Friday, March 19, 2010
Courts - Yet more on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
For background, start with this ILB entry from Nov. 3, 2009. Beth Musgrave reports today in the Lexington Herald-Leader: FRANKFORT...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 19, 2010
Courts - More on: Attorneys who provide bankruptcy assistance are debt-relief agencies
Updating this ILB entry from March 8, 2010 on the SCOTUS ruling in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 19, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Courts - 3rd Circuit declines to address whether "sexting" was protected by free speech law
Updating this ILB entry from March 27, 2009, which was headed "Students Sue Prosecutor in Cellphone Photos Case," Nathan Gorenstein...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Courts - Articles on other states' online court records
"Tennessee lags behind with online court records" is the headline to this March 16, 2010 AP story from the Blount...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Courts - Wonderful website of NBC's "court artist"
The blog of Art Lien, court artist for NBC News. Its name, CourtArtist.com, "going where cameras cannot."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Courts - More on: "Judiciary Approves PACER Innovations To Enhance Public Access "
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the Law Librarian Blog notes today its opinion that:[T]he most noteworthy development is the the Conference's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Courts - "Judiciary Approves PACER Innovations To Enhance Public Access "
A news release today from the Judicial Conference of the United States:March 16, 2010 — The Judicial Conference of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Courts - "Key New York Suit Calls Public Defender Programs Inadequate"
That is the headline to this story today in the NY Times, reported by William Glaberson. It begins:A class-action suit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Courts - "The Second Circuit held Friday that a ban on the use of nicknames like "Heavy Hitters" or client testimonials about pending cases violates the First Amendment."
A New York attorney has successfuuly challenged the New York rules on lawyer advertising. Here are some quotes from a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Courts - Still more on "Test Case Linking Vaccines and Autism Reaches Federal Court"
Updating this ILB entry from June 10, 2007, the LA Times reports today, in a story by Thomas H. Maugh...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 12, 2010
Courts - "3rd Circuit Asked to Clarify Student Internet Speech Cases"
Read this in conjunction with yesterday's ILB entry, "School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix." Shannon P. Duffy of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Courts - More on "Three lawsuits may change how NCAA operates"
Updating this Feb. 13, 2010 ILB entry, Katie Thoas of the NY Times reports today:Eleven former college football and basketball...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Courts - Per settlement, Eli Lilly to add ethics watchdogs
John Russell has the story today in the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to add four...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Courts - "Majestic Star mortgages may be invalid on Ind. casinos"
Another bankruptcy story this morning, this one via Bloomberg News:The creditors' committee for Majestic Star Casino LLC constructed a theory...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Courts - Attorneys who provide bankruptcy assistance are debt-relief agencies; Action on petitions [Updated]
So ruled the SCOTUS today in Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States. See details here via SCOTUSblog. See...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Courts - Kentucky state mock trial match featured
Darla Carter of the Louisville Courier Journal has a nice story with photos on the the Kentucky High School Mock...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Friday, March 05, 2010
Courts - Big vote-buying trial going on in Kentucky
Here is one of the earlier stories, reported Feb. 2, 2010 by Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald-Leader and headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 05, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS "Petitions to Watch" of interest to Indiana
The "Petitions to Watch" feature from SCOTUSblog today includes several "of interest to Indiana" cases up for consideration at the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 04, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Courts - "New Orleans: Prospective Juror Sues Judge Over Intrusive Questionnaire"
From the Courthouse News Service today, this story by Sabrina Canfield. Some quotes:NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A Tulane graduate student...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Courts - " Supreme Court lets stand order to remove Ten Commandments monument" [Updated]
Warren Richey of the Christian Science Monitor reported March 1st:The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Courts - "Debate brewing over Supreme Court change to Miranda Rights"; and yet another Miranda case awaiting a decision
That is the headline to this story today by Troy Kehoe of WSBT TV, Mishawaka. The case he is writing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Courts - More on "SCOTUS to define reach of gun-control laws"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 26th, more on tomorrow's oral argument. From today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:In Washington, D.C.,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Courts - More on: Kentucky courthouse spending spree
On Feb. 18, 2010 the ILB posted this entry quoting a Louisville Courier Journal editorial about the courthouse building spending...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Courts - "Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet"
An article today by Adam Liptak of the NY Times -- here are some quotes:It has been two decades since...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 28, 2010
Courts - "Kentucky Law firm, medical clinic accused of trading clients"
Reminiscent of this Aug. 9, 2009 ILB entry, quoting a story in the Gary Post Tribune headed "Chiropractor, attorney accused...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Courts - "SCOTUS to define reach of gun-control laws"
Updating these ILB entries from the fall of 2009 which were headed "The McDonald v. Chicago cert grant," Joan Biskupic...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Courts - "If the President’s priority were to appoint a brilliant, moderately liberal jurist in whose views he has confidence (because she has a track record), he would appoint 7th Circuit Judge Wood."
And many continue to hope he will. The quote used in the heading is from an entry by Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Courts - "Georgia Headed to Court Over Voter ID Law" [Updated]
Main Justice has this story dated Feb. 23, 2010, reported by Andrew Ramonas. Some quotes:The Voting Rights Act of 1965...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS loosens Miranda rule on questioning suspects without a lawyer
NPR's Nina Totenberg has the story here this monring. Some quotes:The U.S. Supreme Court has created a new rule governing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS denies review of Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms takings judgment
Updating previous ILB entries, Gabriel Nelson of the NY Times reported yesterday:The court also declined to review Rose Acre Farms...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Courts - "Families Say Schools Snoop in Their Homes With District-Issued Laptops & Webcams"
From Courthouse News, a Feb. 18th story by Jeff Schreiber thast begins: PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A federal class action claims...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Court - Kentucky courthouse spending spree hits bottom line
Indiana generally tries to preserve its existing courthouses. But, in Kentucky, according to this editorial in the Lexington Herald-Leader:When it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Courts - More on: "Florida high school student files complaint after suspension for creating Facebook page critical of teacher"
Updating this ILB entry from December 10, 2008, Hannah Sampson of the AP is reporting today under the headline "Judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Courts - Kentucky Court of Appeals bans arbitration in divorce cases.
Indiana has a Family Law Arbitration Act, IC 34-57-5, passed in 2005. Kentucky apparently does not have a similar, specific...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Courts - Another "Kafkaesque" case involving a homeowner and a large bank
"Appeals court sides with Greenfield homeowner" was the heading to this Feb. 9th ILB entry about the case of Elliott...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 13, 2010
Courts - Update on "Three lawsuits may change how NCAA operates"
Updating this ILB entry from July 26, 2009, which quoted a story by Mark Alesia of the Indianapolis Star --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Courts - "Bursting Pipes Lead to a Legal Battle "
A long story today in the NY Times, reported by Mary Williams Walsh, includes:State and local governments across the country...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Courts - More on "Judge denies Star motion to unseal search warrants in Durham case"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 5, 2010, Jim Mackinnon of the Akron Ohio Beacon Journal has a story today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Courts - Still more on "If Chicago cop caught you with LIDAR, go to court: Judge will dismiss it"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 9, 2009, the word from the Chicago Tribune today is: maybe not anymore. Megan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Courts - More on "Michigan Faces Constitutional Case Over Cash-Strapped Public Defenders"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 25, 2009, Dustin Grove reports today in the South Bend Tribune, under the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Courts - Cheek swabs and the 4th amendment
On Jan. 11, 2010, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Arturo Garcia-Torres v. State of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
Courts - "A former bank robber, Shon R. Hopwood emerged from more than a decade in federal prison as a skilled Supreme Court practitioner"
Adam Liptak of the NY Times has a pretty amazing story today. Here is a sample:Mr. Hopwood spent much of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 08, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Courts - "States Weigh Judicial Recusals: Some Judges, Businesses Oppose Restrictions on Cases Involving Campaign Contributors"
The Jan. 26, 2010 WSJ has a story by Nathan Koppel that began:More states are responding to a longstanding concern...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Courts - "Michigan appellate panel says state sex offender registration law does not apply to homeless"
See this Feb. 5, 2010 entry from the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 06, 2010
Courts - More on "The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday found unconstitutional a state law capping non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 4, 2010, here is the NYT report on the decision. Here is the WSJ's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 06, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
Courts - "Do 3rd Circuit Rulings Over Student Speech on MySpace Pages Contradict?"
An interesting article today by Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer begins:Lawyers were scratching their heads on Thursday over...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 05, 2010
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Courts - "The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday found unconstitutional a state law capping non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases"
So reports the WSJ Law Blog this afternoon. Here is the Chicago Tribune coverage by Bruce Japsen, It begins:The Illinois...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Courts - Prop. 8 trial, banned from broadcast, re-enacted
The SCOTUS prohibited a California federal district court from broadcasting the "Prop. 8" trial. See a number of earlier ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Court - Federal Judicial Conference develops juror instructions re electronic devices
Michael Cooney, an online news editor with Network World, writes today:If you think you're going to use your spanking new...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Courts - More on "More court cases to test campaign-finance limits"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 27, 2010, Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has a long article today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Courts - "Wealthy Kentucky businessman's heirs fight wife over will"
This long story today in the Louisville Courier Journal, reported by Andrew Wolfson, is but another instance of the children...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Courts - More on: Oral argument Nov. 3, 2009 before the SCOTUS in RICO case in which many states have an interest
The case is Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York. As noted in this ILB entry from Nov. 3,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Courts - "Idea of company-as-person originated in late 19th century"
Martha C. White writes today in the Washington Post, in an article that begins:The Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Courts - "PACER: Picking Up the Pace?"
The ILB has posted a number of stories critical of PACER (the system that makes federal dockets and documents available...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Law - Dawn Johnsen hearing postponed
Dawn Johnsen was on the Senate Judiciary Committee schedule this morning, as part of her "do-over." I've just learned:Judiciary Committee...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Courts - "Studies Link Rare Ailment to Pain Pumps "
A very long story today in the sports section of the NY Times includes several Indiana-related references. Some quotes:When the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Courts - "More court cases to test campaign-finance limits"
Supplementing this ILB entry from Jan. 25, 2010, is this long story today by Fredreka Schouten of USA TODAY. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Courts - Still more on: "Prosecutors in Manhattan — aware that the legal clock for bringing a case was running out — devised the novel strategy of indicting the rapist’s DNA"
This ILB entry from Nov. 5, 2009 included this quote from The Recorder:At issue in People v. Robinson is whether...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Courts - "Indiana Crusader Bent on Dismantling Spending Rules"
David D. Kirkpatrick of the NY Times reports in a story on p. 1 of today's Times. It begins:WASHINGTON —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS rules in Briscoe v. Virginia
Here is the full opinion:PER CURIAM. We vacate the judgment of the Supreme Court of Virginia and remand the case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Courts - "Citizens United v. FEC in plain English"
From SCOTUSBlog - part of their "plain English" series, by Lisa McElroy....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Courts - "Judge Stevens bemoans changed court" in campaign finance dissent
That is the headline to a story today in USA Today by Joan Biskupic, that begins:WASHINGTON — When liberal Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Courts - This is the day for Citizens United v. FEC [Updated]
The SCOTUS is holding "a non-argument session to announce one or more opinions" at 10:00 AM. Follow it live at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Courts - No Citizens United v. FEC from the SCOTUS this week
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 14th, SCOTUSBlog reports that no Citizens United decision will issue today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Courts - "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
Updating this story from yesterday, and many earlier ILB entries about the Asian Carp threat, the NY Times had this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Courts - "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
So reports USA Today in this AP story, accompanied by a video labeled "Asian carp poisoning begins in an effort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Environment - Asian carp plea denied by SCOTUS
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog reported here, shortly after 10:00 AM:The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to order emergency measures sought...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Courts - "Mass. law on wine shipping unconstitutional"
Snipits from the AP story by Bob Salsberg:BOSTON -- A Massachusetts law that sharply restricts out-of-state winemakers from shipping their...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Courts - Broadcasting same-sex marriage trial, or not; Making anti-same-sex petition signers' names secret, or not
Broadcasting same-sex marriage trial, or not. Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 13th, Robert Barnes of the Washington Post had...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Courts - "Something's Fishy at the High Court"
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal explains how the case got to the Supreme Court so fast, in this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Courts - "Judge finds jury misconduct in taser death case" [Updated]
A federal district court decision today dealing with both tasers and juror misconduct (by accessing the internet). The AP has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Courts - More on both the Citizens United and Prop. 8 cases
The anticipated SCOTUS ruling re Citizens United v. FEC apparently will not issue this week. Yestersday Rick Hasen of Election...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Courts - "Kentucky's judicial branch has joined a Web site promoting government transparency"
From the Lexington Herald-Leader:Gov. Steve Beshear and Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. announced Tuesday that Kentucky's Open Door Web...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Courts - More on: Dispute about televising Calif. federal same-sex marriage test may prove instead a test between authority of Judicial Conference and the federal Circuits [Updated] [Updated again]
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Jan. 12, 2010, Tony Mauro of The National Law Review has now written an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Courts - Citizens United v. FEC decision today? No again.
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the anticipated opinion in Citizens United v. FEC, the campaign finance case, was not issued today,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Courts - More on "Can sex offenders be held after serving criminal sentences?" [Updated]
Updating this ILB from yesterday, Adam Liptak's coverage today in the NY Times clears up some questions I had when...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Courts - Dispute about televising Calif. federal same-sex marriage test may prove instead a test between authority of Judicial Conference and the federal Circuits
So concludes Lyle Denniston today in this SCOTUSblog entry, headed "Court TV and judicial powers." [More] See this WSJ Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Courts - Citizens United v. FEC decision today? No.
An anticipated opinion in Citizens United v. FEC, the campaign finance case, was not issued today. See Sept. 6, 2009...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Courts - "Can sex offenders be held after serving criminal sentences?"
The SCOTUS is hearing arguments today in the case of U.S. v. Comstock (08-1224). See this How Appealing post for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Courts - Briscoe v. Virginia oral argument this morning before SCOTUS
See the SCOTUSlaw blog entry here. See also Nina Totenberg's report this morning on NPR, headed "Criminal Prosecutors Pin Hopes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 11, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Courts - "Reform of New York’s Small-Town Courts Stalls "
William Glaberrrson reports today in the NY Times:The most ambitious efforts in decades to reform New York State’s vast network...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 09, 2010
Courts - "Social networking among jurors is trying judges' patience"
Del Quentin Wilber reports today in the Washington Post in a long story that begins:Al Schuler, one of 12 jurors...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 09, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Courts - "Lawmakers quiz court on computer costs "
That is the headline from a story from the Dec. 8, 2009 Oklahoma Tulsa World. Some quotes from the report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 07, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Courts - "DOJ Issues Discovery Guidance for Federal Prosecutors" [Updated]
This Blog of Legal Times entry is interesting, particularly as it includes links to the three DOJ memos. The entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Courts - "Rules vary on phones in courtrooms"
A lengthy AP story in the Omaha World-Herald, dated Jan. 4, 2010, reports:Cell phone policies vary. Rules are stricter in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Courts - Two federal stories today from the National Law Journal
"Slow Going in Senate for DOJ, Judicial Nominees: Only three circuit and nine district judges confirmed last year," is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
Courts - "Michigan Supreme Court direction reverses, divide remains"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 6, 2009, that quoted a story that began "Can the back-biting, name-calling and playground-level...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 04, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Courts - More on "Judging the Federal Judges"
In this Dec. 14th entry, the ILB quoted from a Houston Chronicle story, reported by Lise Olsen, headed "Judging the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 02, 2010
Friday, January 01, 2010
Law - "What 'Could' Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2010?"
