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Ind. Courts - "Procedure not followed in slander lawsuit, say attorneys"

Posted on July 21, 2008
Sophia Voravong of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reported July 19th in a story that begins:A Tippecanoe County judge will decide whether a Lafayette man can proceed with a defamation lawsuit against the city over remarks a city councilman made...

Ind. Courts - Trouble in paradise? "Lawsuits flying in Ogden Dunes"

Posted on July 21, 2008
Joe Carlson reports in the NWI Times in a story that begins:OGDEN DUNES | The calls of gulls and the gentle lapping of Lake Michigan waves belies a thorny and expensive legal battle brewing in this shoreline town. The conflict...

Ind. Courts - More on handling of drug forfeiture cases in Delware County

Posted on July 21, 2008
Another long story today by Rick Yencer in the Muncie Star-Press about the Delaware County drug forfeiture cases. Today's story begins:MUNCIE -- Mark McKinney maintains he has not "done anything wrong" in accepting payment for work on civil forfeiture cases...

Ind. Courts - "After trials, one Lake County town judge changes practices"

Posted on July 21, 2008
Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times in a story that begins:LOWELL | After hearing in recent federal trials about the hijinks involving court-ordered alcohol counseling, Town Court Judge Thomas Vanes decided to stop ordering his defendants to attend...

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Law - "Perverted Justice" praised in Kentucky

Posted on July 21, 2008
"Online sex stings in Kentucky win praise" is the headline to a lengthy story by Jason Riley Riley in today's Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:[Twenty-eight men were] arrested in Kentucky between late 2006 and 2007 in three Internet sex stings...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week

Posted on July 21, 2008
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will be webcast: None scheduled. This week's oral arguments before the Court of Appeals that will NOT be webcast: None...

Ind. Law - Lake County "Access to Justice" Award will be presented posthumously

Posted on July 20, 2008
From the Gary Post-Tribune:GARY -- The "Access to Justice" Award will be presented posthumously to the late attorney Gary Weiss and his law firm Weiss and Schmidgall for providing free legal services to low-income people. A ceremony is planned for...

Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Judicial candidate's registration in question"

Posted on July 20, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from July 9th, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal writes:A squabble over who should be on the ballot in the race for Clark Circuit Court judge has presented a new test for a state...

Ind. Courts - Hamilton County may need new juror questionnaire envelopes

Posted on July 20, 2008
A reader has sent me the envelope to a mailing from the Hamilton County Administrator of Courts. The envelope states OFFICIAL JURY QUESTIONNAIRE and warns "Your reply is required within ten (10) days by Indiana Law (IC 33-4-11-16)." The problem?...

Ind. Courts - More on: Allen Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Felts arrested in Indy

Posted on July 19, 2008
Updating this entry from earlier today, Rebecca S. Green of Fort Wayne's morning paper, the Journal Gazette, now has this story that begins:Allen Circuit Judge Thomas Felts, who handles the lion?s share of Allen County?s alcohol-related criminal cases, was arrested...

Ind. Courts - "Case in jeopardy because of typos"

Posted on July 19, 2008
Kevin Lilly, Logansport Pharos-Tribune news editor, reported Friday:A typographical error might have jeopardized the prosecutor?s case against a man accused of having sex with a Cass County teenager and getting her pregnant. In a hearing in Cass Circuit Court Thursday,...

Ind. Law - Bloomington attorney Sylvan W. Tackitt, 99, dies

Posted on July 19, 2008
From the Bloomington Herald-Times, this story:Longtime attorney Sylvan W. Tackitt, 99, died Thursday at Bloomington Hospital. Tackitt had been a Bloomington attorney since 1933 and continued to maintain a law office in the downtown area. In June 2005, Tackitt received...

Ind. Law - Pesky artists at both ends of the state

Posted on July 19, 2008
On July 11th the ILB posted this entry, headed "Ind. Law - "Artist asks Valparaiso board to define vendor policy." Today from Evansville, this story in the Courier & Press by Roger McBain, headlined "Permits lacking in Evansville's Arts District."...

Ind. Courts - Allen Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Felts arrested in Indy

Posted on July 19, 2008
Jeff Wiehe of The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reports this morning:An Allen County judge charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and public intoxication allowed his black Lincoln to coast backward into a squad car in downtown Indianapolis early Friday morning,...

Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending July 18, 2008

Posted on July 18, 2008
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending July 18, 2008. Note that there are four pages. No transfers are granted. Over four years of Transfer Lists: For other weekly transfer lists (going back to Feb....

