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Courts - SCOTUSblog presents "The scenario for Monday: How closing day will unfold"
Posted on June 27, 2010Tomorrow is a very big SCOTUS day. The final four decisions of the term will be issued. It is Justice...
Ind. Law - Another update on "Shoe camera man charged with voyeurism"
Posted on June 27, 2010Updating this collection of ILB entries, WISHTV 8 reported Friday "Shoe Cam voyeur charges dropped." Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A...
Law - "Families are confused over health-care law's coverage for young adults"
Posted on June 27, 2010This is a useful article from today's Washington Post, reported by N.C. Aizenman. Here is how it begins:It is among...
Courts - "Rick Pitino extortion trial judge asked to reconsider media restrictions"
Posted on June 26, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 23rd on the Rick Pitino extortion trial, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal...
Courts - "High court ruling could help convicted region politicians"
Posted on June 26, 2010Teresa Auch Schultz reported June 25 in the Gary Post Tribune in a story that begins:A U.S. Supreme Court decision...
Ind. Gov't - More on the 476 pages? worth of detailed budget cuts
Posted on June 26, 2010Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, several reporters have reviewed the information in yesterday's data dump by the Governor's office....
Law - More on: "Dawn Johnsen: Let Me Be Clear, I Have No ?Regrets? "
Posted on June 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from June 18, 2010, NPR's Morning Edition today has a similar story - the blurb:One of...
Courts - Final four SCOTUS decisions expected Monday; also 1st day of Kagan hearings
Posted on June 25, 2010Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal Blog has a very good overview of what is anticipated Monday from the...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Indiana GOP senators are asking Mitch Daniels to create a state budget 'transparency website.'"
Posted on June 25, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here are several stories on the topic: "House speaker wants more accessible government data" is reported...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court dismisses transfer petition because opinion not adverse to petitioner
Posted on June 25, 2010In Matter of Termination of Parent -Child Relationship of A.k., A.S. and O.K. v. IDCS, a 2-page Order Dismissing Transfer...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion today from 7th Circuit
Posted on June 25, 2010In Lincoln Nat'l. Life v. Bezich (ND Ind., Van Bokkelen), an 8-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:This petition for permission...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on June 25, 2010For publication opinions today (3): In Weigand Construction Company, Inc. v. Ball State University Board of Trustees , a 19-page...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Indiana GOP senators are asking Mitch Daniels to create a state budget 'transparency website.'"
Posted on June 25, 2010Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Governor has now issued a response to Senator Simpson's request. Late this...
Courts - "Assessing the Changing World of Civil Procedure Post-'Twombly,' 'Iqbal'"
Posted on June 24, 2010Jeff Jeffrey of The National Law Journal has a story dated June 21st that begins:The impact of two landmark Supreme...
Environment - "Commercial fishermen found the 3-foot-long, 20-pound carp in Lake Calumet on Chicago's South Side"
Posted on June 24, 2010From the AP, via the Gary Post-Tribune this morning:CHICAGO -- A single Asian carp has been found for the first...
Ind. Gov't. - "Indiana GOP senators are asking Mitch Daniels to create a state budget 'transparency website.'"
Posted on June 24, 2010So writes Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press on Twitter. For background start with this ILB entry from...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on June 24, 2010For publication opinions today (0): In Douglas Covey v. State of Indiana , a 13-page opinion, Judge Riley concludes:Based on...
Courts - Still more on Doe v. Reed
Posted on June 24, 2010Election law expert Rick Pildes has a entry titled "The First Amendment, Direct Democracy, and the Risks of Technology: Today's...
Courts - New decisions from the SCOTUS this morning [Updated]
Posted on June 24, 2010Again, via SCOTUSblog. Only 11 cases left to be decided, and two days scheduled, today and next Monday (which is...
Not law but interesting - "iPhone economics and lower barriers to entry"
Posted on June 24, 2010Planning to develop iPhone apps? Read this first, then decide what your objectives are....
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues two this afternoon
Posted on June 24, 2010Curtis Outlaw v. State of Indiana is a 2-page per curiam opinion that is quicker to read than to quote....
Courts - Here is the juror questionaire in the Rick Pitino extortion case
Posted on June 23, 2010From the Lexington Herald-Leader:The jury questionnaire, released Wednesday, includes multiple questions about a potential juror's connections to the [University of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on June 23, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Noe Romo v. State of Indiana , a 13-page opinion by Judge Darden, the...
Ind. Decisions - One (so far) today from the Supreme Court
Posted on June 23, 2010In Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund v. Gary Patrick, an 8-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:A father brought a claim under...
Ind. Courts - Checking out the juror pool via the internet
Posted on June 23, 2010IU Law's Joel Schumm sends this story from the July 2010 issue of the ABA Journal about lawyers using the...
Courts - Civil commitment laws for sex offenders squeeze states' budgets
Posted on June 23, 2010An AP story today by Martiga Lohn focuses on the 20 states with civil commitment laws for sex offenders who...
Ind. Courts - "Slaying trial set; accused man can't have public defender"
Posted on June 22, 2010The ILB can't remember another recent story reporting that a court denied a public defender in a criminal case. (See...
Ind. Courts - Bar license of accused Rep. Delaney assailant suspended
Posted on June 22, 2010The ILB first heard about this last night, but didn't find the order on the court's website. Still no order,...
Ind. Law - Major changes in child support law to take effect July 1.
Posted on June 22, 2010Here is a press release issed today by State Rep. Linda Lawson (D-Hammond) about SEA 163 (PL 80-2010):INDIANAPOLIS ? Indiana...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 0 NFP)
Posted on June 22, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Adam Starr v. State of Indiana, a 6-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Adam Starr (?Starr?)...
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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....








