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Ind. Law - "Indiana joins mortgage broker crackdown"; Critics say states too slow to act
Posted on January 01, 2009Deanna Martin of the AP has a lengthy story today in the Evansville Courier & Press on a crackdown on...
Ind. Decisions - Year-end annexation results in Hamilton County and Jeffersonville
Posted on January 01, 2009Hamilton County. "Determined Geist group won't end annexation fight: Residents vow to appeal after judge gives Fishers OK to add...
Ind. Decisions - "Death penalty back on table for Corcoran"
Posted on January 01, 2009The 7th Circuit's decision yesterday in the case of Joseph E. Corcoran v. Buss (see ILB entry here) is the...
Ind. Courts - "Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Benham Martin took her oath of office on Tuesday morning"
Posted on December 30, 2008"Looking on at left are the couple's two daughters, six-year-old Edan and three-year-old Ande." See the great photo here, via...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 12 NFP)
Posted on December 30, 2008For publication opinions today (5): In State of Indiana v. William Hunter , a 9-page opinion, Judge Darden writes:As a...
Ind. Law - Yet more on "Approving a proposed constitutional amendment that would put limits on property-tax bills, so it can be put on the ballot for ratification in 2010"
Posted on December 30, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 7th, Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today in a lengthy...
Ind. Gov't. - Valid driver's license in tragedy baffled some
Posted on December 30, 2008A story Saturday, Dec. 27 in the Evansville Courier & Press, reported by Libby Keeling, included the following:Prosecutors say they...
Ind. Courts - "No respite in store for Delaware County prosecutor in '09"
Posted on December 30, 2008Jou Leiker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:After a year of upheaval for the Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task Force and...
Ind. Courts - "Two Jeff annexations hang in the balance"
Posted on December 30, 2008An unattributed story today in the LCJ has these quotes:Two areas that Jeffersonville had sought to annex this year could...
Ind. Courts - Changes in Marion county courts
Posted on December 30, 2008Jon Murray has a useful story today in the Indianapolis Star on the upcoming changes to Marion County courtrooms:A massive...
Ind. Courts - More on "LaPorte deputy prosecutor shot"
Posted on December 30, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, Stan Madddux, correspondent to the NWI Times, reports today under the headline "Special...
Courts - Kentucky judge retirements leave racial void on bench
Posted on December 29, 2008This AP story today in the Lexington Herald-Leader begins:LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky's largest county will be left with no black...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Dec. 26, 2008
Posted on December 29, 2008Here is the transfer list for the week ending Dec. 26, 2008. It is one page long. Two transfers were...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on December 29, 2008For publication opinions today (5): In Bernice Sommers, et al. v. Wendy Sommers, et al. , a 6-page opinion, Judge...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana decision today
Posted on December 29, 2008In U.S. v. Wooden (ND Ind., CJ Miller), a 6-page opinion, Judge Easterbrook concludes:A constitutional obligation to defer action...
Courts - "California judges will lose the perks unless lawmakers decide to help"
Posted on December 29, 2008From an interesting story by Mike McKee of The Recorder:Any hope the California Supreme Court might resolve a politically sensitive...
Ind. Law - "Who must use seat belts?"
Posted on December 29, 2008Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on Indiana's seat belt law. Some quotes...
Courts - "Court weighs whether to identify authors of critical and anonymous postings on the Internet"
Posted on December 29, 2008Recalling these earlier ILB entries:"Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects...
Ind. Courts - "Floyd County's newest judge a history maker"
Posted on December 29, 2008Harold J. Adams reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:She's a new judge in a new court -- and she...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on December 29, 2008No oral arguments are scheduled this week before either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals....
Environment - "IDEM stops giving fines, punishments"
Posted on December 28, 2008The Gary Post-Tribune has a story today by Gitte Laasby that begins:MERRILLVILLE -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has...
Legislative Benefits - Still more on: "Miller to seek lobbying curbs again"
Posted on December 28, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 7, this item in the Indianapolis Star's "Behind Closed Doors" column this Sunday:Lobbying legislation...
Ind. Courts - "Wieser's hat in ring for U.S. attorney"
Posted on December 28, 2008Mark Kiesling, columnist for the NWI Times, writes today in a column that begins:Since 1981, every U.S. attorney for the...
Ind. Courts - Further follow-up on: "St. Joseph County judge has stopped sending female offenders to the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility"
Posted on December 28, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 8th, which began:Updating this ILB entry from March 16 (which contains links to a...
Law - "Laws to Track Sex Offenders Encouraging Homelessness"
Posted on December 27, 2008Karl Vick of the Washington Post has a lengthy story today that begins:LOS ANGELES -- Upon release from state custody,...
Environment - "Environmentalists worry about Ind. agency changes"
Posted on December 27, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, the Peru Tribune today has a long AP story that includes these quotes:INDIANAPOLIS...
Environment - "Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards"
Posted on December 26, 2008That is the headline to a lengthy story published Dec. 24 in the NY Times. Some quotes:KINGSTON, Tenn. ? What...
Courts - 6th Circuit strikes down down Kentucky's direct-selling restrictions
Posted on December 25, 2008Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reported Dec. 24th: WASHINGTON -- A 2005 Supreme Court opinion is the gift that keeps...
Ind. Law - "16 is Indiana's legal age of consent"
Posted on December 25, 2008Here is Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times that I missed a month ago -- Nov....
Ind. Courts - More on "Accused Schererville attorney withdraws law license"
Posted on December 25, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 18th, and this entry from Oct. 23rd headed "Attorney Crabtree charged with embezzling $1...
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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....