This is an interesting article that highlights how the protection of copyright has been expanded. Duke Law's Center for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 01, 2010
Courts - "Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers "
John Schwartz of the NY Times has this story today. Some quotes, read the entire article for some views on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 01, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Courts - "FaceBook App Maker Hit With Data-Breach Class Action"; Indiana connection
David Kravets of Wired's Threat Level has this entry about a lawsuit filed in federal court in California that begins:RockYou,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Courts - "The Recession Begins Flooding Into the Courts "
William Glaberson's lengthy story in today's NY Times begins:New York State’s courts are closing the year with 4.7 million cases...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Courts - "Oversight of Pa. judges is wrapped in secrecy: The Judicial Conduct Board, created to protect citizens from errant judges, is criticized as doing just the opposite"
More fallout surrounding the two Luzerne County Pennsylvania judges who sent thousands of juveniles to detention centers in return for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 27, 2009
Courts - More on "Justices Revisit Rule Requiring Lab Testimony"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 20th, the Jan. 2010 issue the ABA Journal has an article by Mark Hensen...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Courts - More on: Ohio Supreme Court rules warrant required for cell phone searches
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 15th, some quotes from an editorial today in the NY Times:The Ohio Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 26, 2009
Courts - "The World's District Attorney: Legendary prosecutor Robert Morgenthau"
A long piece in the opinion section of today's WSJ, that may be freely available (try here), begins:In the criminal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Courts - "Michigan Faces Constitutional Case Over Cash-Strapped Public Defenders"
Tresa Baldas reported Dec. 24th in The National Law Journal, in this story:Are Michigan's public defenders improperly pushing the poor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 25, 2009
Courts - More on: Kentucky sex-offender case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, quoting a LCJ story that began:Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is asking the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Courts - Kentucky sex-offender case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Updating this list of ILB entries, Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Courts - More on "Doing time well past their prime"
That was the heading of the most recent of the ILB's list of entries on issues surrounding the Brooke Astor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Courts - "Illinois Supreme Court delays medical malpractice damage cap ruling"
Bruce Japsen has this story in the Thursday, Dec. 17 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Some quotes:The Illinois Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 20, 2009
Courts - "Justices Revisit Rule Requiring Lab Testimony"
Adam Liptak writes today in the Sunday NY Times, in a front-page story, about how:in an unusual move, the Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Courts - Ohio Supreme Court rules warrant required for cell phone searches [Updated]
Stephen Majors AP story begins:COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police officers must obtain a search warrant before searching the contents of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Courts - "Kirkland Partner Slapped With Dismissal and Judge's Rebuke for Filing Misstep"
Understanding this "jurisdictional misstep" is above my pay grade, but it did happen in our circuit ... Some quotes from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Courts - "Though the legal issue in the case concerns only text messaging in government workplaces, the Supreme Court’s decision may provide some hints about its attitude toward privacy in the Internet era more generally"
So writes Adam Liptak of the NY Times in this Dec. 14th article headed "Supreme Court Takes Texting Case." See...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Courts - "Attorneys and experts said court decisions have been "all over the map," offering little clarity to confused school administrators."
"For students, a right to be mean online? With schools meting out discipline for what they see as cyber-bullying, some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Courts - "SCOTUS will rule on privacy of text messages sent on employer-owned devices"
David G. Savage of the LA Times has a story today, updating his story from Dec. 12, 2009. Here is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Courts - "Terrific reporting on prosecutorial declinations and prosecutor elections"
That is the heading to this entry today in the Sentencing Law & Policy Blog. After reading the lengthy stories...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Courts - "Judges confounded by jury's access to cyberspace" What about Indiana?
Andrea F. Sieg reported Sunday in the Baltimore Sun:It's TMI - too much information, in the language of the Internet,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Courts - Federal judges in the news [Updated]
Two stories today on federal judges: "Federal Judges Push Back Against Recusal Proposals: Congress considers revising rules on judge disqualifications"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Courts - "Louisville's Jewish Hospital quietly drops suit against lawyers"
The ILB had a number of entries in May of 2007 under the heading "Jewish Hospital sues lawyers who unsuccessfully...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky Court will reconsider fetuses, drug use: Some maintain that it's a form of child abuse"
From a lengthy story dated Dec. 9th, by Andrew Wolfson in the Louisville Courier Journal:When Ina Cochran and her newborn...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Courts - More on: SCOTUS decides Alvarez asset-forfeiture challenge
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday on the SCOTUS decision yesterday in Alvarez v. Smith, Ilya Somin has some interesting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Courts - "Man Alleges Casino Fueled His Record-Breaking, Yearlong Binge With Liquor and Painkillers"
ABC New's Lisa Fletcher, Jen Wlach and Sarah Netter has this lengthy story this morning on GMA. Some quotes:A Nebraska...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS decides Alvarez asset-forfeiture challenge
The SCOTUS today issued an opinion in Alvarez v. Smith, the asset forfeiture case. Justice Breyer writes:We granted certiorari...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Courts - "Famous Miranda rights warning could get rewrite" [Updated]
Today the SCOTUS heard oral arguments in the case of Florida v. Powell (08-1175) - see the links and argument...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 07, 2009
Courts - "A Victim’s Daughter Takes the Cellphone Industry to Court "
That is the headline to this Dec. 6th NY Times story by Matt Richtel that begins:Questions about how much the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 07, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Courts - More on "New recusal rules for Mich. Supreme Court under fire"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 1st, a column by Brian Dickerson of the Detroit Free Press today begins:Can the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 06, 2009
Courts - More on "Does the punishment fit the crime for child porn?"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 21st, see this entry today from the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 06, 2009
Courts - More on: James Bopp Jr. to represent newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
Updating earlier ILB entries on Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, including this one from Nov. 26, 2008, Patrick Marley...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 06, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Courts - "Trial of Blogger Accused of Threatening 7th Circuit Judges Opens"
Just so you know, a trial with bizarre facts is taking place in Brooklyn. Today's New York Law Journal story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 03, 2009
Courts - PACER's $0.08 a page rate adds up in a hurry
That is the conclusion from this WIRED story by Ryan Singel, headlined "DOJ Pays $4M a Year to Read Public...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Courts - More on "States Letting Lawyers Provide 'A La Carte' Menu of Legal Services"
Updating this ILB entry from January 4, 2007, the Dec. 1 ABA Journal had this item by Debra Cassens Weiss...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Courts - "Today is the first day of the so-called 'days are days' approach to calculating time" under the Federal Rules.
See Howard Bashman's discussion in How Appealing....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Courts - "New recusal rules for Mich. Supreme Court under fire"
Mark Hornbeck reports today in the Detroit News in a story that begins:Lansing -- New rules governing disqualification of justices...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Courts - "Doing time well past their prime"
From a column today in the Washington Post, written by Abigail Trafford:Ashen-faced was the way the press described Brooke Astor's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Courts - Two bankruptcy cases before SCOTUS on Tuesday
Per the entry "This Week at the Court" from SCOTUSBlog today, two cases the ILB has been covering are sceduled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 30, 2009
Courts - Continuing with: "Judges In Pa. Corruption Case Likely to Evade Civil Charges" Indiana case mentioned [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 23rd, David Post of The Volokh Conspiracy had an interesting post on Nov. 28th,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Courts - "When Prisoners Phone Home "
From an editorial today in the NY Times:New York State’s highest court has rejected the last vestiges of a lawsuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Courts - "State Courts at the Tipping Point "
That is the headline of a Nov. 24, 2009 editorial in the NY Times. Some quotes:State courts are not just...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Courts - "First Amendment No Shield for Debt Collectors Gone Bad, Alaska Supreme Court Says"
A brief article by Marcia Coyle of The Blog of Legal Times today begins:Debt collectors who use unfair or deceptive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Courts - Illinois appellate court rejects "legitimate business interest" test
Here is the opinion, issued 9/23/09, Sunbelt Rentals v. Ehlers. Here is the write-up today in Chicago Law, with the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Courts - "NY Judge Blasts Bank's Foreclosure Conduct and Cancels Mortgage"
Vesselin Mitev reports in the New York Law Journal in a long story that begins:A lender's "unconscionable, vexatious and opprobrious"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Courts - "GPS and Privacy Rights" [Updated]
From an editorial today in the NY Times:A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments last week about whether...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 23, 2009
Courts - "Standards for Juvenile Punishment "
Adam Liptak's weekly "Sidebar" column in the NY Times begins today:The law is made up of rules and standards. Here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 23, 2009
Courts - Still more on: "Judges In Pa. Corruption Case Likely to Evade Civil Charges" Indiana case mentioned
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 12th, Leo Strupczewski of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a lengthy story -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Courts - "If the lender can’t come forward with proof of ownership, and judges don’t look kindly on that, then borrowers may have a stronger hand to play in court and, apparently, may even be able to stay in their homes mortgage-free"
In conjunction with this Nov. 19th ILB entry, here is another recent mortgage ruling that turned on lack of documentation,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Courts - "When, whether and how defendants should be informed about the collateral consequences of pleading or being found guilty"
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this new article, dated Nov. 23rd and headed "Do Defendants Get Enough...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Courts - "Does the punishment fit the crime for child porn?" [Updated]
Thanks to the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog for the pointer to this story by Tracey Read, published Nov. 19th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 21, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's"
Updating this long list of earlier ILB entries, Andrew Wolfson reports in today's LCJ in a lengthy story:The Kentucky Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Courts - Still more on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 1, 2009, Ashby Jones of the WSJ Law Blog had this entry yesterday headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Courts - Still more on: In Kansas, the Mortgage Machine Backfires; MERS issue raised in Indiana
This Oct. 10, 2009 ILB entry includes a quote from the Boston Globe from Oct. 9th (from a Globe story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Courts - "Justice Sotomayor adds celebrity to court"
The Washington Post on Nov. 17th had this lengthy story reported by Jesse J. Holland of the AP. Some quotes:WASHINGTON...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Courts - "Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 25, 2009, headed "Lake County Illinois prosecutors 'Turn Tables on Student Journalists'" (and the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Courts - "GOP Opposition Slows Obama's Judicial Nominees"
Nina Totenberg's report this morning on NPR's Morning Edition is available for listening or reading here. The Washington Post has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Courts - "New Justice Sotomayor Emerges as Frequent -- and Tough -- Questioner"
So writes Tony Mauro in this article for The National Law Journal. A sample: As Sotomayor wraps up her second...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Courts - "A showdown is set for Tuesday with Judge David Hamilton's nomination"
Here is a companion to the story posted here yesterday from The Hill. David G. Savage of the LA Tmes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Courts - "Conservatives split over filibuster of Obama court pick"
That is the headline to this story by Alexander Bolton, reporting for The Hill. The long story begins:Leading conservative activists...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Courts - More on: Kentucky judge rejects mayoral candidate's motion to seal divorce files
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 28, 2009, Joseph Gerth of the Louisville Courier Journal reported yesterday in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Courts - "Conservatives Oppose Judicial Nominee"
Kate Phillips writes this evening in "The Caucus," a NY Times blog, at the start of a lengthy analysis piece:Conservative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Court - More on: Lake County Illinois prosecutors "Turn Tables on Student Journalists "
Updating this ILB entry from Oct.25th, the story has taken an even stranger turn. "Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Courts - "Attorney sues over comments posted on Kentucky.com"
The ILB has had a number of entires on impacts of and access to anonymous posts and comments, the most...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Courts - "I’m Innocent. Just Check My Status on Facebook"
That is the headline to this story by Damiano Beltrami of the NY Times who reports today on social network...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Courts - More on: "Judges In Pa. Corruption Case Likely to Evade Civil Charges" Indiana case mentioned
The SCOTUS opinion in the Indiana case of Stump v. Sparkman is in the news again today. Here is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Courts - "'I Believe' tag fails test in court Judge says S.C. religious plate based on discriminatory law"
The headline is from this story by Adam Parker today in the Charleston South Carolina Post & Courier. The ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Courts - "NJ Supreme Court committee to look at what can be done to make e-discovery cost-effective and accessible to all"; "Evidence on Social Networking Sites"
For the first article, see this Nov. 10th article from the New Jersey Law Journal, which deals in the main...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Courts - Still more on Judge David Hamlton's nomination to 7th Circuit
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, which quoted from the Baltimore Sun story today headed "Long wait may soon...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 09, 2009
Courts - More on "Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed " [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, stories are now coming in re the oral arguments this morning in the two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 09, 2009
Courts - More on Judge David Hamlton's nomination to 7th Circuit
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5, which included this quote from the Washington Post:WASHINGTON -- Ten months into Barack...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 09, 2009
Courts - More on "If Chicago cop caught you with LIDAR, go to court: Judge will dismiss it"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 6th, Megan Twohey of the Chicago Tribune reports today in a story headlined: "Speeding...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 09, 2009
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky's troubled death-penalty system lets cases languish for decades"
Like the Gary Post Tribune, quoted in the entry below, the Louisville Courier Journal today has devoted a lot of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 08, 2009
Courts - "Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed "
Adam Liptak reports today in the NY Times about tomorrow's upcoming oral argument before the SCOTUS in the case of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 08, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Courts - "Comment decision in New Hampshire high court’s hands"
Adding against to the ILB's list of entries on impacts of and access to anonymous posts and comments, Ashley Smith...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 06, 2009
Courts - "Court blocks Illinois' parental notification law: State panel had cleared enforcement of law, but hours later a judge grants ACLU restraining order"
This NY Times story from Nov. 3rd, reported by Monica Davey and headed "Illinois Curb on Minors’ Abortions Nears ,"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 06, 2009
Courts - "If Chicago cop caught you with LIDAR, go to court: Judge will dismiss it "
The Chicago Sun-Times column today, by Mark Brown, is headed: "How to beat a speeding ticket: If city cop caught...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 06, 2009
Courts - "Rethinking Prosecutorial Immunity"
The Supreme Court oral argument Nov. 4th in the case of Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, the subject of this ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 06, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Courts - More on: "Prosecutors in Manhattan — aware that the legal clock for bringing a case was running out — devised the novel strategy of indicting the rapist’s DNA"
Updating this Oct. 19th ILB entry, this issue is now before the California Supreme Court, according to a story today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Courts - In Pennsylvania, "Women begin to dominate state appellate courts"
That is the headline to this story today, reported by Debra Erdley, in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Here is a quote...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Courts - Sex offender laws before several courts
Nov. 2nd ILB entry discussed recent decisions of the Indiana and Kentucky Supreme Courts relating to the ex post facto...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Courts - Update on Judge David Hamlton's nomination to 7th Circuit
A long analysis by Larry Margasak of the AP is published by the Washington Post today. Some quotes:WASHINGTON -- Ten...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 05, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Courts - Former Indiana University administrator and "non-traditional" law student argues before SCOTUS as a Meyer Brown associate [Updated again]
Here is the story, from the Chicago Law blog. It begins:Fourth-year associates at big law firms rarely find themselves making...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Courts - Still more on "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
On May 13, 2009 the ILB posted an entry quoting from a NY Times story by John Schwartz about "a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Courts - "Flipping off Illinois judge gets homeless man new digs -- jail"
Carolyn Rusin reports in the Chicago Tribune:A homeless McHenry County man in trouble with the law will have a roof...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Courts - State of Indiana co-authors amicus brief in Melendez-Diaz challenge
From a press release issued yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- Following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that abruptly required crime-lab...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Courts - Oral argument today before the SCOTUS in RICO case in which many states have an interest
According to this entry today in SCOTUSBlog, the SCOTUS today is hearing the following case:1 p.m. – In Hemi Group,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Courts - More on: Louisville paper gets it wrong re Kentucky AG "advising" the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling; Implications
Yesterday the Louisville Courier Journal, at the behest of the Kentucky Attorney General, published a correction in its printed paper...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Courts - Still more on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Updating this Oct. 23rd ILB entry, which quoted from a story on the oral argument that took place Oct. 22,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Courts - Kentucky Supreme Court won't suspend sex offender ruling
The AP is reporting:FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Kentucky Supreme Court on Monday denied the state's request to suspend its recent...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 02, 2009
Courts - Louisville paper gets it wrong re Kentucky AG "advising" the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling
The Louisville Courier Journal has pulled the editorial included in this ILB post from Oct. 31st. It has published a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 02, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Courts - Ky AG advises the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling as he appeals it to SCOTUS [But see corrections below]
"State to appeal ruling limiting sex-offender law" is the headline to a story dated Oct. 29th in the Louisville Courier...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Courts - "Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments about caps on damages awarded to patient"
That is the headline to this story yesterday in the Kansas Lawrence Journal World. The subhead is "Case against Lawrence...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 30, 2009
Courts - "Judges In Pa. Corruption Case Likely to Evade Civil Charges" Indiana case mentioned
Remember the stories about the two Pennsylvania judges who "sent thousands of juveniles to detention centers in return for kickbacks"?...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Courts - Arizona Supreme Court holds that embedded metadata in an electronic public record is subject to disclosure
The case is David Lake v. City of Phoenix. The opinion of the Arizona Supreme Court begins:Arizona law provides that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 29, 2009
Courts - More problems with elected justices and campaign money [Updated]
SCOTUSBlog's Thursday roundup puts it succinctly:The Wisconsin Supreme Court, by a vote of four to three, adopted rules allowing judges...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Courts - Kentucky judge rejects mayoral candidate's motion to seal divorce files
Andrew Wolfson reported yesterday in the Louisville Courier Journal:A judge Tuesday rejected a motion by Louisville mayoral candidate Jim King...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Courts - More on: "SCOTUS declines to set rule on drunk driving stops, letting stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving – and not just rely on anonymous tips – to stop a suspected drunk driver"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 21st, the Washington Post today has this editorial, headed "'One free swerve': The Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Courts - "In Astor Trial, a Lesson for Estate Lawyers "
In this long list of entries on the Brook Astor estate issues, the ILB has stated several times: "The Brooke...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Court - Lake County Illinois prosecutors "Turn Tables on Student Journalists "
Monica Davey has this long story in the Oct. 24 NY Times. It begins:EVANSTON, Ill. — For more than a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Courts - "Most state judges in the US must retire in 70s"
Rachael LaCorte of the AP has this lengthy story today -- a few quotes:OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Chief Justice Gerry Alexander...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Courts - House Judiciary Committee to hold the first congressional hearing on Iqbal Oct. 27th
David Ingram reports in The National Law Journal:Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the 5-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that has become a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Courts - "Were hundreds of criminals in Maryland given the wrong sentences because lawyers messed up a basic work sheet?"
