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Courts - Speculation over the Supreme Court may be premature

Posted on November 11, 2008
"Despite Obama Victory, Will Supreme Court Justices Sit Tight?" is the headline to an article by Tony Mauro of Legal Times. "Rumors of Retirements" is the heading to this blog entry by ABC News Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg...

Ind. Law - 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 11, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 9th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today arguing against, at least for the upcoming session, the General Assembly approving the pending proposal to amend the Indiana Constitution to cap property taxes...

Law - "Democrats Eye Bush Midnight Regulations"

Posted on November 11, 2008
Cindy Skrzycki, business columnist who writes the column, The Regulators, for the Washington Post, has an important article today that begins:As President-elect Barack Obama's transition team prepares for the Jan. 20 inauguration, it is tracking the "midnight" regulations being churned...

Ind. Courts - More on "Park ban on sex offenders challenged: Man can't watch son play baseball"

Posted on November 11, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 26th, Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal reports that a ruling has now been issued in the case:A judge in Clark County has upheld the constitutionality of a Jeffersonville ordinance barring convicted...

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Ind. Courts - Legislative panel advises against electing judges

Posted on November 11, 2008
Jeff Parrott reports today in the South Bend Tribune in a story that begins:A state legislative panel has recommended that St. Joseph County should continue having most of its judges selected by the governor instead of voters. The General Assembly's....

Courts - Still more on: Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab report

Posted on November 10, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this afternoon, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog has posted a long analysis of the oral arguments today in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts.....

Courts - "Supreme Court Posts Video in Victim Impact Case"

Posted on November 10, 2008
The Blog of Legal Times has this very interesting just-posted entry on the admission of multimedia victim impact presentations. Some quotes:Today the Supreme Court denied review in two California cases in which defendants claimed that multimedia victim impact presentations prejudiced...

Courts - More on: Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab report

Posted on November 10, 2008
As the ILB noted yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing/heard oral arguments today at 1:00 PM in the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, a confrontation clause case involving whether a crime lab report is, itself, a form of testimony....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)

Posted on November 10, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): John C. Newsome v. State of Indiana (NFP)...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit ruling interprets Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Posted on November 10, 2008
In an Illinois case, Atkins v. City of Chicago, the opinion by Judge Posner begins: This appeal from the dismissal of a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. � 1983 requires us to interpret Rule 25(a) of the Federal Rules...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Nov. 7, 2008

Posted on November 10, 2008
Here is the just issued transfer list for the week ending Nov. 7, 2008. It is 3 pages long. Four transfers was granted last week. Three of them, all criminal cases, were granted Nov. 6th and are discussed in this...

Law - "Obama Lawyers Ready Their Plan for DOJ"

Posted on November 10, 2008
Joe Palazzolo of Legal Times reports today in a story that begins:For more than a month, a squad of lawyers has been gathering for the first Justice Department transition in the post-9/11 world. Now that their candidate has won, they're...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on November 10, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will be webcast: This Monday, Nov. 10th: 2:00 PM - Bank One vs. Jeannene Surber - Appellant, Bank One, appeals...

Courts - Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab reports

Posted on November 09, 2008
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog presets a comprehensive preview of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, to be argued tomorrow before the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue:Crime laboratory reports are key pieces of evidence in a large number of criminal trials. When they can...

Ind. Law - "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 09, 2008
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today about one of the big issues facing the 2009 General Assembly:[Governor] Daniels and Republicans say one of their priorities will be approving a proposed constitutional amendment that would put limits...

Law - "Foreclosures Pick Pockets of Homeowners Associations"

Posted on November 09, 2008
Elizabeth Razzi has this report in today's Washington Post that begins:If you live in a neighborhood that has a homeowners association, brace yourself. Neighbors losing their homes to foreclosure and short sales not only are dragging down your property values...

Courts - "Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases"

Posted on November 09, 2008
Erik Eckholm of the NY Times reports on the front page of today's paper. Some quotes:MIAMI ? Public defenders? offices in at least seven states are refusing to take on new cases or have sued to limit them, citing overwhelming...

