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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 more this afternoon (and 2 more NFP)
Posted on September 29, 2008For publication opinions today (1): Michael A. Smith v. State of Indiana This is a 2-1, 12-page opinion. Chief Judge Baker writes:Appellant-defendant Michael A. Smith appeals the trial court?s order finding him in direct contempt of court. Smith argues that...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Coach Crean's contract online
Posted on September 29, 2008Updating earlier ILB entries on IU Coach Crean's contract, now, thanks again to the Indianapolis Star, we have access to Purdue Coach Painter's contract. The links are part of Star reporter Mark Alesia's story today headed "Painter's deal with Purdue...
Environment - Resources for Indiana environmental lawyers
Posted on September 29, 2008The 2008 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes (I am the editor) is now available from the Indiana State Bar Ass'n. Access the order blank here. The Indiana Environmental Enforcement Database, a totally searchable resource currently containing nearly 6,000 Indiana...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on September 29, 2008For publication opinions today (3): In Charlotte M. v. Jasper Co. Dept. of Child Svcs. , a 19-page opinion, the Court reverses a termination of parent rights. Judge Najam concludes:In failing to provide a nexus between its purported findings, which...
Law - More on: "Tech activist takes on governments over 'copyrighted' laws"
Posted on September 29, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 26th, two new stories today: "Who Owns the Law? Arguments May Ensue " is the headline to a NY Times story today by Noam Cohen that contains a number of interesting points. Some quotes:IN...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Sept. 26, 2008
Posted on September 29, 2008Here is the just issued transfer list for the week ending Sept. 26, 2008. It is 3 pages long. Three transfers were granted last week. Two are discussed in this ILB entry from Tues., Sept. 23rd, the third is discussed...
Law - "Neb. Officials: Parents Misusing Infant Drop-Off Law"
Posted on September 29, 2008From NPR's Morning Edition this morning:A new law intended to protect abandoned infants in Nebraska is having an unexpected effect. So far, 14 children ? many preteens or teenagers ? have been dropped off at Nebraska hospitals. State officials say...
Ind. Courts - "Interpreters in courtrooms a money issue"
Posted on September 29, 2008James D. Wolf Jr. reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:VALPARAISO -- On Oct. 20, Vietnamese-born Len Huynh will stand trial for welfare and Medicaid fraud, but there's a complication: language. Although she's been in U. S. foster homes since she...
Ind. Courts - "Porter County to get juvenile drug court"
Posted on September 29, 2008James D. Wolf Jr. reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:VALPARAISO -- The Porter County Juvenile and Family Drug Court begins its first session Oct. 8, as the third active juvenile drug court in the state....
Ind. Law - It's the Law: Getting arrested for being with a lawbreaker
Posted on September 29, 2008Ken Kosky's "It's the Law" column in the NWI Times this week focuses on getting arrested for being with a lawbreaker. It begins:Most people realize they will go to jail if they are caught burglarizing a house or taking illegal...
Ind. Decisions - Court grants transfer in school finance case
Posted on September 29, 2008The formal transfer list from last week should be out this morning, but the ILB has just received notice that another case was granted transfer on Sept. 24th: Joseph Bonner et al v. Mitch Daniels et al, the school finance...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week
Posted on September 29, 2008This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: This Tuesday, Sept. 30th: 9:00 AM - Shawn E. Norris v. State - Norris pleaded guilty to child molesting in 2004, and then in 2007, petitioned for post-conviction relief on grounds of...
Law - Text of the bailout bill
Posted on September 28, 2008Here is the 106-page "Discussion Draft", via CNN. Here is the most recent CNN summary....
Ind. Law - "Law clerk job led to contacts with those shaping society"
Posted on September 28, 2008IU?s Vice President of Engagement William Stephan writes today in the Indianapolis Star in an article that begins:You might say I'm celebrating the 25th anniversary of my big break, which came late in the summer of 1983 as I began...
Courts - "Kenctucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Posted on September 28, 2008Not Indiana, but interesting. Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal has a long report today that begins:Driving drunk on Hurstbourne Parkway on June 12, Louisville insurance executive Robert Clarkson smashed his 2008 Mercedes into a motorcycle, breaking the cyclist's...
