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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)
Posted on November 10, 2010For publication opinions today (3): In Robert J. Blanford v. Judy D. Blanford, an 18-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Robert J....
Ind. Courts - "Fishers Town Council member will seek to become judge of newly created Fishers Town Court"
Posted on November 10, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5, where:Chief Judge John Baker talks about "A New Way Forward," the Indiana Judicial...
Ind. Courts - "Porter County gets new public defender"
Posted on November 10, 2010Updating a Nov. 7th entry headed "Judges will decide Porter County's new public defender", James D. Wolf Jr. reports today...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Continuing saga of politics of trash in Lake county
Posted on November 10, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Marc Chase of the NWI Times reports today in a story headed "Access counselor reaffirms opinion...
Ind. Gov't. - "Former two-term Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith is making a name for himself as New York's deputy mayor"
Posted on November 10, 2010Kevin Rader has this report at Indy WRTV13. A few quotes from an interesting story:"The issues in Indianapolis and New...
Ind. Gov't. - Will "social issues" hijack this General Assembly?
Posted on November 10, 2010Several recent stories offer hints of what may come. Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star had two reports in...
Ind. Gov't. - "State officials repeatedly have rationalized that the best place to find new state regulators is within the ranks of regulated industries"
Posted on November 10, 2010An editorial today in the Indianapolis Star on the Duke scandal begins:All three people at the center of a scandal...
Ind. Courts - Results of the 2010 Judicial Nominating Commission District 2 Election
Posted on November 10, 2010Here are the results, as certified by the Clerk of the Courts to the Secretary of State. The return...
Ind. Law - "Interviews indicated that no one involved in the Bisard investigation, sworn or civilian, knew about the March 12, 2010 law amendment"
Posted on November 10, 2010The full 47-page internal investigation report on David Bisard crash is available online, via the Indianapolis Star. Starting on p....
Law - Adopt a volume of the First Series of the Federal Reporter of the United States!
Posted on November 09, 2010Read about it here....
Environment - Coal and nuclear power
Posted on November 09, 2010Ran across two items of interest today:Dirty Coal, Clean Future, by James Fallows, Dec. 2010, The Atlantic. Nuclear Power Plant...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 3 NFP)
Posted on November 09, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Paul Arlton v. Gary Schraut, M.D., and Lafayette Retina Clinic, a 20-page opinion, Judge...
Courts - Howard Bashman's view on the Iowa retention vote
Posted on November 09, 2010Howard Bashman, Pennsylvania appellate litigator and editor of How Appealing, has this Nov. 8th article in The Legal Intelligencer, headed:...
Courts - "Are class-action lawsuits going the way of the Dodo?"
Posted on November 09, 2010That is the first line of Ashby Jones' entry yesterday in the WSJ Law Blog, headed "Is D-Day Approaching For...
Ind. Courts - More on "Forfeiture law invites abuse of the system"
Posted on November 09, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Sunday, Nov. 7th, Reason.com has a story dated Nov. 8 by Radley Balko, headed "More...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Continuing saga of politics of trash in Lake county
Posted on November 09, 2010In this ILB entry from Oct. 5th re the Lake County Solid Waste Management District, the NWI Times reported:In April,...
Ind. Courts - More on "Supreme Court digs into Elkhart murder case"
Posted on November 09, 2010From the Elkhart Truth story of Nov. 5th about the oral argument Nov. 4th in Taylor v. State:Three of the...
Ind. Decisions - "Ind. court upholds search of locked glove box"
Posted on November 09, 2010Today's 2-1 COA decision in the case of Anthony A. Parish v. State of Indiana (ILB summary here, 2nd opinion)...
Ind. Law - "A day in the life of Chris Stewart; Notre Dame's lineman, law student"
Posted on November 09, 2010From the Sept. 15, 2010 USA Today, this long story by Mike Lopresti that begins:SOUTH BEND, Ind. ? It's just...
Ind. Decisions - "How one court ruling in Indiana defined 'accessory' versus 'principal' could set a national precedent"
Posted on November 08, 2010That quote is a line from this lengthy story published in the Nov. 7, 2010 Nazareth Pennsylvania Morning Call, referencing...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending November 5, 2010
Posted on November 08, 2010Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending November 5, 2010. It is one page (and 8...
Ind. Courts - If you are in the 2nd Judicial District, have you sent in your JNC ballot?
Posted on November 08, 2010Ballots are due this week, by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. The Clerk of the Supreme Court will...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on November 08, 2010Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB? From Sunday, November 7th,...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on November 08, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 11/8/10): Wednesday, November 10th 10:00 AM - Jeffery Sloan...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on November 08, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Timothy Cranston v. State of Indiana , a 9-page opinion, Judge Vaidik writes:Timothy Cranston...
Courts - More on: Indiana case on "Petitions to Watch" list
Posted on November 08, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 4th re the Indiana case of Bill K. Wilson, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Petitioner...
Courts - More on removal of Iowa judges
Posted on November 08, 2010The Indianapolis Star has a long AP story today on p. 4 headed "Judge-ouster effort could spread." But it is...
Ind. Gov't. - "Duke Energy fires its top Indiana officer"
Posted on November 08, 2010In a story posted on the Indianapolis Star website at 5:07 pm, John Russell reports in a story that begins:Duke...
Ind. Courts - Nominations for Tax Court sent to the Governor
Posted on November 08, 2010On November 5th, Chief Justice Shepard forwarded to Governor Daniels a five-page letter containing:... the names of the three strongest...
Ind. Law - "Barnes & Thornburg Brings on Venable Partner to Head IP Practice"
Posted on November 08, 2010The Blog of Legal Times has the item here....
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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?
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....