That is the headline to this Oct. 22, 2009 story in Slate, reported by Ray Fisman. It is a long...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 23, 2009
Courts - "Supreme Court of Kansas holds that a criminal defendant must have used actual force to justify a self-defense jury instruction"
Take a look at this entry just posted by How Appealing. See also this entry just posted at The Volokh...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 23, 2009
Courts - More on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 21st, which includes links to a number of earlier entries, Stephene Steitzer of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 23, 2009
Courts - Even more on: "SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran"
An editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headed "A proper reversal," concludes:Here is the legal issue: After Corcoran’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Courts - "SCOTUS declines to set rule on drunk driving stops, letting stand a Virginia court ruling that police must actually see erratic driving – and not just rely on anonymous tips – to stop a suspected drunk driver"
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has the story here. It begins:The US Supreme Court has let stand a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"
Updating a long list of earlier entries, the most recent from Feb. 1st of this year, Stephenie Steitzer of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Courts - More on "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
The ILB entry from Sept. 13th includes this quote from the NYT:The case is the latest filed by a conservative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Courts - "Alito troubled by concerns over court's Catholics"
Marrclaire Dale has this report in the Washington Post that begins:PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced frustration...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS rejects 7th Circuit ruling re Joseph Corcoran [Updated]
This ILB entry from Dec. 31, 2008 summarizes a 2-1, 7th Circuit opinion in Joseph E. Corcoran v. Buss (ND...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Courts - "Sotomayor’s Gift of Gab Grabs Headlines Again"
Check it out - from the WSJ Law Blog - by Jennifer Forsyth...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Courts - More on "$6.4M fine in Ohio for illegal practice of law"
"Ohio High Court Hits Alleged Trust Mill With $6.4 Million Fine" is the title of this article by Karen Sloan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 19, 2009
Courts - "Prosecutors in Manhattan — aware that the legal clock for bringing a case was running out — devised the novel strategy of indicting the rapist’s DNA"
"Indicting DNA Profiles Is Vital in Old Rape Cases" is the headline to this story today in the NY Times,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 19, 2009
Courts - More on: The Legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 17th on C-SPAN's America & the Courts program devoted to Justice Stevens, today Joan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Courts - "Advocates see NYC Astor case a win on financial abuse"
Jennifer Peltz of the AP reports today in the WAPO in a lengthy story that begins:NEW YORK -- To senior...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 17, 2009
Courts - The Legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens
That is the focus of tonight's edition of C-Span's America and the Courts. You can watch it tonight at 7:00...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Courts - "A List of Obama's Judicial Nominees"
Here is the Washington Post's complete list of who has been nominated and where their nominations stand. It supplements this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Courts - "NCAA Documents in Fraud Case Made Public by Florida State"
Another NCAA story, following on this Oct. 14th story in an unrelated matter. Today NY Times reporters Katie Thomas and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 15, 2009
Courts - More on "the future of media in New Jersey "
The story about the defamation suit against the Bergen New Jersey Record, quoted in this long ILB entry from Oct....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Courts - "$6.4M fine in Ohio for illegal practice of law"
See this entry from How Appealing....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS looks at asset-forfeiture hearings, in a review of a 7th Circuit opinion [Updated]
Jennifer Forsyth of the WSJ Law Blog has the report, including links to a story in today's WSJ, and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Courts - "Justices grant rare, revealing interviews to C-SPAN"
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal gives some examples today and then writes:These revealing vignettes from justices on a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Courts - A short course on Michigan criminal procedure; and what can go wrong in the reporting [Updated]
Written for Detroit Free Press reporters, Joe Grimm reports the highlights of a crash course in criminal procedure. Access it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 12, 2009
Courts - "Restoring judicial restraint: Running roughshod over GOP precedents would only diminish court's moral authority"
That is the headline to an editorial in yesterday's Detroit Free Press. It begins:In the decade between 1998 and 2008,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 12, 2009
Courts - Making the case for elected judges
Tony Mauro of The Blog of Legal Times reports: Two Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices made the case for electing judges...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Courts - "NYC Astor trial shines light on jury-room strife"
This AP story by Jennifer Peltz takes a comprehensive look at the issue of jury tensions....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 11, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Courts - More on: In Kansas, the Mortgage Machine Backfires; MERS issue raised in Indiana
Supplementing this ILB entry from Sept. 27th is this story that appeared yesterday in the Boston Globe, reported by Jenifer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Courts - 2005 Bankruptcy law requirement to go before SCOTUS
It is the challenge to the "we are a debt relief agency" requirement of the 2005 revisions, familiar to bankruptcy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 09, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Courts - "Florida pushes ahead with an all-digital courthouse"
A long and interesting article Oct. 5 in the Orlando Sentinel, reported by Aaron Deslatte. Some quotes:TALLAHASSEE - Florida courts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Courts - Via Iqbal, the Supreme Court Slams the Door
That is the opinion of law prof Herman Schwarzt in this article published Sept. 30th in The Nation. A quote:In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Courts - "Justices Decline to Hear Some 2,000 Cases "
Adam Liptak of the NY Times today details some of the cases refused cert yesterday by the SCOTUS. His column...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Courts - Still more on "Justices Asked to Weigh Free Speech vs. License Plates"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 14th, which discussed the likelihood of the 7th Circuit decision in Choose Life Illinois,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Courts - Still more on "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 4th, John Eligon and Matthew R. Warren of the NY Times report:The judge overseeing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Monday, October 05, 2009
Courts - If possible, SCOTUS Blog gets even better
SCOTUSblog, which unofficially fills the role of "the law blog of record for the Supreme Court", had this post yesterday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 05, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Courts - "Six Supreme Court justices, VP attend Red Mass"
USA Today has posted this AP story that begins:WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 04, 2009
Courts - More on "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
That was the headline to this entry from Sept. 22nd. Nearly 10 days, last Friday, Oct. 1, John Eligon of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 04, 2009
Courts - "U.S. attorney vacancy no laughing matter: Lawyer’s cartoons don’t help him"
Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that begins:Want to be a U.S. attorney in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 04, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Courts - More on: C-SPAN to focus on Supreme Court this week
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Hank Stuever of the Washington Post has reviewed the upcoming C-SPAN series. Some quotes:There...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Courts - "The Propriety of Criticizing Judges"
"The Propriety of Criticizing Judges," a lengthy article by Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm, prepared as a special to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Courts - C-SPAN to focus on Supreme Court this week
Starting tonight. At 6:00 PM, a "Supreme Court Preview"::Tonight, watch a preview of the upcoming Supreme Court term, hosted by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Courts - "We Are Devoting Too Many of Our Best Minds to’ Lawyering"
From the WSJ Law Blog today, this gem, from Justice Scalia and C-SPAN....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Courts - Still more on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Several of the stories I've read today indicate that McDonald v. Chicago is a different case than NRA v. Chicago....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Courts - The new Supreme Court, 2009 - 2010
This USA Today story features a cool photo galley of all the justices - and each photo can be expanded...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Courts - More on the McDonald v. Chicago cert grant
Updating yesterday's ILB entry headed "Courts - The SCOTUS has granted cert in a number of cases, including an Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ind. Courts - More on: DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Indianapolis Law Firm to Enforce the Employment Rights of Indiana Army National Guardsman
Remember this story from March 16th? The DOJ put out this release:WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Courts - The SCOTUS has granted cert in a number of cases, including an Indiana federal case
Includng three from the 7th Circuit, one on the right to bear arms and its application to ordinances prohibiting possession...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Courts - More on upcoming SCOTUS term
The WSJ Law Blog has this entry today, "Pre-Gaming the 2009-10 Term." From the WSJ itself today, a long article...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Courts - "The Case of the Plummeting Supreme Court Docket "
The NY Times' Adam Liptak's "Sidebar" column today begins:In the early 1980s, the Supreme Court decided more than 150 cases...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Courts - In Kansas, the Mortgage Machine Backfires; MERS issue raised in Indiana
This is a story about MERS (the Mortgage Electronic Registration System) and a Supreme Court decision in Kansas. We've had...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Courts - "Judicial pay disparity drains talent from federal bench"
Carol J. Williams reports today in the LA Times:With seven children to care for and a caseload that quadrupled this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Courts - "The right of students across the country to speak their minds in blogs and text messages at stake"
Updating this entry from July 17, 2007, and this one from Feb. 20, 2009, today the Waterbury Connecticut American-Republican has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Courts - "High Court Justices to Take Up Lawyer Ethics, Errors: Six cases on the calendar will have direct consequences for the practice of law"
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports in a story dated Sept. 28. The lengthy report begins:How lawyers do...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Courts - "How does the concept of plain view apply to the modern technology of a computer?"
This ILB entry from August 26th looked at the Ninth Circuit's new computer search and seizure decision in United States...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Courts - "MLB savior and judge Sotomayor to throw out ceremonial pitch" [More]
This story today in USA Today, complete with photo. From Joan Biskupic's story:WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Courts - "A lawsuit seeking to identify a Gmail user who accidentally received confidential bank information must proceed in public" [Updated]
That's the headline to this long story by Thomas Claburn in Information Week that begins:A bank's effort to prevent the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Courts - "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
The ILB has had a number of entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute and trial. Today Ashby Jones of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Courts - "Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court: Wisconsin justice faces sanctions for ad that may have gone too far"
Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal - some quotes from the lengthy story:The challenger's ad in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Courts - More on: Sotomayor not yet decided on cert pool
Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, Tony Mauro has another article on the practice today in The Blog of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Courts - More on "David Jason Stinson found not guilty in football player’s death"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, Andrew Wolfson has a Louisville Courier Journal story today titled "Stinson’s acquittal poses...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Courts - "Plaintiffs Groups Mount Effort to Undo Supreme Court's 'Iqbal' Ruling"
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal writes in a lengthy story dated Sept. 21st that begins:On May 18, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Courts - "Massachusetts high court OK's use of secret GPS tracking devices"
Adding to the growing list of ILB entries on various aspects of the use of GPS tracking devices, yesterday the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 18, 2009
Courts - "David Jason Stinson found not guilty in football player’s death:
The ILB has had a number of entries, under the heading "You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Courts - "Is Sotomayor’s ‘Corporations Aren’t People’ Comment a Harbinger?"
