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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 15 NFP)
Posted on October 21, 2008For publication opinions today (2): In In the Matter of T.B., and Charity B. v. Indiana Newspapers, Inc., a 41-page opinion, Judge Crone writes: In this appeal, Charity Bailey challenges several orders of the Marion Superior Court, Juvenile Division (?the...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues two
Posted on October 21, 2008Two Supreme Court decisions posted today, one of them was decided yesterday. In Larry Walden V. State, a 3-2, 14-page opinion, Justice Sullivan writes:Larry Walden and his fiancée, Molly Arthur, were in an auto accident in which Walden?s truck swerved...
Ind. Courts - Tax Court issues one yesterday
Posted on October 21, 2008The tax Court issued one decision late yesterday. In MBNA American Bank v. Ind. Dept. Revenue, a 9-page opinion, Judge Fisher writes: The Court restates the issue as whether the Commerce Clause requires MBNA to have a physical presence in...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Hearing set in early voting case
Posted on October 21, 2008Updating this ILB entry from late yesterday, both NW Indiana newspapers today report that they expect a ruling shortly, perhaps today. John Byrne of the Gary Post-Tribune writes:HAMMOND -- Lake County's early voting controversy went on the road Monday...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on the Attorney General race
Posted on October 21, 2008Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, today the Indianapolis Star endorsed Greg Zoeller for AG in this editorial that concludes:Zoeller's style and approach to the job are less dramatic than Pence's. But, as mentioned, he has a record of quiet...
Ind. Courts - More on: Hearing set in early voting case
Posted on October 20, 2008Updating this entry from Oct. 17 re the hearing in the early voting case being set for 10 AM today, the NWI Times reported at 12:37 PM, in a story that begins:HAMMOND | A Lake County judge began hearing arguments...
Law - "Walgreens Begins Retail Sale of Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit"
Posted on October 20, 2008From Market Watch, this news release from Identigene. Some quotes: SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Identigene today announced Walgreens has begun over-the-counter retail sales of the Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit. It is the first DNA...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 2 NFP)
Posted on October 20, 2008For publication opinions today (1): In James G. Clark and Larry A. Biddle III v. Donald and Janet Simbeck, a 12-page, 2-1 opinion, Sr. Judge Hoffman writes: Defendants-Appellants James G. Clark (?Clark?) and Larry A. Biddle, III (?Biddle?) appeal...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Oct. 17, 2008
Posted on October 20, 2008Here is the just issued transfer list for the week ending Oct. 17, 2008. It is 3 pages long. Three transfers were granted last week: Bush v. State Farm Mutual (see 10/15/08 ILB entry here): and Breaston v. State and...
Ind. Gov't. - More on the Attorney General race
Posted on October 20, 2008Jon Murray has a long story today in the Indianapolis Star highlighting the race for Indiana attorney general. It begins:The man who served as chief deputy in the Indiana attorney general's office during Steve Carter's two terms wants to expand...
Ind. Law - "It's the law: How much alcohol is too much for drivers?"
Posted on October 20, 2008Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on drunken driving laws. The article begins:Every day, three or four people get arrested on drunken driving charges in Porter County -- making it one of the...
Ind. Courts - Delaware County judicial races are the big money contests locally"
Posted on October 20, 2008Rick Yencer reports today in the Muncie Star-Press, in a story that begins:Delaware County judicial races are the big money contests locally, with two nominees for judge giving donations to the campaigns of some of their fellow Democratic candidates, rather...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on October 20, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Thursday, Oct. 23th: 9:00 AM - City of East Chicago v. East Chicago Second Century - In an action involving the direction of certain percentages of riverboat gaming revenue to the...
Environment - "Federal Officials Seek to Relax Rules for Dumping Mine Waste"
Posted on October 19, 2008Be sure to view the photo accompanying this AP story today on mountaintop mining in the New York Times. The story begins:The Interior Department has advanced a proposal that would ease restrictions on dumping mountaintop mining waste near rivers and....
Ind. Law - "ACORN followed law on suspect voter registrations"
Posted on October 18, 2008A good story today by Tim Evans of the Indianapolis Star cuts through some of the election law confusion currently rampant. Some quotes from the lengthy story:ACORN, the liberal-leaning community activist group, followed the law when it notified authorities that...
