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Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today

Posted on September 08, 2008
In Wasson v. Peabody Coal (SD Ind., Judge Barker), an 8-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:John Wasson sued Peabody Coal Company for breach of contract, claiming that it underpaid the royalties to which he was entitled for coal mined from...

Courts - "The judges of the Supreme Court of Canada wear robes with fluffy white trim that makes them look like Santa Claus?s helpers"

Posted on September 08, 2008
John Eligon of the NY Times has a long article today on what judges wear, headlined "Behind the Gavel, a Sense of Style ." A few quotes:In Britain, judges are wedded to a tradition of elegant attire: scarlet and ermine...

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

Posted on September 08, 2008
For publication opinions today (1): In Town of Chandler, Indiana v. Indiana-American Water, Co. and Town of Newburgh, Indiana, a13-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:The Town of Chandler (?Chandler?) appeals from the order of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (?the Commission?)...

Courts - "December SCOTUS arguments, day by day"

Posted on September 08, 2008
This is very useful. SCOTUSBlog has posted this entry: "December Arguments, day by day"...

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Ind. Courts - "Public Interviews to be Held for St. Joseph Superior Court Vacancy"

Posted on September 08, 2008
From a press release issued by the Indiana Courts:The St. Joseph Superior Court Judicial Nominating Commission will interview candidates for the upcoming vacancy on the St. Joseph Superior Court on Friday, September 12, 2008. The interviews will begin at 8:30...

Ind. Courts - "Lake commissioner backs proposal to prune public defender staff"

Posted on September 08, 2008
Bill Dolan has this report today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:CROWN POINT | Support is growing among Lake County officials to thin out the ranks of lawyers defending at public expense indigent people accused of minor crimes. * *...

Courts - "Drug makers seek shield from lawsuits"

Posted on September 08, 2008
Updating earlier ILB entries from April 7th and March 5th, David G. Savage reports today in the Los Angeles Times. Some quotes from the lengthy story:Earlier this year, the Supreme Court reinterpreted a 32-year-old federal law as barring suits against...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Transfer list for week ending Sept. 5, 2008

Posted on September 08, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Friday, I've learned that transfer lists are now going to be made available on Mondays, rather than late Friday afternoon. This will be a good thing if it insures that the lists pick up the...

Ind. Law - "People can get arrested for shoving, grabbing"

Posted on September 08, 2008
Last Monday Ken Kosby has a story in the NWI Times about school zone speeding and school bus stop arm violations. Today he writes about domestic battery laws, in a continuing "series of articles highlighting commonly broken laws, explaining common...

Ind. Gov't. - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette urges legislative consideration of Kernan-Shepard report

Posted on September 08, 2008
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today urges consideration of Kernan-Shepard report in this session of the General Assembly. Some quotes:A momentous report from a panel of government and policy all-stars recommending dramatic changes in Indiana local government was sidelined...

Courts - Update on: "Judge Rules Drug Documents Must Be Returned to Eli Lilly"

Posted on September 08, 2008
The ILB has had a number of entries on the Eli Lilly Zyprexa litigation, including this one from Feb. 14, 2007, quoting the NYT:A federal district judge in Brooklyn (ED NY) ruled yesterday that confidential marketing materials belonging to Eli...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on September 08, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals None scheduled....

Ind. Courts - Tippecanoe's historic courthouse and its "twin" in Quincy Illinois

Posted on September 07, 2008
David Smith of the Lafayette Journal & Courier has a long feature story today on the history of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. A quote from the final third of the story:The Quincy design had been criticized early on by several...

Ind. Courts - "St. Joseph County lawyers set out to judge judges"

Posted on September 07, 2008
Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune reports today in a lengthy story:If you step up to the ballot box Nov. 4 and aren't familiar with the local judges up for a "yes" or "no" retention vote, that's probably a...

Ind. Courts - "Old Crown Point jail has historic, architectural significance"

Posted on September 07, 2008
Kathleen Quilligan of the NWI Times has a nice story today, complete with some cool old photos:CROWN POINT | If the building hadn't been the location where bank robber John Dillinger escaped in 1934, the Old Sheriff's House and Jail...