This is really interesting. Ashby Jones has this entry today on the WSJ Law Blog. Here is a snippet:The issue...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Courts - "Stolen marriage licenses lead to charges for Lexington man"
That is the headline to this story by Greg Kocher in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Some quotes: NICHOLASVILLE — Police arrested...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Courts - "Nobody Puts Baby Sonia Sotomayor in a Corner"
From Above the Law, quoting the WAPO:Justice Sonia Sotomayor would have been the belle of the ball even if she...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Courts - "Bowman on the Supreme Court's Sentencing Jurisprudence"
Legal Theory Blog notes that "Frank O. Bowman III (University of Missouri School of Law) has posted Debacle: How the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Courts - More on "Justices Asked to Weigh Free Speech vs. License Plates"
Updating this ILB entry from April 27th, SCOTUSBlog today selects the 7th Circuit decision Choose Life Illinois, Incorporated, et al....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 14, 2009
Courts - "Lawsuit challenging Alaska judge choice tossed"; system similar to Indiana's
Lisa Demer reported Sept. 11th in the Anchorage Daily News Some quotes:A lawsuit challenging how Alaska chooses its judges was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 14, 2009
Ind. Courts - Judge David Hamlton's still-pending nomination is focus of New Yorker story
Jeffrey Tobin has a very long article in the upcoming (Sept. 21st) issue of The New Yorker, titled "Bench Press:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Courts - "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
Jesse McKinley reports today in the NY Times in a story that includes the following:SAN FRANCISCO — Come November, Washington...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Courts - "Federal judge rejects LCJ’s bid to block enforcement of city’s anti-litter ordinance"
Sean Rose reports in the Sept. 12th Louisville Courier Journal - some quotes:A federal judge has rejected The Courier-Journal's effort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Courts - "7th Circuit Chief Judge Calls for Loosening of Sentencing Guidelines"
Lynne Marek has this report in The National Law Journal, dated Sept. 14th. It begins:Judge Frank Easterbrook urged the U.S....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Courts - "Blogging Assistant PD Accused of Revealing Secrets of Little-Disguised Clients"
Debra Cassens Weiss of the ABA Journal has this interesting story that begins:A former Illinois assistant public defender’s blog musings...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Courts - "Requests to Change Venues of Trials Rarely Move Judges"
From the WSJ today, a long story by Jennifer S. Forsyth and Lauren Eetter that begins:Last week, a federal court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Courts - Leahy Introduces Bill To Authorize Federal Judgeships
That from this press release from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Among the recommendations, 38 new permanent district...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Courts - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission argued this morning [Updated again]
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog begins his analysis of today's oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:If supporters of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Courts - "San Francisco Superior Court Lays Down Law on Jury Internet Use"
Kate Moser reports today in The Recorder:A new rule proposed by San Francisco Superior Court would remind potential jurors not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Courts - Three federal court decisions in the news today
"State Discriminated Against Mentally Ill, Judge Rules" is the headline to this NY Times story by James Barron. Some quotes:New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Courts - Houston lawyer asks "several local media outlets to provide the names of readers and listeners who commented about his client online"
Adding to the ILB's list of entries on impacts of and access to annonmyous posts and comments, some quotes from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Courts - C-SPAN focuses on the Supreme Court; also feature on campaign finance
C-SPAN is going all out - it has a new website, totally devoted to the SCOTUS. And it will have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 06, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Courts - More on: SCOTUS will hear case next month, preceding the "First Monday in October"
Updating this ILB entry from August 30th, here are two very good stories on the important oral argument coming up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 05, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Courts - Relying on Indiana law, Illinois federal judge allows woman to sue bank for lax security after $26,000 stolen by hacker [Updated]
From a story by Kim Zetter of Wired:An Illinois district court has allowed a couple to sue their bank on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 04, 2009
Courts - EEOC award of nearly $330,000 in damages to a former Marion County chief deputy coroner who claimed reverse discrimination
Jon Murray reported Sept. 2nd in a story that began:The city likely will appeal a federal agency's award of nearly...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 04, 2009
Ind. Gov't - "Petitions U.S. Supreme Court, Seeks Equitable Compensation for Indiana Funds Affected by Chrysler, LLC Bankruptcy"
Updating this earlier ILB entry, here is the press release of Indiana's Treasurer:INDIANAPOLIS (September 3, 2009) – Indiana State Treasurer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 04, 2009
Courts - Even more on: "You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
That title is from a column by Adam Liptak of the NY Times, discussed in this ILB entry Sept. 1st,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 04, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "Indiana Funds May Not Be Done with Chrysler"
This June 24th ILB entry quoted a Business Week story that began: "Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is contemplating yet another...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 04, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Courts - PACER to List “Sealed vs. Sealed” Cases
Supplementing recent ILB entries on PACER from Sept. 2, Aug. 26, and March 1, here is some information I just...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 03, 2009
Courts - "Pfizer Inc. to pay Indiana nearly $3.7 million in historic settlement"
From a NY Times story by Gardiner Harris headed "Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case ":WASHINGTON — The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Courts - Federal court officials recoil at RECAP
Recall this ILB entry from August 26th headed "Changes in store for PACER?" and this one from March 1 quoting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Courts - Still more on: "You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday about judges closed the courtroom during jury selection -- the entry ended with a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Courts - "D.C. Circuit Begins Mandatory Electronic Filing "
The Blog of Legal Times has posted this report by Mike Scarcella:The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Courts - More on: "You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
This ILB entry yesterday quoted from an article by Adam Liptak of the NY Times, which centered on: the case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Courts - "A.C.L.U. Lawyers Mine Documents for Truth "
Scott Shane had this lengthy story August 29th in the NY Times. It began:WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2003,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 31, 2009
Courts - "You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice"
That is the lede to this column today by Adam Liptak of the NY Times. Some quotes from this important...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS will hear case next month, preceding the "First Monday in October"
"Supreme Court to Revisit ‘Hillary’ Documentary" is the headline to this Adam Liptak story today in the NY Times. A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Courts - "D.C. Circuit Tosses FCC Rule Capping Cable Subscribers"
Take a look at this just-posted entry from the Blog of Legal Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Courts - changes in store for PACER?
The Blog of Legal Times reports this afternoon:The Administrative Office of the United States Courts announced Monday that they are...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Courts - "This is the most free-wheeling, 'look ma no hands' legal decision I've read in a long time" [Updated]
That is a quote from George Washington law prof Orin Kerr, who has just posted this entry to The Volokh...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Courts - More on: "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Updating this ILB entry from August 23rd, a reader has sent me the document which, as the cited article stated:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky court strikes down reference to God in state law"
Stephene Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that begins:FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Franklin circuit judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Courts - One of the federal trial judges in the 7th Circuit is reportedly not taking new criminal cases
"U.S. judge Stadtmueller not taking new criminal cases" is the headline to this lengthy story by John Diedrich of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Courts - Tips on "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom"
Miriam Rozen of the Texas Lawyer reports today on three Texas judges and how they use social network sites to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Courts - "Federal Judges Given Guidance on Web Sources"
Mary Pat Gallagher's story in the New Jersey Law Journal, dated August 21st, included these quotes:Judges, like the rest of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Ind. Courts - More on: Channel 6 finds public defender appointed upon request, with no effort at determining financial need
Updating this ILB entry from Thursday, an ILB reader send this August 22nd story from the Anchorage Daily News. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Courts - "3rd Circuit Appeal Challenges Judge's Outside Research in Bench Trial"; Where is Indiana on this?
Henry Gottlieb writes today in the New Jersey Law Journal:A federal appeals court has been asked to limit the right...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Courts - "After Settlement in Amtrak Case, Opinions Erased From Lexis and Westlaw" [Updated]
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a lengthy article. Here are some quotes:Ordinarily, the decision to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Courts - "Judge rules blogger's identity must be revealed"; differing viewpoints
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press site has this brief story:A blogger lost his bid to keep his...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Courts - "Astor Trial Plods On, Trying the Patience of Many "
Adding to this long list of earlier Brooke Astor estate trial entries, this story, by A. G. Sultzberger and John...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Courts - More on "Two Kentucky diet-drug lawyers permanently disbarred"
Updating this Oct. 24, 2008 ILB entry, that headline wasn't the half of it. This story yesterday from the Lexington...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Courts - "Va. Rushes To Address Ruling on Analysts: Drug-Case Demands Have Strained State Lab"
Still pending before the Indiana Supreme Court are two cases which may turn on the SCOTUS ruling June 25th in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Courts - Visteon judge to rule on cutting retiree benefits: Indiana retirees impacted
Randall Chase of the AP had this story Friday. Some quotes:WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge is weighing whether...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Courts - "Federal Judges’ Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising"
So reports NY Times reporter John Schwartz in a long story that begins:It took just 80 words for a federal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Courts - New bankruptcy numbers out
The release on the U.S. Courts site begins:In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2009, there were 1,306,315 bankruptcy cases...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Ind. Courts - "Fort Wayne Attorney Believes Automated Welfare System Is Hurting Child Support Collections"
Jeff Neumeyer reports for Indiana's NewsCenter: Fort Wayne WPTA-TV, WISE-TV, CW, and My Network:Attorney Josh Tourkow says in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Courts - "The search is on for a candidate for one of the most scenic jobs in American law: magistrate judge for the United States District Court in Yosemite National Park"
Here is the story in the NY Times, reported by Jesse McKinley, dateline Yosemite National Park....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Courts - "Bankruptcy Judges, Justice Dept. Rip Mortgage Companies"
This comprehensive set of resources from ProPublica, along with the story by Karen Weise, provides much useful material re mortgage...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Courts - "In Retirement, Justice O'Connor Still Rules "
From the Wall Street Journal today, a long story by Jess Bravin that begins:Sonia Sotomayor just became the third woman...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Courts - Wine shipping dispute involving Maine and Oregon, with the latter represented by IU Law Prof. Tanford [Update]
[Updated 8/11/09] This is a red-face item for sure. An alert reader was nice enough to let me know that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 10, 2009
Courts - "Litigants become their own lawyers"
The LA Times' John Keilman has a story today on "people are navigating the justice system themselves." The ILB has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 10, 2009
Courts - "Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System"; related stories
Solomon Moore of the NY Times has this long story today. Some quotes:As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 10, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Courts - "Tennessee appeals court rules that public records laws apply to Corrections Corporation of America"
Kate Howard reported yesterday in the Tennessean:Prisons run by Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America perform a government function and must...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 08, 2009
Courts - Two interesting SCOTUS articles
David Ingram has a story to be published Monday in The National Law Journal, titled "Democrats Take Aim at Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 08, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Courts - Dawn Johnsen and David Hamilton still in limbo
Updating this long list of entries about DOJ nominee Dawn Johnsen, the Blog of Legal Times reports this afternoon that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 07, 2009
Courts - "Cameras come to the SCOTUS - Camel's nose inside the tent?"
Tony Mauro has this item this afternoon at the Blog of Legal Times - some quotes:While he was a Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 07, 2009
Courts - "Boston attorney sues lenders, says they created ‘toxic’ products"
From the August 5th Boston Globe, this story by Jennifer B. McKim. Some quotes from the lengthy report:A Boston attorney...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 07, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Courts - "Writing Expert Says Astor’s Signature Was Forged"
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute, John Eligon wrote yesterday in the NYT...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 06, 2009
Courts - "'Iqbal' Forces Federal Judge's Hand on No-Fly List"
Updating this ILB entry from August 4th, Dan Levine of The Recorder writes today in a story that begins:Northern District...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 06, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Courts - More on: 2nd Circuit Refuses to Block Chrysler’s Sale
Updating this ILB entry from June 5th, today the 2nd Circuit has filed the 53-page opinion to accompany its June...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky judge's no-objection policy struck down"
Jason Riley reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Kentucky Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling ordering...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Courts - "Two More 'Iqbal' Dismissals Emerge in Product Liability Cases"
Updating earlier ILB "Iqbal" entries, Alison Frankel reports today in the The American Lawyer in a story that begins:The Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Courts - Indiana's statutory history and the dangers of the controversial Google book settlement
This editorial from the July 29th NY Times, headed "Google’s Big Plan for Books ," gives a good summary of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 02, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Courts - Two interesting SCOTUS stories
"Supreme Court Appoints Advocate to Argue Immigration Case" writes Tony Mauro for The National Law Journal. The story begins:As we...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Courts - "Appeals Court Sets Rehearing on Ruling That Eased Gun Restrictions "
John Schwartz of the NY Times has an article today about DC v. Heller and federal Circuit Court decisions on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 31, 2009
Courts - "Louisville lawyer pleads guilty in police impersonation case"
Jason Riley reported in yesterday's Louisville Courier Journal:A Louisville attorney charged with impersonating a police officer after pulling over four...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Courts - Still more on: Open meetings law may be unconstitutional, 5th Circuit rules
Updating this May 15th ILB entry, which quoted a report that:In a court filing Monday, attorneys general for Louisiana and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Courts - "The Senate has not confirmed any nominees to the federal judiciary this year"
From the Blog of LegalTimes:The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee accused Republicans today of stalling the confirmation of nominees...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Courts - Another article on impact of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
Here is a list of earlier ILB entries on the opinion. Today David G. Savage has an article in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Courts - Jefferson Co. Kentucky judge can't explain chronic delays
Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a lengthy story - here are some quotes:For three years...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Ind. Courts - Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
It began with stories of cell phones banned in the Allen County Courthouse. That was in November of 2006. Several...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Courts - "5th Circuit Rules That Changes in Debtor Income Should Be Addressed in Chapter 13 Bankruptcies"
John Council has this lengthy story in the Texas Lawyer. A few quotes:The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Courts - Votes to assure Dawn Johnsen confirmation may be in hand
So reports Andy Graham today in this story ($$) in the Bloomington Herald-Times. Some quotes:Sources indicated Friday that there are...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Courts - "Indiana and Idaho currently have no female Supreme Court justices"
That is a quote from this story July 19th by Sarah McCann and Tracey D. Samuelson of The Christian Science...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Courts - Another view on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
Robert McCartney, Metro Columnist for the Washington Post, had a column Thursday on the impact of the SCOTUS decision in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Courts - Thorough look at federal appellate practice
Over the past week, law prof Eugene Volohk has excerpted passages from the Mayer Brown's Federal Appellate Practice treatise, commented...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Courts - "Specter Proposes Return to Prior Pleading Standard"
Updating this ILB entry from July 20th on the end of notice pleading as we know it, at least in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 24, 2009
Courts - "Former Milbank Chairman to Testify as Wills Expert in Brooke Astor Trial"
Noeleen G. Walder's report today in the New York Law Journal begins:Three months into the criminal trial of socialite Brooke...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Courts - More on "Va. Special Session Called to Address Crime Lab Testimony Ruling"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, a story today by Tom Jackman and Rosalind S. Helderman of the Washington Post implies that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Courts - "NCAA Hit With Another Suit Over Licensing Issue"
That is the heading to this comprehensive WSJ Law Blog entry by Chris Herring this afternoon. It begins:It’s been a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Courts - "Va. Special Session Called to Address Crime Lab Testimony Ruling"
Updating this ILB entry from July 15th, headed "Impact of the crime lab testimony decision,", the Washington Post has posted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Courts - Prosecutors across the country being laid off
So reports Amir Efrati of the WSJ Law Blog, in this entry headed "Arizona AG Axes 12 Attorneys As Nationwide...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Courts - Who decides when all the judges should normally recuse themselves?
That is the subject of this story today about the New York judicial pay disputes, reported by Joel Stashenko of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Courts - "Under the Iqbal decision, federal judges will now decide at the very start of a litigation whether the plaintiff’s accusations ring true, and they will close the courthouse door if they do not."
That is how this article by Adam Liptak of the NY Times, on the end of notice pleading as we...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 20, 2009
Courts - Impact of anonymous online newspaper reader comments on trials
This July 17th ILB entry is headed: "Venue changed in LaPorte County judge's case; 200 anonymous online newspaper reader comments...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 20, 2009
Courts - "Might it happen? Slaughterhouse overruled?"