Ind. Law - Indiana's Constitutional provisions guiding state investments
Posted on October 18, 2008Curious because of current market conditions, I've reviewed the Indiana Constitution and statutes, but cannot say for sure that I've found everything. This is what I found in Article 11. An amendment to the language of the 1851 version of...
Ind. Gov't. - "Floyd County deeds now online"
Posted on October 18, 2008Chris Morris reported Oct. 16th in the Jeffersonville/New Albany News & Tribune:Linda Berger knows how to keep a campaign promise. Although she admits time was slowly running out. Berger, the Floyd County Recorder, vowed eight years ago to get all...
Environment - Union-Go CAFO gets draft permit to expand
Posted on October 18, 2008Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star- Press has a story today that begins:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is being criticized for permitting Union-Go dairy, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), to expand despite ongoing environmental problems...
Ind. Decisions - "Appeal denied in West Lafayette housing code case"
Posted on October 17, 2008As related in this ILB entry earlier this afternoon, the COA today decided in a very brief ruling in the case of James H. Bowden and Edward E. Bowden v. City of West Lafayette, Indiana (NFP) - "Here, Appellants? counsel...
Ind. Courts - Hearing set in early voting case
Posted on October 17, 2008From a release just issued by Kathryn Dolan, Indiana Supreme Court Public Information Officer:Special Judge Diane Kavadias Schneider has set a hearing for the case relating to a dispute involving ?early voting sites? in Lake County. On October 16, 2008,...
Ind. Courts - "Judicial candidates for Porter County Superior Court"
Posted on October 17, 2008The NWI Times has extensive coverage on the Porter County Superior Court races today. It begins:In addition to offering stories about judicial candidates in the race for Porter Superior Court 1 and Porter Superior Court 4, for the first time...
Ind. Courts - "Peers laud Lake judge"
Posted on October 17, 2008From the Gary Post-Tribune, a story that begins:Lake Superior Court Judge Thomas Stefaniak Jr. was named Judge of the Year for 2008 by the Indiana Correctional Association. Stefaniak, who has been a criminal division judge since 2001, was singled out...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on October 17, 2008For publication opinions today (2): In Eddie Cantrell and Cantrell Bldg. Svcs., Inc. v. Putnam Co. Sheriff's Dept. and the State of Indiana , a 13-page opinion, Judge Brown writes:Eddie Cantrell (?Cantrell?) and Cantrell Building Services, Inc. (?Corporation?), appeal the...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on October 17, 2008In Classic Cheesecake Company v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (SD Ind., Judge Lawrence), a 17-page opinion, Judge Posner writes:This appeal requires us to interpret a gloss that the Indiana courts have placed on their state?s statute of frauds: an oral...
Ind. Courts - "Roommates defend settlement before Indiana Supreme Court"
Posted on October 17, 2008Oral arguments were heard yesterday at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, before the Indiana Supreme Court in the case of Stanley Klotz v. Sarah Hoyt & Chrissy Kornmann - see this ILB entry from Oct. 13th for background. Marcela...
Ind. Decisions - COA upholds state OK of coal gasification plant
Posted on October 17, 2008The Court of Appeals decision yesterday in the case of Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc., et al. v. PSI Energy, Inc., et al. (see ILB summary here - 4th case) is the subject of an AP story today in...
Law - Chicago firms laying off attorneys and staff
Posted on October 17, 2008Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports:Two Chicago law firms fired attorneys this week, and more layoffs loom as firms retrench in the face of financial tumult hitting their corporate clients. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal let go of about 24...
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Special judge appointed in early voting case
Posted on October 17, 2008Updating this entry from yesterday linking to the Supreme Court order appointing Diana K. Schneider as special judge in the consolidated cases in Lake County, a story today by John Byrnes of the Gary Post-Tribune begins:HAMMOND -- The Indiana Supreme...
Ind. Law - Yet more on: "Indy Law Firm moves beyond its nightmare"
Posted on October 16, 2008John Ketzenberger of the Indianapolis Star, who first wrote about this case two years ago, writes again today under the heading "Near-Death Experience:"To think that a simple "yes" to a million-dollar settlement three years ago could have saved a lot...
Ind. Courts - More on: Special judge appointed in early voting case
Posted on October 16, 2008Updating this entry from earlier today, here is the partially hand-printed, file-stamped order appointing Diana K. Schneider as special judge in the consolidated cases in Lake County....
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