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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts opinion this afternoon
Posted on May 14, 2010In Chawknee Caruthers v. State of Indiana, a 10-page, 5-0, just-posted (3:10 PM) opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:Chawknee Caruthers shot...
Law - More on "The battle over direct shipping of wine from producer to consumer has returned to Congress."
Posted on May 14, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 5, 2010, the Washington Post has a second story on the bill introduced in...
Law - "Complaint Box | Ambulance Chasers"
Posted on May 14, 2010From the NY Times City Room blog today, an item by Penny Musco that begins:Getting involved in a minor auto...
Ind. Courts - "Porter Co. courthouse left without phone service Friday "
Posted on May 14, 2010Bob Kasarda reports this afternoon in the NWI Times: VALPARAISO | The failure of a month-old piece of equipment on...
Ind. Gov't. - "St. Joseph County officials to rethink proposed code ordinance"
Posted on May 14, 2010Erin Blasko reported in yesterday's South Bend Tribune:SOUTH BEND ? Concerned it has become too broad in scope, county officials...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion issued today by 7th Circuit
Posted on May 14, 2010In U.S. v. Taylor (SD Ind., Barker), an 11-page opinion, Judge Cudahy writes:In 2009, Darryl Taylor was convicted of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on May 14, 2010For publication opinions today (3): In Alberto Ruiz v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge May writes:Ruiz?s counsel...
Ind. Courts - "Grants for Court Reform Projects Are Available"
Posted on May 14, 2010The Division of State Court Administration of posted an announcement of the grants availability -- the application deadline is June...
Courts - Blogger appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court
Posted on May 14, 2010SCOTUSblog has this entry today, headed "Congratulations to David Stras." For more, see this entry from the blog, Politics in...
Environment - More on "Contaminated soil from Louisville arena site dumped in Clarksville"
Posted on May 14, 2010Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, which quoted a LCJ story, Amy Hartsock, Public Information Officer, Indiana Department of Environmental...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Backlog of cases extends toxicology test results: Toxicology tests often take weeks, months to complete"
Posted on May 14, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports today:Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel said he doesn't expect...
Ind. Law - Lake County school race hinges on voter's ID
Posted on May 14, 2010Fascinating. Christin Nance Lazerus reports in the Gary Post-Tribune:More than a week after the May 4 primary, the Lake County...
Law - "Thousands of non-profits could unwittingly lose tax status "
Posted on May 14, 2010From USA TODAY, Sandra Block reports:Hundreds of thousands of small non-profits, from Little League teams to community soup kitchens, could...
Ind. Gov't. - More on the IBM-FSSA contract
Posted on May 14, 2010I've been looking online for the IBM-FSSA contract, entered into, I believe, in Dec. 2006. I haven't located it. The...
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Life, Death and Insurance: Indiana's $15 Million Mystery "
Posted on May 13, 2010Following up on this April 14, 2010 ILB entry quoting a WSJ story reported by Leslie Scism and Mark Maremont,...
Ind. Gov't. - "Health care law will cost Indiana $3.6 billion over 10 years, actuary says"
Posted on May 13, 2010Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press goes beyond the report and takes what looks to be a balanced...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of I.B.; M.L., et al"
Posted on May 13, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 3, 2010, Prof. Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law School had an entry about...
Ind. Gov't. - "History of the IBM deal with Indiana Family and Social Services Administration"
Posted on May 13, 2010Supplementing this ILB entry posted earlier today, which includes links to the lawsuits, the Indianapolis Star has posted a very...
Law - "Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options"
Posted on May 13, 2010If you think tax law or environmental law is complicated, take a look at this chart from the NY Times...
Environment - Proposed Indiana antidegradation rules face federal rejection if not changed
Posted on May 13, 2010So reports Gitte Lasby today in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:MERRILLVILLE -- The state of Indiana is too lax in...
Ind. Courts - More on "Backlog of cases extends toxicology test results: Toxicology tests often take weeks, months to complete"
Posted on May 13, 2010That was the headline to this worth reading again story by Tom Moor of the South Bend Tribune on July...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Welfare modernization critics see progress: State system's chief credited with tremendous leap forward"
Posted on May 13, 2010This ILB entry from yesterday, and earlier entries, discuss the post-IBM Indiana welfare system. Today Mary Beth Schneider of the...
Environment - "Contaminated soil from Louisville arena site dumped in Clarksville"
Posted on May 13, 2010Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:Indiana environmental officials have ordered the...
Ind. Decisions - One Indiana case decided today by 7th Circuit
Posted on May 13, 2010In DIRECTV v. Barczewski (SD Ind., Hamilton), a 15-page opinion, Chief Judge Easterbrook writes:A jury concluded that Jonathan Wisler...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on May 13, 2010For publication opinions today (1): In Jose Lopez v. State of Indiana , an 8-page opinion, Judge Crone writes:Jose Lopez...
Courts - "State Supreme Courts Have Many Judges Outside the 'Judicial Monastery'"
Posted on May 13, 2010Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this story today - some quotes:The U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Elena...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Attorney for East Chicago nets big contract "
Posted on May 13, 2010Updating this ILB entry from May 3, 2010, Steve Zabroski reports in the NWI Times:The take-home car is out, and...
Environment - "Regulators to hear comments on Scottsburg biomass project"
Posted on May 13, 2010Updating earlier ILB entries on the proposed biomass wood-burning power plants in southern Indiana, most recently this one from Feb....
Ind. Courts - The IBM lawsuit, Adm. Rule 9, and a teaching moment
Posted on May 13, 2010Earlier today the ILB posted this entry which included "links to both the FSSA lawsuit against IBM, and the IBM...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts one late today
Posted on May 13, 2010Larry D. Storie v. Randy's Auto Sales, LLC v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company -- This is on a certified...
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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....