The 7th Circuit's opinion last month in NRA v. City of Chicago may play a pivotal role this fall in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Courts - Senator Lugar's statement supporting Judge Sotomayor [Updated]
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar released the following statement on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be Associate Justice of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Courts - Sotomayor not yet decided on cert pool
This item posted today by Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal was interesting to me -- I didn't know...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Courts - "States increasingly are recognizing a child's primary caregiver as a legitimate challenger to parental rights"
Updating this ILB entry from July 7th headed "Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate," Carla Murphy, contributor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Courts - "One Rogue Worker Can Take an Entire Company Down: The courts are taking an uncompromising approach to respondent superior"
That is the title of a long article today by Stanley A. Twardy Jr. and Daniel E. Wenner in The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Courts - Impact of the crime lab testimony decision [Updated]
The Washington Post today has an editorial on the impact of the June 25th SCOTUS decision in the case of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Courts - Mistrial in Florida caused by: (1) plainitff's motion, (2) reporter's story, (3) juror misconduct, (4) none of the above
Here is some information about a mistrial in Florida: 1. On June 27th, Frank Cerabino of the Palm Beach Post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Courts - DC Police Use of Vehicle Checkipoints enjoined by DC Circuit
A panel of the DC Circuit today, in the case of Mills v. D.C., granted a preliminary injunction in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 10, 2009
Courts - More on "Automakers’ Swift Cases in Bankruptcy Shock Experts"
Updating this ILB entry from July 7th, Zach Lowe of The American Lawyer had a story yesterday headed "GM and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Courts - More on: Specialty plates questions being heard in 3rd Circuit
Updating this ILB entry from April 14th, featuring a vegan's request for a LVTOFU license plate, the AP's Brendan Riley...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 09, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Courts - Interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Emily Bazelon of Slate has an outstanding interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the online NY Times. Not to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Courts - "Growing Presence in the Courtroom: Cellphone Data as Witness"
Anne Barnard of the NY Times had a lengthy story Monday on cellphone data and the courts. Some quotes:Mikhail Mallayev,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "People Forced to Appear in Court Without Interpreters, Violating Federal Law"
From the Jan. 9, 2008 Indiana Supreme Court decision in Jesus Arrieta v. State of Indiana:American courts regularly supply interpreters...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Courts - "Automakers’ Swift Cases in Bankruptcy Shock Experts"
Micheline Maynard of the NY Times reports today:In fewer than 45 days each, General Motors and Chrysler swept through government-sponsored...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Courts - More on: "A lesson for every Internet user: Nothing is private"
On June 15, 2008, the ILB quoted from an editorial in the Seattle Times:THE roiling water in which Judge Alex...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 05, 2009
Friday, July 03, 2009
Courts - Federal Court Tells Out-of-State (Indiana) Wine Stores to Stay Out of New York
Mitch Frank of Wine Spectator reports in a story that begins:New Yorkers who order wine online from retailers in other...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 03, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Courts - "Supreme Court Closes Deeply Divided Term"
Listen to Nina Totenberg's nearly 8 minute wrapup of the SCOTUS term here, on NPR....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Courts - Even more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating this ILB entry from May 18th, Sherry F. Colb, Professor of Law and Charles Evans Hughes Scholar at Cornell...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Courts - Suit against Kentucky newspaper to reveal anonymous poster's identity
Jason Riley has this story today in the Louisville Courier Journal, under the headline "EKU student sues over anonymous post."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Courts - "Tweeting, Texting, Googling Banned for Mich. Jurors"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has this long story today. A quote:The Michigan Supreme Court has laid the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Courts - "Ohio Plaintiff in Private Lawsuit Has No Right to Discover Confidential Medical Records of Non-Parties"
Recalling these ILB entries from late 2006, under the heading "The Planned Parenthood Records Decision" (wherein the Indy Star wrote:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Courts - "Is Melendez-Diaz already endangered?"
Monday the SCOTUS has decided the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591), on whether a state forensic analyst’s laboratory report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS final three decisions today
The SCOTUS has reversed the 2nd Circuit's ruling in Ricci, 5-4. Here is the opinion (may be slow). Thanks once...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 29, 2009
Courts - The realities of plea bargaining
Douglas A. Berman's Sentencing Law and Policy blog had an entry yesterday pointing to: "local paper from Maryland this morning...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Courts - C-SPAN features CJ Roberts and panel on recent opinions
The C-Span description of last evening's expanded America and the Courts reads:U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made remarks...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS to decide final 3 cases on Monday
Mark Sherman of the AP reports today in the Washington Post:WASHINGTON -- A closely watched discrimination lawsuit by white firefighters...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Courts - More on yesterday's SCOTUS rulings
"Strip Searches and the Law: A smart compromise balances the rights of students with the needs of school administrators" is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Courts - More on today's SCOTUS decisions
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Joan Biskupic of USA Today has this story on the Redding decision, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 25, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS decides Melendez-Diaz, others; Indiana implications of M-D
Today the SCOTUS has decided the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591), on whether a state forensic analyst’s laboratory report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Courts - Interesting Connecticut decision on private waivers of First Amendment free speech rights
Thomas B. Scheffey has an article today in The Connecticut Law Tribune that begins:Establishing a new point of Connecticut case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Courts - "SCOTUS Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Tamar Lewin of the NY Times has a story today on the implications of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Courts - Still more on what is a "debt relief agency" for purposes of the BAPCPA
Updating earlier ILB entries, Adam Liptak of the NY Times writes today in his "Sidebar" column under the heading "Free-Speech...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 22, 2009
Courts - "Supreme Court to decide federal sex offender law"
James Vicini reports today for Reuters:The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether Congress may adopt...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 22, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS releases three of final ten opinions this morning [Updated]
Details to follow - one was the voting rights case (Court did not strike down - opinion here) and another...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Courts - "In-Chambers Opinions: A Footnote to the Chrysler Case"
Tony Mauro has posted a really interesting item this afternoon in The Blog of Legal Times on the obscure-to-most world...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 19, 2009
Courts - Cases still awaiting decision in this SCOTUS term
Ten cases remain, see the list at SCOTUSBlog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS rules defendant has no constitutional right to obtain postconviction access to the State’s evidence for DNA testing
Here is the opinion, handed down this morning, in District Attorney's Office v. Osborne. Here is SCOTUSBlog's Lyle Denniston's initial...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Courts - Why was it Justice Ginsburg who could decide the Indiana Chrysler appeal?
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has an article today headed "Circuit Assignments May Give Most High Court Justices...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Courts - "Gun Rulings Open Way to Supreme Court Review"
John Schwartz of the NY Times writes today in a story that begins:A year ago, the United States Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Courts - More on effort to abolish "Missouri plan" in Tennessee
On May 27, 2007, the ILB had this entry, headed "Tennessee's 'Missouri plan' for judicial selection expires." Today an unsigned...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 15, 2009
Courts - "Is Sonia Sotomayor Mean?" An ILB suggestion
Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio had a nearly 8-minute story this morning headed "Is Sonia Sotomayor Mean?" Some quotes:Judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 15, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS agrees to hear two cases on interesting issues
Reports this morning are that among the cases the Supreme Court has agreed to hear are: United Student Aid Fund...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 15, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Courts - Two interesting look-backs today on the Chrysler bankruptcy
Charles Lane, economics columnist for the Washington Post, has a column, dated June 14th, headed "A Rescue that Overreached?" A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Courts - Significant legal questions remain about the Chrysler-Fiat deal
Supplementing this ILB entry yesterday quoting Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog's commentary that:Fundamental constitutional issues surround the use of federal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Courts - Supplementing: "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Supplementing (or expanding) the earlier entries is this article from the June 9th MIT Technology Review by Emily Singer, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Courts - "White & Case’s ‘Overly Tenacious’ Tom Lauria"
That is the heading of this entry in the WSJ Law Blog, which calls Lauria "the lawyer of the hour."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Courts - "Beware of the Appellate Pitfalls of E-Filing"
Howard J. Bashman introduces his column today for The Legal Intelligencer with this:Just last week, two different federal appellate courts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Courts - More on: It's over; Court clears Chrysler sale
Updating yesterday evening's ILB entry, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog followed up on his report at 7:30 pm on the Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Courts - Washington Post editorial on the Massey Coal ruling
The Washington Post has this editorial today:THE SUPREME Court ruled this week that a victorious judicial candidate who receives extraordinary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - It's over; Court clears Chrysler sale
Lyle Denniston wrote a few minutes ago at SCOTUSBlog in an entry that begins:Ending four days of intense, round-the-clock and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - More on "Foes of Chrysler deal submit new plea" [Updated again]
Well, after the Indiana "foes of Chrysler deal" submitted a supplemental pleading this morning quoting Fiat as saying that it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - "Legal quirk lets anyone sue firms over old patents"
Matthew Barakat of the AP has this fascinating story that begins:ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Look carefully at the lid to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - "Foes of Chrysler deal submit new plea"
A new "Supplemental Statement in Support of Stay Application" was filed with the Supreme Court this morning, signed by Thomas...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - More on the Massey Coal ruling
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Howard Bashman of How Appealing has collected together a long list of stories today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - Still more on what is a "debt relief agency" for purposes of the BAPCPA
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 17, 2008, Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal writes today under the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Courts - More takes on the Chryler situation [Updated]
Indianapolis Star business columnist John Ketzenberger has a front-page story today headed "Treasurer bucks critics, crowd: 'I'm not doing this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Courts - Ginsburg temporarily blocks Chrysler deal [Updated]
So writes Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog, who has been totally on top of all this. But he notes that it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Courts - Justice Shepard quoted on Massey Coal ruling
Nathan Koppel of the WSJ Law Blog contacted Indiana's Chief Justice for his comments on the SCOTUS ruling in Caperton...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Courts - Solicitor General argues Indiana debt holders issues are out of the reach of the courts
That according to this most recent entry by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog, which begins:The Obama Administration argued Monday that no...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Courts - More on "W.Va. mining case could shape U.S. judicial races"
Updating this ILB entry from March 2nd, and this long list of other ILB entries, the SCOTUS has today issued...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Court - More about the Indiana Attorney General's entry into the Chrysler case
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, discussing the Indiana Attorney General's entry into the Indiana funds' challenge to the Chrysler...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Courts - Chrysler lender responses now availble
SCOTUSBlog now has posted links to the responses of the defenders of the Chrysler rescue plan to the pleas to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Courts - Update on: Indiana pension funds' application for immediate stay filed with Supreme Court [Updated]
Early this morning, in this ILB entry I noted:[Update at 7:70 am] Perhaps I am wrong, but I don't recall...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 07, 2009
Courts - Alert reader finds Judge Sotomeyer is confused by Indiana University's two law school campuses
On March 20-21, 2003, Judge Sonya Sotomeyer was at "Indiana University, Maurer School of Law" where, she writes, "I delivered...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 07, 2009
Courts - "Key points of Chrysler challenge" [Updated]
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog lists the key points of the Indiana benefit funds’ objection to the Chrysler sale, along with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 07, 2009
Courts - Indiana pension funds' application for immediate stay filed with Supreme Court
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog posted this lengthy entry at 12:08 am this morning and updated it just a few...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 07, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Courts - More on: 2nd Circuit Refuses to Block Chrysler’s Sale
Updating yesterday's entry, the WSJ ($$) has comprehensive coverage here. The Baltimore Sun has a story today headed: "Md. joins...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 06, 2009
Courts - "The ideological history of the Supreme Court, 1937-2007"
In graphic form. Check it out, here. The Washington Post remarks:And this very cool graphic on the ideological history of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 06, 2009
Friday, June 05, 2009
Courts - 2nd Circuit Refuses to Block Chrysler’s Sale
Updating this entry from this morning, Michael J. de la Merced writes late this afternoon in the NY Times:A federal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 05, 2009
Courts - More on Indiana's pension funds' involvement in Chrsler bankruptcy
Esmé E. Deprez of Business Week has this long story today. The Gary Post-Tribune had an editorial yesterday headed "State...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 05, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Courts - Judge Sotomayor's 173-page questionaire now available
Here it is, from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Peter Baker, of the NY Times politics and government blog, The Caucus,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Courts - More on: President Obama's Indiana nominees David Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen remain in limbo
Updating this ILB entry from May 21st, the Senate Judiciary Committe has today voted to send David Hamilton's nomination to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Courts - "Debate on Whether Female Judges Decide Differently Arises Anew"
Neil A. Lewis writes today in the NY Times in a long article that begins:Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Courts - More on "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit" [Updated]
Updating this entry from earlier today, here is the stay request filed yesterday with the 2nd Circuit by the Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Courts - More on "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Tomoeh Murakami Tse of the Washington Post reports today in a story that begins:NEW...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Courts - "In MySpace Cases, Appellate Judges Wrestle With Possible Split"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a long story that begins:Providing a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Courts - "Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem"
On May 29th the ILB posted this most recent entry on banning cell phones in courthouses. But earlier last week,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Courts - Still more on: "Florida high school student files complaint after suspension for creating Facebook page critical of teacher"
Updating this Dec. 11, 2008 ILB entry, MaryClaire Dale reports today in the Washington Post, under the headline "ACLU defends...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Courts - "Judge Moves Appeal of Chrysler Sale to 2nd Circuit"
Updating this entry from yesterday, the NY Times is reporting this afternoon via its DealBook Blog:A federal judge on Tuesday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Courts - "Big Issues Lurk Below Surface of Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings"
That is the headline to a lengthy article by Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal, posted June 1, 2009....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Monday, June 01, 2009
Courts - North Carolina Judge reprimanded for ex parte "friending" of attorney for the defense
Ryan Jones of the Lexington, North Carolina Dispatch, reports today:After a formal investigation by the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Court - Blogger Tom Goldstein featured in Washington Post
Howard Kutz's Washington Post media column today features Tom Goldstein, founder of ScotusBlog. Some quotes from the long article:What makes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Courts - "Judge Clears Way for Sale of Chrysler to Fiat"
So reports Michael J. de la Merced of the NY Times in this story:A federal judge on Sunday night cleared...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 01, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Courts - "Federal judges' group puts big cases on fast track"
Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story today on the federal Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. It...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 30, 2009
Courts - DC Circuit refuses to review ruling on Indiana rail line
The South Bend Tribune has posted this AP story:WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Friday declined to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Courts - Yet another reason to ban cellphones in court rooms?
Updating this ILB entry from May 15th, and a long list of earlier ILB entries on bannning cell phones in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 29, 2009
Courts - "Questions Arise About Long Delay by Sotomayor-Led Panel in Climate Case"; 7th Circuit can top that
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has an article today about it being three years since a 2nd Circuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Courts - "Dirty Laundry Aired: The Fight Over Revealing Divorce Details"
The Wall Street Journal has a long story today by Dionne Searcey. Some quotes:Disclosures during divorce proceedings often elicit disgust...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 28, 2009
Courts - "Bush v. Gore Foes Join to Fight Gay Marriage Ban "
In the wake of the failure of the California Supreme Court to throw out the Prop 8 ban on same-sex...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Courts - "Mortgage-Related Litigation on the Rise"
That is the headline to this article by Tresa Baldas in The American Lawyer. It begins:Mortgage-related lawsuits are on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Courts - "Sotomayor’s Baseball Ruling Lingers, 14 Years Later " [Corrected?]
