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Ind. Gov't. - Indianapolis Star editorial praises state BMV
Posted on December 01, 2008An editorial today in the Indianapolis Star begins:This week brought the revelation of good news regarding the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The agency both received and gave. In down-to-earth business that matters most to the motoring public, the BMV...
Ind. Law - "State legislators unlikely to tackle same-sex marriage amendment in 2009"
Posted on December 01, 2008Bill Ruthhart of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy front-page story today reporting:Though the number of states adopting bans on same-sex marriage grows, the odds appear slim that Indiana lawmakers will give serious consideration to such a constitutional amendment next...
Ind. Courts - "A statewide court system?"
Posted on December 01, 2008Reprinted with permission from the Dec. 1, 2008 issue of Ed Feigenbaum's Indiana Legislative Insight, the lead story:For at least two decades, concerns have been raised about just how constitutional the state court system might be due to disparities....
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week; includes school finance challenge
Posted on December 01, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Dec. 4th: 9:00 AM - Philip A. Bonner, et al. v. Mitch Daniels, et al. - A student brought a class action suit seeking a declaration that the State's school...
Environment - "At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules"
Posted on November 30, 2008This lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by R. Jeffrey Smith and Juliet Eilperin, gives good background on the procedural issues relating to pushing federal rules through at the end of a term. Here is how it begins:In...
Ind. Law - Still 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 November 30, 2008Updating this Nov. 9th entry quoting a story by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal, and an entry from Nov. 11th quoting an editorial from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, today we have another Weidenbener article, plus an...
Ind. Decisions - Another New twist on Terre Haute mayorial race dispute
Posted on November 18, 2008This morning the ILB posted this entry, quoting a story about a potential challenge by the candidate who lost to Mayor Burke in the Republican primary. Now another twist, reported by John Martin in this story in the Evansville Courier...
Law - More on "Workers' Religious Freedom vs. Patients' Rights"
Posted on November 18, 2008Updating this ILB entry from July 31, quoting a Washington Post story that began:A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate...
Court - How many of us learned the word "Romanette" last week alongside CJ Roberts? [Updated]
Posted on November 18, 2008Romanette. A term for a little Roman numeral, as in Sec. 4(a)(2)(B)(iii). It was new to me, but a very useful new term, and one I am not likely to forget. Eugene Volokh of The Volokh Conspiracy has a long...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on November 18, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In The Involuntary Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of C.T. , a 28-page opinion, Judge Barnes writes: Kristie Thompson and Dennis Brown appeal the involuntary termination of their respective parental rights to their son, C...
Law - "Administration Moves to Protect Key Appointees: Political Positions Shifted To Career Civil Service Jobs"
Posted on November 18, 2008Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig of the Washington Post report today in a story that begins:Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appointees who...
Ind. Decisions - New twist on Terre Haute mayorial race dispute
Posted on November 18, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 15th, Deb Kelly of the Terre Haute Tribune Star has a report today that begins:A former candidate for mayor of Terre Haute has thrown a new kink in the recent upheaval regarding a legal...
Ind. Decisions - More on "Court upholds ?God? license plate judgment"
Posted on November 18, 2008Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times reports today:Hoosier drivers don't have to pay extra to sport In God We Trust license plates, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision, the...
Ind. Courts - Another story on 'Salacious' affidavit results in jail time for client Hinds, attorney Denney"
Posted on November 18, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 13th, Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports today in a story that begins:Local attorney Louis Denney remains in jail nights and weekends after his latest effort to reverse a contempt-of-court citation was denied...
Ind. Gov't. - "Laura Bush will speak at Lincoln birthplace today"
Posted on November 18, 2008Chris Kenning of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:First lady Laura Bush will speak today at the Abraham Lincoln birthplace outside Hodgenville, Ky., to kick off a nationwide fundraiser for historic Lincoln sites. Bush, who was to join a Lincoln...
Law - "Caught in the legal recession? - ABA Journal Survey"
Posted on November 18, 2008The ABA Journal is surveying lawyers about the job market and the current state of the economy. Follow this link to a page that begins:We want to know how you think the recession will affect the legal profession. Please take...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on November 17, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Wednesday, Nov. 19th: 9:00 AM - In The Matter of B.W. - The Bartholomew Superior Court found the putative father's consent to the adoption was irrevocably implied, and it entered a...