Courts - ?The Career of Linda Greenhouse: A Dialogue?

Posted on November 09, 2008
"Covering the U.S. Supreme Court," with Linda Greenhouse, Correspondent (1978-2008), New York Times, Supreme Court; Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice (1981-2006), U.S. Supreme Court; Ronald K. L. Collins, Scholar, Freedom Forum, First Amendment Center; and Walter E...

Courts - Judge Diane Wood on C-SPAN tonight

Posted on November 08, 2008
C-SPAN's announcement:This Saturday on America & the Courts: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood, who has been mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee of President-elect Barack Obama. Last month, she spoke at the American Enterprise Institute about...

Ind. Gov't. - Lake County Officials may borrow up to $2M to settle lawsuit

Posted on November 08, 2008
Bill Dolan of the NWI Times reports today:CROWN POINT | The Lake County Council is prepared to vote Monday to borrow up to $2 million to resolve allegations against county employees accused of harassment, brutality, neglect and other misconduct. Lake...

Ind. Courts - Documents in: "Marion Co. GOP seeks ballot scrutiny" [Corrected]

Posted on November 01, 2008
[Updated and revised at 6:50 PM] Updating this entry from earlier today on the arguments in Circuit Judge Theodore Sosin's courtroom Friday, here is the judge's 10/31/08 ruling in Schoettle, et al v. Marion County Election Bd. Here are the...

Ind. Courts - Answers to questions on the JTAC case management system

Posted on November 01, 2008
JTAC, the Indiana Supreme Court's Judicial Technology and Automation Project Committee, has a blog with occasional entries - access it here. The Oct. 3rd entry announces: "We have just posted a new document to our website listing answers to frequently...

Law - More on: Judge orders Michigan to Allow Wine Shipping by Out-of-State Retailers

Posted on November 01, 2008
Dan & Krista Stockman, authors of Uncorked - A column for those who want to love wine, but don't know how, that appears weekends in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, wrote a column this week that updates this ILB entry...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Marion Co. GOP seeks ballot scrutiny"

Posted on November 01, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports today:A Marion County judge ordered Friday that absentee ballots challenged at the polls on Election Day be set aside for review by bipartisan teams later in the...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer denied in John Myers II appeal

Posted on October 31, 2008
Reportedly, transfer has been denied re the May 30th Court of Appeals decision in the case of John R. Myers, II v. State of Indiana (see 5/30/08 ILB summary here). Myers was convicted in 2006 of killing IU student Jill...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: Court of Appeals hears oral argument in the Lake County early voting case

Posted on October 31, 2008
Updating this entry from this morning, the Court of Appeals panel has issued a 29-page opinion in John B. Curley, et al vs. Lake County Board of Elections and Registration, et al . But when, and where it is, I...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 8 today (and 26 NFP)

Posted on October 31, 2008
For publication opinions today (8): In Term. of Parent Child Rel. of M.B. and S.B. , an important 25-page opinion, Judge Brown concludes:A partial termination of parental rights does not exist under Indiana law. See Ind. Code � 31-35-6-4. Either...

Ind. Courts - More on: "Marion Co. GOP seeks ballot scrutiny"; NAACP foreclosure suit

Posted on October 31, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star reports today in a story that begins:Marion County election officials said Thursday that a Republican Party lawsuit seeking more scrutiny of absentee ballots was overblown and based on...

Ind. Law - No satellite voting in Allen County

Posted on October 31, 2008
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long story today that reports:INDIANAPOLIS ? Voters in Lake, Marion, St. Joseph, Monroe and other Indiana counties have been voting early at convenient satellite locations in recent weeks. But not...

Ind. Courts - More on: Court of Appeals hears oral argument in the Lake County early voting case

Posted on October 31, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Patrick Guinane reports today in the NWI Times:Republicans still are seeking to halt early voting in the three Democratic strongholds. Attorneys for the Democratic-controlled Lake County Board of Elections and Registration contend the Republicans...

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