It turns out that not only did Gerard N. Magliocca, a law professor at Indiana University at Indianapolis, have a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Courts - Judge Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination
Several items of interest today: Gerard N. Magliocca, a law professor at Indiana University at Indianapolis, has a column today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - California Supreme Court upholds Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage
As expected, the California Supreme Court has just issued a ruling upholding the Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage, but...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - "Chicago judge passed over for high court"
ABC 7 News out of Chicago has this report....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS issues three today [Updated]
Three opinions today from the SCOTUS, briefly summarized here by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog. See this AP story headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - Judge Sonia Sotomayor is President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee
Updating this entry from earlier this morning, the nomination is now official. If you did not see the President's nomination...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - More on 9th Circuit strikes down California violent video game ban
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 21st (which has a lot of Indiana-related background), Gloria Goodale, staff writer of The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Courts - Judge Sonia Sotomayor.will be Supreme Court nominee
Judge Sonia Sotomayor.will be Supreme Court nominee. Here is an AP story by Bob Feller that begins:WASHINGTON -- President Barack...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Courts - "Threats to Federal Judges, Prosecutors Soaring"
Jerry Markon reports today in the Washington Post in a lengthy story -- here are a few quotes:Threats against the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 25, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Courts - A look at potential Supreme Court nominees
This evening C-Span's America and the Courts took a look at potential Supreme Court nominees:Thomas Goldstein, SCOTUSblog founder and head...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Courts - More on: President Obama's Indiana nominees David Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen remain in limbo
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Maureen Groppe of the Gannett News Service reports:WASHINGTON -- At the request of Republicans,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 22, 2009
Courts - "Should judges have a representative in the Cabinet? Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer seems to think so"
That is the lede to this brief story today by Jordan Weissmann of The National Law Journal. Some quotes:The talk...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Courts - President Obama's Indiana nominees David Hamilton and Dawn Johnsen remain in limbo
No vote has yet been scheduled for full Senate consideration of Bloomington law professor Dawn Johnsen to head the DOJ...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Courts - "Judge Wood Goes to Washington"
Jan Crawford Greenburg, a correspondent for ABC News' bureau in Washington DC., writes today about 7th Circuit Court of Appeals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Courts - Kentucky State police must provide LJC with sex-offender database
This is an interesting story from Kentucky re access to public records that are maintained on governmental databases. The ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Courts - "No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Supreme Court’s stealth hard-liner."
That is the title of Jeffrey Toobin's upcoming lengthy article on Chief Justice John Roberts, available here from the New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Courts - "U.S., States Join Lawsuits On Wyeth Drug Sales"; Indiana has joined
Avery Johnson reports today in the Wall Street Journal:The Justice Department and 16 states joined two whistleblower lawsuits alleging that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Courts - More on "A Standard for Fair Trials"
Yesterday in a very brief entry the ILB linked to a column in the Washington Post proposing new rules to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Courts - Who law professors would nominate; searching for the Achilles' heel on Souter's possible replacement
Two interesting stories today from The National Law Journal. Marcia Coyle's report is headed: "An alternative short list for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 18, 2009
Courts - Yet more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating three ILB entries, all on the NY high court decision last week, Yvonne Zipp, Correspondent of The Christian Science...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Courts - "NAACP Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Photo-ID at Polls"
This today from Richard Winger's Ballot Access News:The NAACP of Georgia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Courts - "A Standard for Fair Trials"
Albert D. Brault and Timothy F. Maloney of the American College of Trial Lawyers have a column today in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Court - Judge Diane Wood "Often Spars With Conservative Colleagues on the 7th Circuit"
From a lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by Peter Slevin:CHICAGO -- The verbal sparring began quickly. Less...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Courts - More on: Open meetings law may be unconstitutional, 5th Circuit rules
Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Michael Kunzelman of the AP reported May 12th in the Chicago Tribune in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Courts - More on: "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, today Joe Mullin of IP Law & Business has a long and comprehensive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Courts - Another reason to ban cellphones in court rooms?
The story by Alana Roberts of the Daily Business Review is headlined "Mistrial Declared Over Executive's Texting From Witness Stand."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Courts - "How Blogging Affects Legal Proceedings"
Updating these ILB entries from March 17th and May 7th, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown of the New York Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 14, 2009
Courts - South Carolina: "Kaye Hearn is second woman on state’s highest court"
A story today in the South Carolina paper, The State, trumpets the growing racial and gender diversity in that state's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Courts - "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"
That is the headline to a fascinating, and lengthy, story today in the NY Times by John Schwartz. Some quotes:When...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Courts - More on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
There has been some interest from readers in this ILB report yesterday. As a result, the ILB has located a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Courts - NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Michael Virtanen reports for the AP:ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's top court ruled Tuesday that police cannot place GPS trackers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Courts - Continuing with: Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
Updating these earlier ILB entries on the Coleman-Franken U.S. Senate election dispute in Minnesota, and their tie-ins to Indiana election...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Courts - "Ten sites that provide free access to case law"
Robert J. Ambrogi of Law Technology News has put together a very useful list of sites providing free caselaw, along...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 11, 2009
Courts - South Bend's John Adams High School wins national mock trial competition in Atlanta
Updating two earlier ILB entries, this one from March 23rd headed "Kentucky students' court operates just like real thing", where...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Courts - Academic journal publisher Elsevier admits to putting out six fake Australian medical journals, paid for by big pharma
Ben Goldacre of The Guardian reports today:A fascinating court case in Australia has been playing out around some people who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 09, 2009
Courts - "What Supreme Court shortlisters are saying when they think nobody is listening"
Slate's Dahlia Lithwick has this article, complete with numerous YouTube clips - the one the beginning compiles some short clips,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 09, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Courts - Open meetings law may be unconstitutional, 5th Circuit rules
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reported April 30th in an entry that begins:In an opinion that could...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Courts - More on "White House Formalizes Supreme Court Short List"
Bloomberg News has a long story today by Edwin Chen, going through the potential candidates for the Supreme Court....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Courts - "White House Formalizes Supreme Court Short List"
ABC News's correspondent Jan Crawford Greenberg reports:The White House has formalized its short list of Supreme Court contenders and asked...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 07, 2009
Courts - Blogging about cases pending before the Supreme Court
From Howard Bashman's How Appealing this morning:In the April 2009 issue of the Stanford Law Review: Rachel C. Lee...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 07, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Courts - More on "A Good Time to Be a Bankruptcy Lawyer"
Updating this ILB entry from April 17th, Nathn Koppel writes today in the WSJ Law Blog, in an entry that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Courts - "Justice Ginsburg: Court needs another woman"
Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY reports, in a lengthy story today that begins:WASHINGTON — Three years after Justice Sandra Day...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Courts - "National Mock Trial Competition Encounters a Real Legal Challenge "
The ILB on March 31st posted this entry on the National High School Mock Trial Competition, headed "Kentucky students' court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Courts - "Sixteen Months of Rulings Down the Drain at the NLRB?"
Recall this ILB entry from May 1st, headed "Nearly simultaneous, conflicting Circuit Court NLRB opinions issued this afternoon." It included...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Courts - "The tricky sex offender case that could trip up one of the judges on the short list to replace Souter"
Remember the 2004 case of John Doe v. City of Lafayette? Here, from Feb. 24, 2005, is an ILB entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Courts - "U.S. Supreme Court limits police searches; Southern Indiana prosecutors believe effects of decision will be minimal"
The U.S. Supreme Court's April 21st decision in the case of Arizona v. Gant, limiting police vehicle searches (see ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 03, 2009
Courts - "Obama's Supreme Court pick may have Chicago link"
A story by John McCormick and Jeff Coen in the Chicago Tribune begins:Ever since Barack Obama's election as president, there...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 03, 2009
Friday, May 01, 2009
Courts - Nearly simultaneous, conflicting Circuit Court NLRB opinions issued this afternoon
And one of them is from the 7th Circuit, affecting an Indiana company. An AP story by Nedra Pickler begins:WASHINGTON...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 01, 2009
Courts - "Justice David H. Souter plans to retire at the end of the term in June"
So report Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny in this story today in the NY Times. The Washington Post today has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 01, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Courts - Michigan High Court tackles juries' Googling
Doug Guthrie reports today in The Detroit News:New rules to codify what seems like common sense: Barring jurors from making...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Courts - Where does new Democrat Spector stand on Dawn Johnsen and David Hamilton's nominations?
From a story today by David Ingram in Legal Times:Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party brings his new...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Courts - More on "Pushing the Supreme Court Toward Transparency"
Updating this ILB entry from April 26th, a nearly two-hour C-SPAN video of the hearing is now available. In addition,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Courts - "Court Weighs Funding For Special Education"
Robert Barnes and Daniel de Vise of the Washington Post reported in this story yesterday that begins:The Supreme Court will...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Courts - "Justices Asked to Weigh Free Speech vs. License Plates"
Updating these earlier ILB entries on "Choose Life" license plates, Adam Liptak of the NY Times devotes his "Sidebar" column...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Courts - "Pushing the Supreme Court Toward Transparency"
The Blog of Legal Times had an interesting entry last week, reported by Tony Mauro, on happenings at the "annual...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Courts - Still more on "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?"
Updating this ILB entry from April 18th, today the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Safford Unified School...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Courts - More on: Big name lawyers in Helio Castroneves federal tax evasion case
Updating this ILB entry from April 4th, The Blog of Legal Times: has this entry today headed "Bob Bennett, Roy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Courts - "Stevens, joined by Ginsburg, Souter, Scalia, and Thomas"
That is the lineup for the Supreme Court decision today in Arizona v. Gant, which limits the search incident to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Courts - "Supreme Court begins hearing this week four cases that could dramatically alter the landscape of civil rights law"
So writes Joan Biskupic today in a long article in USA Today. A few quotes:WASHINGTON — In his first major...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Courts - More on: "Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns In U.S. Parks"
Updating this ILB entry from March 20th, the NY Times now has this headline: "Obama Administration Won’t Appeal Ruling Striking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Courts - More on "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from March 25th, see this preview, by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSLaw Blog, of the oral argument...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Courts - "Final Arguments of Supreme Court Term Filled With Big Cases"
So reads the headline to this useful article today by Tony Mauro of Legal Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Courts - "Helio free man after acquittal in Miami"
Updating earlier ILB entries from April 4th of this year and Oct. 4, 2008, the AP reports today:MIAMI -- Brazilian...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Courts - Still more on: Specialty plates questions being heard in 3rd Circuit
This time it is the 7th Circuit. Updating this ILB entry from April 15th, Howard Bashman of How Appealing this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Courts - "A Good Time to Be a Bankruptcy Lawyer"
Todd J. Zywicki, law prof and bankruptcy expert, has some interesting remarks today at The Volokh Conspiracy, in an entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Courts - "An Argument For More Female Justices"
By Dahlia Lithwick, contributing editor for Newsweek and senior writer for Slate.com. Check here for her 17 minute NPR Talk...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Courts - More on: Specialty plates questions being heard in 3rd Circuit
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the Washington Post yesterday had a story on special license plates by Maryclaire Dale that began:PHILADELPHIA...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Courts - "Under Apprendi, findings that justify transferring a juvenile to adult court must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt"
See this upcoming law journal article by Jenny E. Carroll (University of Cincinnati College of Law), titled "Rethinking the Constitutional...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Courts - Specialty plates questions being heard in 3rd Circuit
Here is a long list of ILB entries on "God" plates and "Choose Life" plates. Plus there was the ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Courts - Still more on Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
Updating these earlier ILB entries on the Coleman v. Franken U.S. Senate election dispute in Minnesota, Indianapolis attorney Bill Groth...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Courts - More on: Take a look at juror questionnaire in NY's Brooke Astor's son's trial
Updating this April 5th ILB entry, Daniel Wise has a report today in the New York Law Journal. Some quotes:Jury...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 10, 2009
Courts - "In a Downturn, More Act as Their Own Lawyers"
From the NY Times today, a lengthy story by Jonathan D. Glater. Some quotes:SAN FRANCISCO — Elise Barros made her...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Courts - Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, 75, wins another 10 year term [Updated]
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a story by Steven Walters:Madison - Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson will start her...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 09, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Courts - Take a look at juror questionnaire in NY's Brooke Astor's son's trial
"Rigorous Questionnaire for Jurors in Astor Case" is the headline of this column by John Eligon in the NY Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 05, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Courts - More on: Maryland Public Defender Calls Drug Courts Unconstitutional
Here are some quotes again from Friday's Washington Post story:The state's public defender says Maryland's drug courts give judges too...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 04, 2009
Courts - Big name lawyers in Helio Castroneves federal tax evasion case
The ILB has been reading about the trial in the Indianapolis Star - see ILB entry from Oct. 4, 2008...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 04, 2009
Courts - "Downturn Pushes More Toward Bankruptcy "
Tara Siegel Bernard reports today in the NY Times:The ailing economy continues to pull more Americans into bankruptcy court, where...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 04, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
Courts - Iowa Supreme Court this morning rules state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional [Updated]
Here is the AP lede:DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Friday finding that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 03, 2009
Courts - Maryland Public Defender Calls Drug Courts Unconstitutional
The sub-head to this story today in the Washington Post, reported by Henri E. Cauvin, is "Defendants in So-Called Problem-Solving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 03, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Courts - Hamilton joined by nominees to 2nd and 4th Circuits
Larry Margasak of the AP has this story. Here is the White House press release, via the BLT....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 02, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Law - "Storm Clouds Gather Over Obama Nominees "
Some quotes from an article today in the NY Times, by Neil A. Lewis:WASHINGTON — Although the parties have changed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Environment - SCOTUS rules on use of cost-benefit analysis in at least some CWA applications
SCOTUSBlog reported earlier today:The Court has released the opinion in Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588), on the Clean Water Act...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS rules federal government should pay lawyers for clemency work
From the AP:WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday the government should pay federally appointed lawyers for working on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Courts - "Employment Contracts Now Seen as Being Rewritable "
Some quotes from a lengthy story published yesterday in the NY Times, reported by Mary Williams Walsh and Jonathan Glater:Contracts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Courts - Highly compensated California state judges not sharing state's economic pain
That is the thrust of an AP story by Paul Elias today, published in the Washington Post. The long story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Courts - "Kentucky students' court operates just like real thing"
From a story by Chris Otts in the March 30th Louisville Courier Journal:Melissa Moore is not a lawyer. But the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Courts - "In Britain, Web Leaves Courts Playing Catch-Up "
The ILB found this article in today's NY Times, by Noah Cohen, really interesting. Here are some quotes:ON March 17,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Court - "Fighting Over Child Support After the Pink Slip Arrives"
Julie Bosman reports today in a story on the front page of the Sunday NY Times. Some quotes from the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Courts - "Residents of Luzerne County, Pa., wondered what led two judges to send thousands of juveniles to detention centers in return for kickbacks — and why they weren’t stopped"
Updating this ILB entry from March 26th, Ian Urbina has a long story in the NY Times today headed "Judges’...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Courts - "Students Sue Prosecutor in Cellphone Photos Case "
The NY Times has had stories two days in a row now on “'sexting': the increasingly popular phenomenon of nude...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Courts - More on: "The Indianapolis Museum of Art wanted its Caravaggio back"
Some of you may remember this ILB entry from October 20, 2007. Today the NY Times has this report by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Courts - "What Constitutional Rights Should Schoolchildren Have?"
Michael C. Dorf, a FindLaw columnist who is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell University, has a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Courts - Broward County judge leaps over bench to protect witness
"Judge leaps to protect woman in Broward County court: A defendant in Broward County court ended up in jail after...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Courts - "Should We Have Professional Juries?"
