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Ind. Courts - Here is the text of the 2011 State of the Judiciary
Posted on January 12, 2011Access it here....
Ind. Courts - What does it mean to be suspended without automatic reinstatement?
Posted on January 12, 2011In a number of disciplinary opinions, the Supreme Court uses the phrase "This Court suspends Petitioner for (specific period) without...
Courts - Another laudatory article: "Judy Clarke: Jared Loughner's 'Amazing' Attorney"
Posted on January 12, 2011Andrew Cohen, legal analyst for Politics Daily, has this long and detailed report today. A sample:The 22-year-old defendant in the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on January 11, 2011For publication opinions today (2): In Connie Ellis, et al. v. City of Martinsville, et al. , a 23-page opinion,...
Courts - "Judges no strangers to balancing security "
Posted on January 11, 2011MSNBC's Carrie Dann has a long story today that begins:WASHINGTON ? As Americans grapple with the Tucson shootings and congressional...
Courts - "Jared Loughner's Federal Trial: Previewing the Tucson Massacre Case"
Posted on January 11, 2011Here is a good law overview of what to expect in the trial of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner,...
Ind. Decisions - Oral argument before SCOTUS tomorrow in Indiana case
Posted on January 11, 2011Updating this March 12, 2010 ILB entry re the 7th Circuit decision in U.S. v. Sykes, affirming Judge McKinney's sentence...
Ind. Courts - "Appeals Court Hears Case Against Tax Help Company: Company Accused Of Misleading Customers"
Posted on January 11, 2011Yesterday's oral argument before the Court of Appeals in the case of JK Harris & Company, LLC, vs. Ronald Sandlin...
Ind. Gov't. - "Deal would make Duke No. 1: Buying Progress Energy would create biggest U.S. electric utility"
Posted on January 11, 2011Today, another in what is now a long list of great John Russell / Indianapolis Star stories involving Duke Energy....
Ind. Courts - CJ Shepard changes speech title; here is the backstory
Posted on January 11, 2011When the ILB learned on Sunday that the CJ's press office was announcing a change to what had become an...
Ind. Courts - More on "Murder trial awry: Suspect hits his lawyer"
Posted on January 11, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 14, 2010, Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:FORT WAYNE...
Ind. Courts - More on "New location for Marion County traffic court aims to ease frustrations and bolster efficiency"
Posted on January 11, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 30, 2010, the relocated Marion County Traffic Court opened yesterday. WTHR13 was there, here...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on January 10, 2011Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB? But first, please think about...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on January 10, 2011This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 1/10/11): Next Thursday, January 13th 9:00 AM - Alva...
Ind. Gov't. - "In Illinois, a Giant Deficit Leads to Talk of a Giant Tax Increase"
Posted on January 10, 2011This long story from Monica Davey of the NY Times, dated Jan. 9th, begins:SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ? With Illinois?s budget crisis...
Environment - More on "New Ohio Gov. Kasich names heads of Ohio EPA"
Posted on January 10, 2011Updating these two ILB entries from the end of December, Spencer Hunt of the Columbus Ohio Dispatch reports today in...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decision re Twombly
Posted on January 10, 2011From an entry today in the blog Antitrust Today:In an opinion written by antitrust expert Judge Richard Posner, the U.S....
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Changes to death certificate system in Indiana
Posted on January 10, 2011Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Ella Johnson reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press in a long story...
Ind. Law - More on: Bill introduced re divying up of civil forfeiture monies
Posted on January 10, 2011Updating this ILB entry from last Wednesday re the introduction of SB 215, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans of the...
Law - "Law schools should stop being "wannabe" research institutions and do a better job of training their students ..."
Posted on January 10, 2011A companion piece to this ILB entry from Sunday on law school costs is this story dated Jan. 9th from...
Ind. Gov't. - Upcoming addresses
Posted on January 10, 2011Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will deliver his 2011 State of the State address on Tuesday, January 11 to a joint...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on January 10, 2011For publication opinions today (4): In Francisco Onan Delao v. State of Indiana , an 8-page opinion, Judge Kirsch writes:Following...
Ind. Decisions - "Request for different prosecutor in David Camm murder case is denied"
Posted on January 10, 2011Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal is reporting:A defense request that a different prosecutor be appointed for David...
Courts - "Arizona Federal Judge, John Roll, 63"
Posted on January 09, 2011The WSJ Law Blog has this obituary of John McCarthy Roll, the chief judge of the District of Arizona, shot...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Changes to death certificate system in Indiana
Posted on January 09, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6, 2010, discussing a death certificate changeover to be effective Jan. 1, 2011, all...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "16 Weeks of this to go?"
Posted on January 09, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 6, 2011, Maureen Hayden of the CNHI Indiana Statehouse Bureau had an entertaining wrap-up...
Ind. Law - "Social issues return to agenda: GOP majorities reviving bills on abortion, migrants"
Posted on January 09, 2011Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an interesting article today on "social issues." "Social issues," as used...
Law - "Is Law School a Losing Game?"
Posted on January 09, 2011A very long story today in the Sunday NY Times, beginning on the front page of the Business section and...
Ind. Gov't. - "Hands-On Job Has Deputy Mayor Taking His Lumps"
Posted on January 08, 2011Updating entries from the end of December 2010 that were headed "Former two-term Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith is making a...
Courts - "Top Court in Massachusetts Voids Foreclosures by 2 Banks"
Posted on January 07, 2011A Reuters story this afternoon posted by the NY Times begins:In a ruling that may affect foreclosures nationwide, the Massachusetts...
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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
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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?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....

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?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....