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 7 NFP)

Posted on July 18, 2008
For publication opinions today (3): In Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management v. Construction Management, LLC; et al , a 13-page opinion, the issue was whether the company's water supply system, under which each individual apartment building is supplied by a...

Ind. Courts - "Judge proposes rules aimed at DTF 'ethical concerns'"

Posted on July 18, 2008
Continuing his reporting on the drug forfeiture investigation in Delaware County, Rick Yencer of the Muncie Star-Press writes today in a story that begins:New rules governing local drug forfeiture cases could end the practice of the Muncie-Delaware County Drug Task...

Enironment - More on: DC Circuit strikes down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)

Posted on July 18, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from July 11th, James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reported yesterday, July 17th:An unexpected ruling from a federal appeals court has raised questions about dozens of air pollution control measures at coal-fired power plants in...

Ind. Decisions - "Ex-county official?s conviction reversed"

Posted on July 18, 2008
The July 15th Court of Appeals decision in the case of Donald D. Vanhorn v. State of Indiana (see ILB entry here - 3rd case) is the subject of a story today by Brian M. Boyce of the Terre Haute...

Ind. Decisions - "Dyer woman's in vitro court case first of its kind"

Posted on July 18, 2008
Joe Carlson reports today in the NWI Times:CHICAGO | In a first-of-its-kind legal case that could have implications for women across the nation, federal judges have ruled that a Dyer woman should not have been fired for taking time...

Ind. Decisions - Two today from 7th Circuit

Posted on July 17, 2008
In Trask-Morton v. Motel 6 (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 20-page opinion, Judge Manion writes:Shortly after midnight on December 7, 2003, Marilyn Trask-Morton checked into a Motel 6 in Indianapolis. Later that morning, Morton, acting dazed and confused, staggered...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 6 NFP)

Posted on July 17, 2008
For publication opinions today (3): In Terra Nova Dairy, LLC v. Wabash Co. Board of Zoning Appeals , a 12-page opinion involving the denial of an improvement location permit for the construction of a CAFO by the BZA, Judge Crone...

Ind. Decisions - "Teen Showed Porn From Back Of Moving Car"

Posted on July 17, 2008
M.S. v. State of Indiana , a Curt of Appeals opinion summarized July 15th by the ILB, was the subject of a report by Rick Hightower of Indy 6 News this morning. Some quotes:The Indiana Court of Appeals earlier this...

Ind. Gov't. - More on: Indiana proposal among finalists for Lincoln Museum

Posted on July 17, 2008
Updating this entry from yesterday, today, today Angela Mapes Turner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette writes that:The final round of contenders to receive the collection of the former Lincoln Museum includes an Indiana group, but the keepers of the....

Ind. Decisions - "Trial judge summarily dismisses legal malpractice suit"

Posted on July 17, 2008
The Court of Appeals decision July 8th in the NFP case of Municipal Tax Liens, Inc. v. Michael Alexander is the subject of a story today by Rick Yencer in the Muncie Star-Press. From the story:The Indiana Court of Appeals...

Ind. Law - More on: "Southern Illinois town saves gas money with golf carts"; Illinois has authorizing statute

Posted on July 16, 2008
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, it appears that towns all over Illinois are jumping on the golf cart band wagon. Steve Schmadeke of the Chicago Tribune has a lengthy story today headlined "Gas-sipping golf carts win over small towns." Some quotes:Three...

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

Posted on July 16, 2008
In U.S. v. Donald L. Cochran (ND Ind., Judge Simon), a 9-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Defendant Donald L. Cochran was arrested as part of an on-line sex chat room sting. He was caught fondling himself in front of a...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 9 NFP)

Posted on July 16, 2008
For publication opinions today (6): In Tim Sinks v. Krista L. Caughey , a 16-page opinion in an interlocutory appeal, Judge Vaidik writes:This case stems from a 2002 automobile accident in which Krista Caughey and her then-husband, Marius Sakalinskas, were...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Scheibenberger faces ethics, misconduct charges"

Posted on July 16, 2008
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Supreme Court has now posted a press release on the chages filed against Judge Kenneth R. Scheibenberger.The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed formal charges of judicial misconduct against the Honorable Kenneth...

Ind. Gov't. - Indiana proposal among finalists for Lincoln Museum

Posted on July 16, 2008
Anne Gregory of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette is reporting at noon today:The Allen County Public Library issued a statement Wednesday morning saying that Indiana is among the finalists to become the permanent home of the Lincoln Financial Foundation?s collection...

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