More on juries today, from this entry by Ashby Jones at the WSJ Law Blog....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 23, 2009
Courts - More on: "Mistrial by iPhone: Juries’ Web Research Upends Trials"
Updating this ILB entry from March 17th, the NY Times today has published a number of eye-opening letters under the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 23, 2009
Courts - Texas Chief Justice argues for new system of selecting judges
Thanks to How Appealing for spotting this editorial in the Houston Chronicle, written by Wallace B. Jefferson, chief justice of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Courts - Justice Ginsburg looks back on Harvard Law School, early career
A good article today by Joanna Nairn, writing for the Harvard Law Record. A quote:Justice Ginsburg joined Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Courts - "Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns In U.S. Parks"
Juliet Eilperin and Del Quentin Wilber report today in the Washington Post:A federal judge yesterday blocked a last-minute rule enacted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Courts - "Proposal would open Kentucky judicial branch's records"
Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Want to know how much the Kentucky Bar Association paid an outside...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Courts - Federal Judge awards attorneys fees in Kentucky ten commandments case
From the AP, a story in the Lexington Herald-Leader that begins:A federal judge has ordered a pair of southern Kentucky...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Courts - "Mistrial by iPhone: Juries’ Web Research Upends Trials"
This ILB entry from March 14th was headed "Appeal says juror sent 'tweets' during $12.6M case ". This one from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Courts - More on: Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms takings judgment reversed by Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, Marcia Coyle writes today in The National Law Journal in an article that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Courts - "Implementing federal sex offender registration law may prove impossible"
A long, important article today in the Providence RI Journal, about the federal sex offender law, reported by Tracy Breton....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Courts - "Appeal says juror sent 'tweets' during $12.6M case "
Jon Gambrell of the AP has a story that reports: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A building materials company and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Courts - More on: "Lawyers difficult to obtain in immigration cases"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 3, 2008, Nina Bernstein of the NY Times has a story today headed "In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 13, 2009
Courts - "How Obama Will Handle U.S. Attorney Posts Still Unclear"
The Washington Post this morning has this story by Carrie Johnson that begins:One of the better spoils of winning the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Courts - A copy of Bernard Madoff's plea allocution
More or less, how he did it. From the WSJ Law Blog - access it here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Courts - Law clerks may be quaking in their boots
Above the Law has a long entry today headed "Clerks: Can't Go Home Again?," that includes this:Once upon a time,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Courts - European Court of Justice ruling over secret list of banned aircraft hand luggage
From the Times Online, reported by David Charter, Europe Correspondent:A tennis player today won his case at the European Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Courts - "Obama’s Court Nominees Are Focus of Speculation"
From a story today in the NY Times, reported by Neil A. Lewis:WASHINGTON — President Obama will soon begin naming...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Courts - "Judging . . . A Good Job, But Could it Be Safer?"
The WSJ Law Blog has posted this entry.. A quote:A 2007 study by the Administrative Office of the Courts found...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Courts - More on: SCOTUS rules on impact of public defender delays in getting case to trial
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Adam Liptak of the NY Times writes today under the heading: "Justices Rule on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 09, 2009
Courts - "Web Directory Of Attorneys Upsets D.C. Bar"; Is Indiana Next?
Kim Hart reports in the Washington Post today under the heading, "Web Directory Of Attorneys Upsets D.C. Bar." The story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 09, 2009
Courts - "Bringing Newly Issued Rulings to an Appellate Court's Attention" [Updated]
Howard Bashman of How Appealing has a practice column today in The Legal Intelligencer, titled "Bringing Newly Issued Rulings to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 09, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS rules on impact of public defender delays in getting case to trial
According to Lyle Denniston of the SCOTUSBlog, in an entry briefly describing several rulings today:By a 7-2 vote, the Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 09, 2009
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Courts - More on: Suit filed seeking to enjoin Florida’s canons that require judges to recuse themselves from cases involving issues that they responded to in questionnaire
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 29, 2006, the AP is reporting:ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has decided...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 07, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Courts - "Justice Ginsburg, 'Alive and Well'"
"First, I wanted people to see that the Supreme Court isn't all male," the lone female justice said of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 06, 2009
Courts - "Live coverage boosts access to federal courtrooms"
A lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by Roxana Hegeman, datelined Wichita, includes these quotes:n a victory for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 06, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Courts - "Reasonable or Discriminatory? The Peremptory Strike Conundrum"
Some interesting reading in the WSJ Law Blog today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 05, 2009
Courts - "No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule"
Updating yesterday's brief ILB entry on the Wyeth decision, here are some quotes from Adam Liptak's front-page story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 05, 2009
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS rules federal approval of labels giving warnings about effects of drugs does not bar lawsuits under state law
This was a much anticipated ruling - see earlier ILB entries here. See Lyle Denniston's summary of today's ruling here,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Courts - Sandra Day O'Connor was on The Daily Show last night
Here is a USA Today pre-story. The clips to parts 1 and 2 are available here and here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Courts - "Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era "
Adam Liptak's column in tomorrow's NYT will be titled "Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era ." The article begins:The Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 02, 2009
Courts - "W.Va. mining case could shape U.S. judicial races"
A good preview of tomorrow's SCOTUS argument in Caperton v. Massey can be found here, written by Lyle Denniston, at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 02, 2009
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Courts - More on: Carl Malamud fights to improve Pacer
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 13th, this story Feb. 27th from Wired, by Ryan Singel, reports a step in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 01, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Courts - More on: Follow the McCafferty murder trial and the media's efforts to cover it via blog and otherwise
Nothing new from the "Reporter's Blog" (here), the latest entry right now is from Thursday afternoon. But court is due...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Courts - Follow the McCafferty murder trial and the media's efforts to cover it via blog and otherwise
A murder trial underway in Newport, Kentucky - northern Kentucky, near Covington - is getting extensive coverage from the Kentucky...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Courts - More on: Some Legal Experts Propose Limiting SCOTUS Justices' Powers, Terms
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 23rd, NPR's Talk of the Nation today featured the four proposals for the judiciary....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Courts - Yet another update on efforts to receive compensation for land taken to build Kentucky Camp Breckenridge
This April 20, 2008 ILB entry reported success for Kentucky families' "long legal fight to get compensation for land taken...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Courts - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not return quietly
Many stories today about the return of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (aka "the only woman justice") to the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Court - Supreme Court of United States returns today
A lot of news out of the SCOTUS today, returning from a winter recess. Scroll through the newest entries on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 23, 2009
Courts - Some Legal Experts Propose Limiting SCOTUS Justices' Powers, Terms
Robert Barnes reports today in the Washington Post:If we had it to do all over again, would we appoint Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Courts - Minnesota: "Showdown could leave our courts in chaos"
This ILB entry from Sept. 5th, 2008, headed "Commission on Courts discussion of judicial mandates," included this quote about the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 22, 2009
Courts - "High Court to Hear DNA Testing Case: Justices to Debate Whether Convicts Should Be Guaranteed Access to Latest Techniques"
That is the headline to a lengthy story today by Robert Barnes of the Washington Post. Some quotes:They are among...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 22, 2009
Courts - "40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, which established students' free speech rights"
From C-SPAN's Amercia and the Courts program last evening:February 24th marks the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Courts - 9th Circuit strikes down California violent video game ban
Here is a long list earlier ILB entries on efforts to ban video games, in Indiana and nationally, including this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Courts - "Roane residents file suit against TVA for ash spill "
Law suits are being filed as a result of the TVA coal ash spill (see ILB entries here) last December...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Courts - "Do Federal Judges Discriminate Against Discrimination Claims?"
That is the question posed in a WSJ article today and discussed here in the WSJ Law Blog. A quote:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Courts - Massachusetts' top judge says courts are in crisis
From today's Boston Globe, a story by Megan Woolhouse. Some quotes:The economic downturn could have a devastating impact on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Courts - More on: "Case May Alter Judge Elections Across Country "
The case of Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal, No. 08-22, which will be argued before the SCOTUS on March...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Courts - "Is the Supreme Court About to Kill Off the Exclusionary Rule? "
An editorial in the NY Times today, signed by Adam Cohen, begins:In 1957, the Cleveland police showed up at Dollree...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Courts - "Case May Alter Judge Elections Across Country "
The case of Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal, No. 08-22, which will be argued before the SCOTUS on March...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Court - "Supreme Court Justices to Weigh Superfund Cleanup Liability"
Marcia Coyle writes in The National Law Journal in a lengthy article:The two Superfund cases that the high court have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Courts - Very good news re Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
More to come .... "Justice Ginsburg cancer update : no metastatis, lesion proved benign" according to the Supreme Court's public...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Courts - Carl Malamud fights to improve Pacer
"An Effort to Upgrade a Court Archive System to Free and Easy" is the headline to a story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Courts - "N.C.A.A. Ban on Lawyers for Athletes Ruled Illegal "
Alan Schwarz reports today in the NY Times in a story that includes these quotes:An Ohio court ruling on Thursday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Courts - More on: "Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 11th, the NY Times this morning reports on the scheme in a front page...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Courts - Texas judge declares mistrial after counting 13 people on jury
From the Houson Chronicle today, a story by Brian Rogers that begins:The Harris County jury returned a guilty verdict after...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Courts - WSJ story explores concept of standing
In a story headed "Why Some Constitutional Suits Don't Stand a Chance in Court," Jess Bravin of the WSJ writes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Courts - "Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash"
Michael Rubinkam and MaryClaire Dale report in the Washington Post in a lengthy story that begins:WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- For years,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Courts - Still more on: "Kentucky will retain all court records forever"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 1, 2008, which included this quote from an Aug. 31, 2008 story by Jason...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Courts - Could Chicago's 7th Circuit Judge Wood be in line for Supreme Court?
Abdon M. Pallasch of the Chicago Sun-Times had this article in the Sunday paper. Some quotes from the lengthy story:She...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 09, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Courts - "Computer virus shuts down Houston municipal courts"
From the Houston Chronicle, a lengthy story by Bradley Olson, Melissa Vargas, and Dale Lezon that begins:Houston shut down part...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 07, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Courts - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes surgery [Updated]
According to MSNBC, she was operated on for early stage pancreatic cancer. [Updated] Some news reports are now appearing: "Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Courts - More Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
The ILB admits it had lost track of the election law dispute over the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Courts - Kentucky judge admonishes lawyers whose briefs contain personal attacks on one another
Michael Stevens of the Kentucky Law Blog has some eye-catching quotes from an opinion by Judge Sara Walters Combs, Chief...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 01, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Courts - "Justices Step Closer to Repeal of Evidence Ruling"
From the front-page of this morning's NY Times, a long story by Adam Liptak. Some quotes:This month, Chief Justice Roberts,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Courts - Rhode Island federal judge sprinkles opinion with links to songs
The headline to the story reported by Katie Mulvaney in the Providence Rhode Island Journal is "Judge rules R.I. law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 30, 2009
Courts - More on: James Bopp asks Calif. federal judge to stop disclosure of names of Prop 8 donors
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, today the Sacramento Bee has this story headlined "Judge rejects bid to keep names...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Courts - Still more on "Justices’ Ruling in Discrimination Case May Draw Quick Action by Obama"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, today Debbi Wilgoren and Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post report in a story that begins:President...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 29, 2009
Courts - James Bopp asks Calif. federal judge to stop disclosure of names of Prop 8 donors
Terre Haute attorney James Bopp was featured this morning in a story on NPR's Morning Edition. Read or listen to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Courts - "Ky. court will hear appeal by Amish: Safety triangles at issue in case "
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 18, 2008, Peter Smithof the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:The Kentucky Court of Appeals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Courts - More on "Justices’ Ruling in Discrimination Case May Draw Quick Action by Obama"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 5th, Robert Pear of the NY Times reports:Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Law - ABA Journal has a special recession issue
Access it here. And the new February issues features Abraham Lincoln, Esq. Access it here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Courts - "Jenner & Block Associate Argues Her First Case - In the Supreme Court"
This is a fun read for a Friday afternoon, from David Lat of Above the Law....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Courts - Kentucky Judge says legislature can't 'stop the clock'
Tom Loftus reports in the Louisville Courier Journal:FRANKFORT, Ky. — The General Assembly cannot “stop the clock” and act on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Courts - "When Lawyers Criticize Judges, How Vague Must They Be?"
A story today in the Detroit News, reported by Paul Egan, reports:A federal appeals court dealt a setback to outspoken...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Ind. Courts - Judicial Center's Legislative Update
Here is the Indiana Judicial Center's Legislative Update, current through Jan. 16th. This is a good way to keep on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Courts - Two SCOTUS rulings on Indiana cases cited in recent decisions
"Psychotic Defendant, Though Competent to Stand Trial, Can't Be His Own Lawyer" is the headline to this story by Henry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Zyprexa Documents [Updated]
Here is one of the Zyprexa diocuments, via Findlaw. This is "Eli Lilly's Guilty Plea Agreement," which totals 17 pages,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Still more on "Record-Setting Zyprexa Settlement
A reader has sent this note re the ILB entry posted earlier today:The Star article calls it a whistleblower case....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Ind. Decisions - More on "Record-Setting Zyprexa Settlement Could Come Tomorrow"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, John Russell has this report today in the Indianapolis Star. It begins:Hoping to end one of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Law - Two SCOTUS rulings yesterday generate much news coverage
Yesterday's SCOTUS decisions in Herring V. U.S. and Oregon v. Ice (earlier ILB entry here) are the subject of a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Record-Setting Zyprexa Settlement Could Come Tomorrow"
Updating earlier ILB entries re Lilly's Zyprexa, the WSJ Law Blog has this entry, referencing this NYT report today by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS expands judges’ sentencing powers
Lyle Denniston reports today in SCOTUSBlog, in an entry that begins:Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Courts - "At least 6 lawyers seek WD Kentucky U.S. attorney post"
Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:At least six lawyers have met with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Courts - Yet more on "Kentucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 8, 2008, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
Courts - More on Courts - "Groups Urge High Court to Review Key Judicial Recusal Case" [Updated]
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal this week posted her second story on the case of Caperton v. Massey...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 09, 2009
Courts - "Courthouse Security Still Found Lacking"
Pamela A. MacLean reports today in The National Law Journal in a story that begins:Three years after the murders of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 09, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Courts - 4th Circuit throws out law allowing the federal government to place in indefinite civil commitment "sexually dangerous" persons
Thanks to Howard Bashman's How Appealing for reporting today's decision of the 4th Circuit, which begins:This case presents the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
Courts - "Justices’ Ruling in Discrimination Case May Draw Quick Action by Obama"
The ILB has had a number of entries on the Supreme Court's decision in 2007 in the case of Ledbetter...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 05, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
Courts - "Left and right differ on the decisions, but each side has its ‘worst’ list"
Worst decisions of the SCOTUS? David Savage has an article in the January issue of the ABA Journal naming a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Courts - "NY Chief Judge Is Retiring, Leaving Trail of Successes for Women on the Bench"
John Eligon of the NY Times has this report on the retirement of NY State's Chief Judge, Judith S. Kaye....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Courts - Kentucky judge retirements leave racial void on bench
This AP story today in the Lexington Herald-Leader begins:LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky's largest county will be left with no black...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 29, 2008
Courts - "California judges will lose the perks unless lawmakers decide to help"
From an interesting story by Mike McKee of The Recorder:Any hope the California Supreme Court might resolve a politically sensitive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 29, 2008
Courts - "Court weighs whether to identify authors of critical and anonymous postings on the Internet"
Recalling these earlier ILB entries:"Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web": Students at Yale Law and Indiana University Feel Effects...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Courts - 6th Circuit strikes down down Kentucky's direct-selling restrictions
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reported Dec. 24th: WASHINGTON -- A 2005 Supreme Court opinion is the gift that keeps...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Courts - Indiana decisions cited in Coleman-Frankin Senate dispute
The NY Times column on Bush v. Gore I quoted from in this ILB entry earlier today noted:Bush v. Gore...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Courts - Meaning of "dictum"?
