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Ind. Courts - "Federal Grant Brings $1 million to Supreme Court for E-Ticket Program"

Posted on August 18, 2008
Here is the press release that begins:The Indiana Supreme Court has been awarded a grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The $1.27 million goes to the Supreme Court and the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, Chief Justice Randall...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one today, partially reversing Judge Tinder

Posted on August 18, 2008
In Grieveson v.Frank Anderson (SD Ind., Judge Tinder), a 30-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:During Joseph Grieveson?s detainment at the Marion County, Indiana, Jail, he allegedly suffered several attacks at the hands of other inmates, and one attack by an...

Ind. Law - "Red light camera push starts again"

Posted on August 18, 2008
So reports Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times in a comprehensive story. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS | A move to let Indiana cities install cameras to catch drivers running red lights is expected to fare better with Indiana lawmakers next year, now...

Environment - "U.S. Steel ready to transfer acid sludge"

Posted on August 18, 2008
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today about the potential end of an era at the Gary U.S. Steel plant. Some quotes from the long story:For nearly three decades, 94,600 cubic yards of oily, hazardous sludge from steelmaking has...

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Ind. Law - "State has duty to pay for school books"

Posted on August 18, 2008
The Supreme Court's 2006 decision in Frank Nagy, et al. v. Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (for background, start here) is the subject of an editorial today in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:When the Indiana Constitution and the Indiana Code are...

Ind. Courts - Grant County Superior Court 2 closes doors

Posted on August 18, 2008
From Saturday's Grant County/Marion Chronicle Tribune, a story by Brett Wallace:Friday was the last day Judge Randall Johnson said he would open Superior Court 2 and the Juvenile Court at the Grant County Courthouse. In a letter Tuesday to the...

Ind. Courts - "New Albany attorney?s career in jeopardy after felony plea"

Posted on August 17, 2008
Updating this long list of earlier ILB entries, Matt Thacker of the New Albany News & Tribune reports today:A New Albany-based attorney will spend no more than four months in prison for the sexual battery of a 16-year-old girl, but...

Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Indiana taxpayers contribute millions to lawmakers' generous pension plan"

Posted on August 17, 2008
The Indianapolis Star's editorial today focuses on legislators' remuneration, as did its stories on August 15 (see ILB entries here and here). Today's editorial begins:Applause rang out far and wide in 2007 when the Indiana General Assembly made a deal...

Environment - More on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border

Posted on August 17, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 13th, Mark Wilson reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:If last weekend's oil pipeline break had happened somewhere other than a remote farm field in Wayne County, Ill., it might well have been...

Environment - More on: "Attorney says manure could not kill 25,000 fish"

Posted on August 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, on the manure spill last week that allegedly caused an estimated 25,000 fish to die in the Little Mississinewa River, the ILB has looked for other large fish kills and found this one:...

Ind. Decisions - "Jeffersonville annexation upheld: Oak Park opponents vow appeal in case"

Posted on August 16, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision yesterday in the case of Bruce Herdt, Louis Evans and Charlie Milburn v. City of Jeffersonville, Indiana and Common Council for Jeffersonville, Indiana (see ILB summary here, 6th case), is the subject of a story...

Ind. Law - More on: "Vanderburgh commissioners pass abortion regulations"

Posted on August 16, 2008
Updating this August 15th ILB entry, Thomas B. Langhorne reports again today in the Evansville Courier & Press about the August 5th Vanderburgh County Commissioners' vote, but the issue of whether the commissioners may have violated the open meetings law...

Environment - Still more on: massive fish kill in Union City

Posted on August 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 11th, Joy Leiker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press, under the headline "Attorney says manure could not kill 25,000 fish."UNION CITY -- A hog farmer's attorney denies the state's assertion that its manure spill...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Supreme Court hears arguments in Jeff Pelley case"

Posted on August 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from August 15, about the oral arguments Thursday in the case of Robert Jeffrey Pelley v.State, here is the first useful summary the ILB has seen, an AP story carried by the LCJ. Some quotes:Pelley was...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Court Agrees to Review Attorney General?s Lawsuit Against Second Century, Inc. "

Posted on August 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, stories today in both region papers. Any Grimm of the Gary Post Tribune has this story, which begins:The Indiana Supreme Court has given Attorney General Steve Carter another chance for a look at the...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: "Love the wine? You must visit the vine"

Posted on August 16, 2008
The decision of the 7th Circuit August 7th in the case of Baude v. Heath (start here for background) is the subject of a long story today by Supriya Sinhababu in the South Bend Tribune that begins:When a federal court...

