has this report - some...
Ind. Courts - A wealth of stories this morning on Supreme Court applicants
Posted on July 02, 2010Jon Murray of the Indiasnapolis Star, this story that sets the stage. It begins:One by one, 34 hopefuls will face...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues important en banc RLUIPA opinion today
Posted on July 02, 2010This is a case out of Illinois, River of Life Kingdom Ministires v. Village of Hazel Crest, Illinois, before...
Sports Law - "The Man Who Carries LeBron?s Legal Bags"
Posted on July 02, 2010Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog writes about LeBron James?s lawyer, Squire Sanders?s Frederick Nance, with a link to...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on July 02, 2010For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Charles Michael Myers v. Dee Dee Myers (NFP) - Re...
Ind. Gov't - Still more on the 476 pages? worth of detailed budget cuts
Posted on July 02, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 26th, an editorial in today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Some officials, to their credit, offered...
Ind. Decisions - "Singling out a budget provision"
Posted on July 02, 2010That is the headline to a front-page item in this week's issue of Indiana Legislative Insight, reprinted here with permission:Court:...
Ind. Courts - Age at Appointment and Years of Service of Recent Justices
Posted on July 02, 2010Under current law, an Indiana Supreme Court justice must retire at or before age 75. The length of the...
Ind. Courts - Here are the applicants to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court
Posted on July 01, 2010The list of applicants hasn't been posted yet, but while we are waiting, Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne...
Ind. Courts - "Several prominent names in legal circles applied"
Posted on July 01, 2010Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports this afternoon:Several prominent names in legal circles applied, including Ellen E. Boshkoff, a...
Ind. Decisions - One today from the Supreme Court [Make that 2 Today]
Posted on July 01, 2010In Che B. Carter v. State of Indiana, an 8-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Che B. Carter has sought...
Ind. Courts - More on applicants
Posted on July 01, 2010Check back to this list of applicants posted earlier - we (Prof. Schumm and I) are adding links to any...
Ind. Courts - Factoids on list of applicants
Posted on July 01, 2010How does the list mesh with names previously posted here on the ILB as potential applicants? Five of the eleven...
Ind. Courts - Here is the list - [Update - will be adding links]
Posted on July 01, 2010Here, from the information just released by the Court:The Judicial Nominating Commission received thirty-four applications for the upcoming Indiana Supreme...
Ind. Decisions - No Indiana cases, but post-Carr SORNA decision today
Posted on July 01, 2010The opinion is in United States v. Vasquez. It is a 30-page opinion with a dissent by Judge Manion beginning...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on July 01, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Luiz Alves v. Old National Bank f/k/a St. Joseph Capital Bank, a 9-page opinion...
Ind. Law - "New law expected to increase appeals of IHSAA eligibility decisions"
Posted on July 01, 2010Here is a long list of earlier ILB entries on cases involving the IHSAA. Maureen Hayden had this long story...
Ind. Decisions - Ruling on Voter ID?
Posted on June 30, 2010Abdul Hakim Shabazz has just posted:I just word the Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the state?s Voter ID is constitutional....
Ind. Courts - Judicial mandate efforts in the news
Posted on June 30, 2010Clark County - Updating this May 26, 2010 ILB entry headed "Clark judge asks state Supreme Court to order probation...
Ind. Decisions - Coverage of Voter ID ruling today [Updated]
Posted on June 30, 2010Re the opinion issued earlier today (ILB summary here), Deanna Martin and Charles Wilson of the AP have this story....
Courts - "Tipping the Scales: In the south, women have made huge strides in the state judiciaries"
Posted on June 30, 2010A fascinating, and timely, article in the July ABA Journal. The Journal cover has photos of three state chief justices,...
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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....