Ind. Courts - Rep. Foley again urges changes in Judicial Nominating Commission

Posted on September 06, 2008
In this ILB entry from August 29th I promised to provide details on three items discussed at the Aug. 28th meeting of the Commission on Courts. (1) the Courts' new judicial retention website is discussed here, and (2) judicial...

About this blog - How to print a single ILB entry

Posted on September 06, 2008
A reader has written that when he tries to print out an interesting ILB entry, his printer goes crazy and spews out 80 or 90 pages! What to do? To print out a single entry, such as this one, go...

Ind. Law - More on "Wine-shipping rules still not settled"

Posted on September 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 23rd, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's Dan and Krista Stockman write today in their column, "Uncorked":Two weeks ago, we gave an update on the state of shipping wine directly from wineries to wine lovers....

Ind. Courts - Still more on: Grant County Superior Court 2 closes doors

Posted on September 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 23rd, Maribeth Holtz of the Grant County/Marion Chronicle Tribune had a story Sept. 5th headlined "Study finds little mold in courthouse." Some quotes:There may be mold in the Grant County Courthouse, a study from....

Ind. Law - Even more on: "Allen County bill may effectively limit abortion"

Posted on September 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, today Amanda Iacone of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long and detailed story about the specifics of the proposed ordinance. Some quotes:Allen County commissioners expected to review proposed standards for all doctors...

Ind. Courts - More on "State supreme court wants documents about McKinney pay"

Posted on September 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 27th, Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press reports today:As many as 35 drug forfeiture cases and companion criminal cases are being sought by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission in its ongoing probe of...

Ind. Courts - "The town court judge in Yorktown doesn't take her job lightly"

Posted on September 06, 2008
John Carlson of the Muncie Star-Press reports today in a long story that begins:The town court judge in Yorktown doesn't taker her job lightly Pat Zeabart remembers well the day that, having encountered Kaye Whitehead downtown, the GOP county chairman...

Ind. Courts - More on: Commission on Courts discussion of judicial mandates

Posted on September 06, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from Friday, where several speakers, including Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, suggested that a solution to the judicial mandate problem at the local level, where the mandates involve the funding of salaries for court employees, would...

Law - "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects of Anonymous Attacks

Posted on September 06, 2008
First, the Yale Law back-story: In a lengthy March 7, 2007 front-page Washington Post article, Ellen Nakashima reported:She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, has published in top legal journals and completed internships at leading institutions in her field. So when the...

Courts - Kansas high court hears case of judicial questionnaires

Posted on September 05, 2008
This story, just posted by the Kansas City Star, was reported by John Milburn of the AP. Some quotes:TOPEKA | The Kansas Supreme Court was asked Friday to decide whether a judge or candidate for the bench violates the canons...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending Sept. 5, 2008

Posted on September 05, 2008
For those of you looking for it, the ILB has not yet received the transfer list for this week,. It usually arrives at about mid-afternoon. We do know, however, that two transfers were granted yesterday....

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues two Indiana opinions today

Posted on September 05, 2008
In US v. Allday (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 7-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:Gilbert W. Allday pleaded guilty to one count of violating 18 U.S.C. � 2252(a)(2) by receiving sexually explicit images and videos of minors on his home...

Ind. Courts - Report on status of the Court of Appeals

Posted on September 05, 2008
Cheif Judge John Baker testified at the Aug. 28th Commission on Courts meeting about the case load of the Court of Appeals. He passed out the 2007 Annual Report of the Court of Appeals. CJ Baker reported that the Court...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)

Posted on September 05, 2008
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Invol. Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of J.C.T.; and S.T. v. Scott Co. Dept. of Child Services (NFP) - "Shannon T. (?Mother?) appeals the involuntary termination of her parental rights, in...

Not law but don't miss - "Students From the East Coast Descend on Indiana University"

Posted on September 05, 2008
A very long and fascinating article in the WSJ today by Hannah Karp, about how Indiana University is "the new Wisconsin" insofar as attractiveness to out-of-state students, particularly from East Coast prep schools, is concerned. Some quotes:The nation's largest freshman...

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