Ind. Courts - Court seeks a Business Continuity Planner and a Court Archives Specialist
Posted on November 17, 2008Indiana Supreme Court, Division of State Court Administration has posted two positions:The Indiana Supreme Court, Division of State Court Administration, has an opening for a Business Continuity Planner (BCP). The BCP will serve the Indiana state court system and will...
Ind. Decisions - "Court upholds ?God? license plate judgment" [Updated]
Posted on November 17, 2008The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has posted a story on its website this afternoon reporting the COA's ruling this morning in the case of Mark Studler v. Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Ronald L. Stiver as Commissioner of the...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Nov. 14, 2008
Posted on November 17, 2008Here is the just issued transfer list for the week ending Nov. 14, 2008. It is one page long. Two transfers was granted last week, both with opinion. They are summarized in this ILB entry from Nov. 12th. Over 4.5...
Ind. Law - "It's the law" today examines Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park rules
Posted on November 17, 2008Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park rules. From the article:About 3 million people visit the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State...
Ind. Law - ISP to ticket golf carts driven on city streets of Madison
Posted on November 16, 2008Updating this long list of ILB entries on golf carts, Peggy Vlerebome reported Friday in the Madison Courier:The Indiana State Police will ticket golf carts being driven on streets, Mayor Tim Armstrong said Thursday. Police Chief John Wallace said the...
Ind. Law - "Surveyors seek to re-establish Mich.-Ind. border"
Posted on November 16, 2008James Prichard of the AP reports today in the Chicago Tribune:NILES TOWNSHIP, Mich. - It has been 25 years since Ruby and Richard Evans moved from the Hoosier State to southwestern Michigan, but the retired couple could one day find...
Ind. Law - "Gun ruling unlikely to affect cases in Indiana"
Posted on November 16, 2008Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today under the headline "Gun ruling unlikely to affect cases in Indiana." The subject is the case of United States v. Hayes, heard Monday, Nov. 10th before the U.S. Supreme...
Ind. Law - "Gary cops waging court fight over residency"
Posted on November 16, 2008A story today in the Gary Post-Tribune begins:GARY -- When they're not fighting crime, Gary police officers are waging a battle among themselves over residency. A group of city dwellers who filed a lawsuit demanding termination for all nonresidents will...
Environment - More on - "President of Wabash Environmental Technologies charged with environmental crimes"
Posted on November 16, 2008The first ILB entry on this was Sept. 15, 2006. Here is a long list of entries that followed. Today Howard Greninger and Arthur Foulkes of the Terre Haute Trib-Star have a lengthy report on getting the cleanup process moving....
Ind. Decisions - "Judge tells city of New Albany: Pay the lawyers"
Posted on November 16, 2008Dick Kaukas reports today in the Louisville Courier-Journal:New Albany has been ordered to pay $300,000 to three lawyers who were hired to represent the city in a lawsuit against Georgetown over sewer fees. Advertisement Special Judge Kenneth Lopp ruled last...
Ind. Courts - Steuben County Council to cut supplemental salaries from judicial positions
Posted on November 15, 2008WLKI News, Angola, is reporting today:A special meeting for the Steuben County Council has been scheduled for Wednesday morning so they can discuss 2009 supplemental salaries. Those salaries cover judges in the Steuben Circuit and Superior Courts as well as...
Courts - Kentucky Jury weighs case of Amish men [Updated]
Posted on November 15, 2008An interesting story today from the Louisville Courier Journal, reported by Peter Smith:A Graves County jury began deliberating last night in the case of nine Amish men facing charges of failing to use safety emblems on their horse-drawn buggies. The...
Ind. Courts - "Judge rules she will stick with hospital zoning suit"
Posted on November 15, 2008James D. Wolf Jr. reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune: VALPARAISO -- The corporation that now owns Porter hospital can legally join a lawsuit brought against Porter County officials by the Liberty Landowners Association. Judge Mary Harper also will not...
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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?
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