Ind. Decisions - "Court Agrees to Review Attorney General Steve Carter?s Lawsuit Against Second Century, Inc. "

Posted on August 15, 2008
The AG issued this press release late today:Carter Seeks Court Ordered Accounting of $16 Million in Casino Revenues (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) ? The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear Attorney General Steve Carter?s lawsuit against Second Century, Inc. (Second Century),...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 15, 2008

Posted on August 15, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending Aug. 15, 2008. Note that there are four pages. There are no transfers granted this week. Page 4 lists a transfer denial noted as "inadvertently omitted from the...

Ind. Decisions - Two Indiana decisions today from the 7th Circuit

Posted on August 15, 2008
In US v. Chube (ND Ind., Judge Lozano), a 25-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:Responding to growing concerns about widespread abuse of OxyContin, a Schedule II narcotic opioid often prescribed to treat chronic pain, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (?DEA?)...

Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Indiana taxpayers contribute millions to lawmakers' generous pension plan"

Posted on August 15, 2008
Here are some thoughts on the earlier ILB entry today based on Matt Tulley's Indianapolis Star story. Tulley wrote, in his story about the new pension law:Under the old law, the state contributed an amount equal to 20 percent of...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 8 NFP)

Posted on August 15, 2008
For publication opinions today (7): In Ronald J. Solnosky, Gary L. Miller, and Medical Marketing Resources SE, Inc. v. Karen R. Goodwell, Derrick H. Wilson, et al, a 19-page opinion, Judge Crone writes:Ronald J. Solnosky appeals the trial court?s reduction...

Ind. Gov't. - "Indiana taxpayers contribute millions to lawmakers' generous pension plan"

Posted on August 15, 2008
Legislators passed a law in 2004 to make confidential the amount of their contributions, and the state's contributions, to their pension plans. Here are some ILB entries from that time:Indiana Law - More on PERF Privacy and the Star's editorial...

Environment - New Hampshire's new law regulating outdoor wood boilers goes into effect

Posted on August 15, 2008
As the ILB wrote in this Feb. 12th entry:The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used to heat homes. This entry from Nov. 24, 2007 gives some good...

Ind. Law - "Vanderburgh commissioners pass abortion regulations"

Posted on August 15, 2008
"Physician seeks law for post-op" was the headline of a story by Amanda Iacone published Aug. 9th in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. It reported:A local gynecologist has asked the Allen County Commissioners to consider a local law that could...

Ind. Decisions - More on "Supreme Court hears arguments in Jeff Pelley case"

Posted on August 15, 2008
Updating yesterday's ILB entry about oral arguments to be held that morning in the case of Robert Jeffrey Pelley v.State, today's web stories contain several brief descriptions of the arguments. Recall that on April 8th, the Court of Appeals set...

Ind. Decisions - "High court ponders semantics of plea deal in Steuben sex crime"

Posted on August 15, 2008
The oral argument Thursday (see earlier ILB entry here) before the Supreme Court in the case of Bruce Wayne St. Clair, Jr. v. State is the subject of a story today by Niki Kelly in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:Indiana?s...

Ind. Courts - More on "Haughee's appeals all are denied"

Posted on August 15, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from July 2, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports today in a story that ebgins:VALPARAISO | Former Hebron Town Council President Michael Haughee failed again Thursday to persuade a judge to allow him to bond...

Ind. Gov't. - No bid sewer contract ruling affirmed

Posted on August 15, 2008
For background on this controversy, for which the ILB has had a number of entires, begin with this from April 8th. Today Dick Kaukas of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:Floyd Circuit Judge J. Terrence Cody has reaffirmed a March ruling...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana decision today

Posted on August 14, 2008
In Carlos K. Williams v. Buss (ND Ind., Judge Sharp), a 12-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:Carlos K. Williams was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of Amondo Nelson. Williams filed a petition for a writ of...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)

Posted on August 14, 2008
For publication opinions today (2): In Gary Becker v. Heather Becker, a 4-page opinion, Judge Riley writes:Appellant-Petitioner, Gary Becker (Becker), appeals the trial court?s Order modifying his child support. We reverse. * * * Based on Lambert, the trial court...

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