Ind. Gov't. - Attorney General race heats up
Posted on September 28, 2008Seth Slabaugh has a good story today in the Muncie Star-Press. Don't miss it. It concludes:"I have literally represented over a thousand clients, and they hire me because I am a fighter and I win, and he's never prosecuted one...
Ind. Courts - "Finances a factor in capital punishment"
Posted on September 28, 2008Doulgas Walker has a long story today in the Muncie Star-Press on the use of the death penalty in the various counties. Some quotes:The role that a county's financial status plays in whether a local prosecutor pursues a death sentence...
Law - "Companies increasingly adopt gay-friendly policies"
Posted on September 28, 2008Dana Hunsinger reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Large corporations are finding it increasingly important to create a welcoming environment for a diverse work force that makes it easier to recruit and keep talent and improve worker productivity. Baker & Daniels...
Courts - "The issues include the ability to sue over faulty but federally regulated drugs; dirty words on TV; and Navy sonar"
Posted on September 28, 2008"Supreme Court opens new term" is the headline to David G. Savage's story today in the LA Times that begins:WASHINGTON -- Against the backdrop of a tight presidential election that probably will shape its future, the Supreme Court goes back...
Courts - "Pre-emption Looms Large in Supreme Court's Upcoming Business Cases"
Posted on September 27, 2008So writes Marcia Coyle in her lengthy National Law Journal article to be dated Sept. 29th. It begins:The Roberts Court's affinity for issues close to the heart of the nation's business community will continue into the October 2008 U.S. Supreme...
Ind. Courts - Two Hoosiers on the 7th Circuit? [Corrected - Three Hoosiers]
Posted on September 26, 2008Maureen Groppe of the Star Washington Bureau is reporting:WASHINGTON -- President Bush has nominated Indiana judge Philip P. Simon to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House announced Friday. Simon has been a federal district court judge...
Courts - "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you."
Posted on September 26, 2008The Brennan Center on 9/16/08 published the 46-page "Eligible for Justice: Guidelines for Appointing Defense Counsel.". From the description:For more than four decades, the Supreme Court has been clear: the Constitution requires states to provide a lawyer to people facing...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on September 26, 2008For publication opinions today (2): In Samuel Hardley v. State of Indiana , a 17-page, 2-1 opinion (including a 6-page dissent), Judge Bradford writes:Hardley contends that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction for criminal confinement...
Ind. Gov't. - When are meeting minutes public documents?
Posted on September 26, 2008An interesting question was posed yesterday on the national FOIA listsevr - When are meeting minutes public documents? The details:Q - We have an odd law in Utah that keeps meeting minutes as "protected" documents until they are officially approved...
Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on September 26, 2008In U.S. v. Derrik Hagerman and Walbash Env. Tech. (SD Ind., Judge Hamilton), a 5-page opinion, Judge Posner dismisses the appeal, writing:The defendants were convicted of criminal violations of the Clean Water Act, and Wabash was ordered to pay...
Ind. Law - "County abortion regulations closely watched in Indiana"
Posted on September 26, 2008Judy Keen reports in USA Today:Abortion opponents in Indiana are encouraging passage of regulations at the county level that abortion-rights groups say might be the leading edge of a nationwide effort to limit access to the procedure. Two Indiana counties...
Law - "In scattered cases, state regulation of reproductive rights remains a part of the legal culture"
Posted on September 25, 2008Dan Slater has an interesting article today in the Wall Street Journal, beginning with discussion of forced sterilization for the "feeble-minded" in earlier times and then continuing:Following the horrors of eugenics in Nazi Germany, the sterilization movement dwindled...
Law - "Tech activist takes on governments over 'copyrighted' laws"
Posted on September 25, 2008Updating these earlier ILB entries on making building codes and similar documents available online, CNET's Declan McCullagh has a great column today that begins:SEBASTOPOL, Calif.--From a corner of a nondescript office building at the edge of wine country, Carl Malamud...
Law - Article titled "What states can and should do to reduce illegal immigration"
Posted on September 25, 2008Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, headed "Courts - 9th Circuit upholds Arizona immigration law imposing employer sanctions," a law professor, Kris W. Kobach (University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law) has written a law journal...
Ind. Law - More on: Brush up on your election law knowledge
Posted on September 25, 2008Updating yesterday's ILB entry on elections, the Greencastle Banner Graphic has a comprehensive story today headed "Various deadlines for election nearing."...
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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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