No surprises here, IMHO. Lawrence Solum of the Legal Theory Blog notes that:Josh Blackman (George Mason University - School of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Courts - Despite SCOTUS, Bush v. Gore being used as precedent
Adam Liptak's column today on the NY Times is headed "Bush v. Gore Set to Outlast Its Beneficiary ." It...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Courts - Still more on "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Updating this Nov. 15th ILB entry on a Kentucky case, ramifications from the McDonald's case appear to be impacting a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 22, 2008
Courts - "Abuse Victims Seek Court Date With Vatican"
Here is an interesting legal story I woke up to this morning, reported by Barbara Bradley Hagerty of NPR. Here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Courts - "NJ Supreme Court permits 'Super Lawyers' advertisements"
The ILB had a number of entries in 2006 on "Super Lawyers" and whether the designation could be included in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Courts - More on what is a "debt relief agency" for purposes of the BAPCPA
Updating these two ILB entries from September on the 8th Circuit ruling on what constitutes a "debt relief agency," the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on Muncie Mayor McShurley's complaint to the state court disciplinary commission
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, quoting from a "don't miss" story yesterday in the Muncie Star-Press reported by Joy Leiker, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Courts - More on: Bankruptcy filings up over last year
Updating the ILB entry from yesterday afternoon, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Bankruptcy filings nationally increased...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Courts - Bankruptcy filings up over last year
The U.S. Courts has issued its quarterly news release on bankruptcy filings. Some quotes:Dec 15, 2008 — Bankruptcy cases...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 15, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Courts - Beyond "In God We Trust"?
Here is a list of ILB entries about the Indiana "In God We Trust" license plate dispute, as well as...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Courts - "First Take on Federal Rule of Evidence 502"
Leonard Deutchman has this article in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly that begins:In Rhoads Industries v. Building Materials Corp, No. 07-4756...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Courts - More on: "Florida high school student files complaint after suspension for creating Facebook page critical of teacher"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today under the heading: "3rd Circuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Courts - More on "Romanette"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 18th, Legal Times today has an entry by Tony Mauro headed "Romanette, Revisited."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Courts - "Florida high school student files complaint after suspension for creating Facebook page critical of teacher"
The ILB has a long list of entries relating to MySpace, including the case of A.B. v.State of Indiana, where,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Courts - Juror questionaires in the news
Those interested in the lengthy Nov. 26th ILB entry headed "Courts - RI paper asks high court to make juror...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 06, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Courts - NY Commission nominates 7 men to replace Judith S. Kaye, chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals
"Lack of Women on Court List Draws Fire" is the heading to this entry in the NY Times City Room...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
Courts - Still more on: U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
Apparently it isn't going to get it. Updating this earllier entry, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog writes today:The Supreme Court refused...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 01, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Courts - James Bopp Jr. to represent newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
The Capital Times, from Madison Wisconsin, reports today:[Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman], who is facing charges that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Courts - RI paper asks high court to make juror questionaires public
An interesting story from the Providence Rhode Island Journal, reported by Mike Stanton. Some quotes from the lengthy story:Two years...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Court - How many of us learned the word "Romanette" last week alongside CJ Roberts? [Updated]
Romanette. A term for a little Roman numeral, as in Sec. 4(a)(2)(B)(iii). It was new to me, but a very...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Courts - Kentucky Jury weighs case of Amish men [Updated]
An interesting story today from the Louisville Courier Journal, reported by Peter Smith:A Graves County jury began deliberating last night...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 15, 2008
Courts - More on "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 5, 2007, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a lengthy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Courts - More on "U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked to Fix Troubled West Virginia Justice System" [Updated]
In this ILB entry from Oct. 12th, a story by Adam Liptak of the NY Times is quoted. It begins:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Courts - U.S. Supreme Court Denies Secret Litigation Challenge
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a story that begins:The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Courts - Speculation over the Supreme Court may be premature
"Despite Obama Victory, Will Supreme Court Justices Sit Tight?" is the headline to an article by Tony Mauro of Legal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Courts - Still more on: Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab report
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this afternoon, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog has posted a long analysis of the oral...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 10, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court Posts Video in Victim Impact Case"
The Blog of Legal Times has this very interesting just-posted entry on the admission of multimedia victim impact presentations. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 10, 2008
Courts - More on: Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab report
As the ILB noted yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing/heard oral arguments today at 1:00 PM in the case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Courts - Confrontation clause case re admissibility of crime lab reports
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSblog presets a comprehensive preview of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, to be argued tomorrow before the U.S. Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 09, 2008
Courts - "Citing Workload, Public Lawyers Reject New Cases"
Erik Eckholm of the NY Times reports on the front page of today's paper. Some quotes:MIAMI — Public defenders’ offices...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 09, 2008
Courts - “The Career of Linda Greenhouse: A Dialogue”
"Covering the U.S. Supreme Court," with Linda Greenhouse, Correspondent (1978-2008), New York Times, Supreme Court; Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 09, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Courts - Judge Diane Wood on C-SPAN tonight
C-SPAN's announcement:This Saturday on America & the Courts: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood, who has been mentioned...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Courts - Still more on "Kentucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 7th, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Courts - "Judicial Races: Lots of Cash, Lots of Negativity, Lots of Change"
Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal recaps the election results from Tuesday involving state judicial races....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 07, 2008
Courts - "New Jersey Judge Faces Ethics Charges for DWI Antics With Chapstick and Penny"
An interesting story today by Maria Vogel-Short of the New Jersey Law Journal - some quotes:Peter Tourison isn't the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 07, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Courts - "Miss. Voters Unseat Three High Court Justices"; Alabama race
That is the headline of this AP story by Jack Elliot Jr. that begins:Three sitting members of the Mississippi Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Courts - "An 'Orgy of Negativity' in Michigan Judicial Race"
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports today in a story that begins:Michigan's Supreme Court race has turned into...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Courts - "Justices Agree to Consider DNA Case"
Adam Liptak reports today in the NY Times that the SCOTUS "agreed Monday to decide whether people convicted of crimes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Courts - "Juror in Stevens Case: My Father is not Dead"
This is not something the ILB would ordinarily cover, but it is too bizarre to miss. This entry from the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 03, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court Hears Case Involving Drug Labels" [Updated]
Today the SCOTUS hears oral arguments in the case of Wyeth v. Levine (see a list of earlier ILB entries...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 03, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Courts - "Election Law Litigation — Everyone’s Doing It"
The WSJ Law Blog has a new entry today on current election law litigation. The blog references a number of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 30, 2008
Courts - "DOJ Study: Plaintiffs Win More Than Half of State Court Civil Trials"
Vesna Jaksic of The National Law Journal reports today:Plaintiffs won in more than half of state court civil trials in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Courts - "Appeals Courts Pushed to Right by Bush Choices"
Charlie Savage of the NY Times has a lengthy article today on the reshaping of the federal courts. Some quotes:On...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Law - More on "Do sex offender laws make homelessness a crime?
Updating this ILB entry from July 8th, the same reporter, Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, writes today:The Georgia Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 27, 2008
Courts - "In Drug Case, Justices to Weigh Right to Sue"
That is the headline to this story today in the WSJ about the upcoming oral arguments before the Supreme Court....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Courts - 6th Circuit issues wine shipping opinion [Updated]
Jamie Satterfield of the Knoxville News Sentinel reported yesterday:A federal appeals court today deemed unconstitutional a state law designed to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Courts - "Two diet-drug lawyers permanently disbarred"
In 2007 the ILB had many entries relating to Kentucky's fen-phen case/scandal. Today Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Courts - Two 7th Circuit judges named in speculation for Supreme Court seats
Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY has a long and interesting story today about the potential legacies the two opposing tickets...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Courts - "Negative ad rolled out in Michigan Supreme Court race"
This is not about Indiana, but Michigan - an AP story by David Eggert, published today in the South Bend...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Courts - Questions posted in another jurisidction to judges up for retention
I happened this morning across some quotes from a not-longer-available story in the The Legal Intelligencer, "the oldest law journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 16, 2008
Courts - More on: Astonishing stories of collusion between Pennsylvania's legislature and its Supreme Court
The ILB had lost track of this federal lawsuit involving Common Cause and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, first mentioned in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Courts - "U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked to Fix Troubled West Virginia Justice System"
Adam Liptak of the NY Times reports today in a story that begins:WASHINGTON — The justice system in West Virginia...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 12, 2008
Court - "Kentucky Bar leader tried to stall abuse deal, records show"
Andrew Wolfson has an interesting story today in the Louisville Courier Journal that begins:The president of the Kentucky Bar Association...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 12, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Courts - Supreme Court of Connecticut grants gay marriage rights [Updated]
Connecticut today became the third state, following Massachusetts and California, to have its high court uphold the right to same...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Courts - "Typos and Errors Lead to Slashed Fees for Attorney"
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer has a lengthy story today headed "Typos and Errors Lead to Slashed Fees...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Courts - "Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Inquiries in 32 States for $62 Million"
Updating earlier ILB Lilly Zyprexa entries, Tom Murphy and Marley Seaman of the Associated Press report today in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Courts - "Does the exclusionary rule, which requires the suppression of some evidence produced by police misconduct, still make sense? "
That is the subject of Adam Liptak's story in the NY Times, headed "Justices Weigh Value of a Rule That...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Courts - More on "Kentucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 28th, Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:A wealthy Louisville insurance executive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Courts - "Consumer Issues Top Supreme Court's Docket"
Nina Totenberg of NPR had a great 7:45 minute preview of the Supreme Court term this morning, on Morning Edition....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Courts - Tomorrow is "First Monday in October" and SCOTUS convenes
Adam Liptak's story in the NY Times is headed "Justices Return to Less Meaty Docket ." Here is a quote...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 05, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Courts - "Castroneves: 'I am not guilty'" [Updated]
Here, via Access Hollywood, is a copy of the 22-page federal indictment filed Oct. 2 in the Southern District of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 04, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Courts - "Campaign-finance reform urged for Michigan Supreme Court races"
Lynn Turner reports in the Kalamazoo Gazette: KALAMAZOO -- More than $20 million has been spent in Michigan Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 02, 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Courts - Many new cases added to docket by SCOTUS today
From SCOTUSLaw:The Court also added ten new cases to its decision docket for the year; most of these are likely...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Courts - "Kenctucky Prosecutor says plea deal punishes philanthropist Robert Clarkson in DUI case"
Not Indiana, but interesting. Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal has a long report today that begins:Driving drunk on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Courts - "The issues include the ability to sue over faulty but federally regulated drugs; dirty words on TV; and Navy sonar"
"Supreme Court opens new term" is the headline to David G. Savage's story today in the LA Times that begins:WASHINGTON...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Courts - "Pre-emption Looms Large in Supreme Court's Upcoming Business Cases"
So writes Marcia Coyle in her lengthy National Law Journal article to be dated Sept. 29th. It begins:The Roberts Court's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Courts - "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you."
The Brennan Center on 9/16/08 published the 46-page "Eligible for Justice: Guidelines for Appointing Defense Counsel.". From the description:For more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Courts - New term of SCOTUS begins October 6th
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports today under the headlne "In the New Term, High Stakes for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Courts - Judge Tosses Gambling Attorney's $20 Million Lawsuit Against Casinos
Somewhat reminiscent of this ILB entry from Sept. 19th, Wayne Perry of the AP reports today in a story that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Courts - Iowa Supreme Court "upholds 2,000-foot rule against sex offender"
The Cedar Rapids Iowa Gazette reported Sept. 20th:DES MOINES - The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a sex...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 21, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Courts - Similarities between the 9th Circuit Immigration decision this week, and the Voter ID decision
One view: They were both failed facial challenges to statutes. Discussion of the 9th Circuit's ruling in Chicanos Por La...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 19, 2008
Courts - More on: Kentucky appeals court rejects adoption by lesbian couple
Following up on this ILB entry from Sept. 16th on the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling this week that held,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 19, 2008
Courts - "Suits, Legislation Over a Civil Right to Counsel Grow Across U.S."
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal reports today in a story that begins:Through litigation and legislation, a growing number...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Courts -- "Law & Mortar: An examination of a courthouse building boom"
This is a series by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Thanks to the Kentucky Law Blog for the link. The first story,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Courts - WSJ column surveys jury duty
Some quotes from the lengthy article today by Nathan Koppel:Jury duty is like the speed limit: We know we're supposed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Courts - SCOTUS Is Now Guiding Fewer Nations
So writes NY Times legal columnist Adam Liptak today in his continuing series, American Exception. Some quotes:WASHINGTON — Judges around...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Courts - 9th Circuit upholds Arizona immigration law imposing employer sanctions
Jim Small of the Arizona Capitol Times reports, in a story that begins:A federal appeals court has upheld Arizona's employer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Courts - "Man accused of impersonating lawyer won't be own attorney"
From an AP story by Dale Wetzel, published today by the LCJ:BISMARCK, N.D. -- A man accused of impersonating a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Courts - Kentucky appeals court rejects adoption by lesbian couple
Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today in a very long story about a complex decision issued this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Courts - Pennsylvania Federal Judge Upholds Student's Suspension for Fake MySpace Page
Shannon P. Duffy of The Legal Intelligencer reports today in a long story that begins:An eighth-grade student who was suspended...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Courts - CJ Roberts attends Notre Dame practice
From the South Bend Tribune, a brief AP story. Some quotes:U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stopped by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 12, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Courts - Federal Court in Florida throws out anti-Starbucks-type zoning ordinances
The ILB has posted a number of entries about anti-big box zoning ordinances considered by Indiana communities. Today Howard Bashman...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Courts - "The judges of the Supreme Court of Canada wear robes with fluffy white trim that makes them look like Santa Claus’s helpers"
John Eligon of the NY Times has a long article today on what judges wear, headlined "Behind the Gavel, a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 08, 2008
Courts - "December SCOTUS arguments, day by day"
This is very useful. SCOTUSBlog has posted this entry: "December Arguments, day by day"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 08, 2008
Courts - "Drug makers seek shield from lawsuits"
Updating earlier ILB entries from April 7th and March 5th, David G. Savage reports today in the Los Angeles Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 08, 2008
Courts - Update on: "Judge Rules Drug Documents Must Be Returned to Eli Lilly"
The ILB has had a number of entries on the Eli Lilly Zyprexa litigation, including this one from Feb. 14,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 08, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
Courts - Kansas high court hears case of judicial questionnaires
This story, just posted by the Kansas City Star, was reported by John Milburn of the AP. Some quotes:TOPEKA |...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 05, 2008
Courts - More on: In question of first impression in the circuits, 8th Circuit holds "Attorneys who provide bankruptcy assistance to assisted persons are debt relief agencies under the Bankruptcy Code"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, reporting on the 8th Circuit decision in the case of In Milavetz, Gallop &...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 05, 2008
Courts - "If a Scratch-Off Is a Rip-Off, Litigation May Be the Prize"
This sounds familiar, as it also has recently been an issue in Indiana. Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 05, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Courts - In question of first impression in the circuits, 8th Circuit holds "Attorneys who provide bankruptcy assistance to assisted persons are debt relief agencies under the Bankruptcy Code"
In Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. U.S., a 24-page opinion, the Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit holds...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 04, 2008
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Courts - "Lawyers difficult to obtain in immigration cases"
An interesting story yesterday in the LA Times, reported by Anna Gorman. Some quotes:Unlike defendants in criminal courts, individuals in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Courts - "Jury Exemptions for Nursing Mothers"
Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal reports today in a story that begins:Amid a wide blanket of legal protections...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Courts - Practice Pointer: Filing Non-Record Materials before the SCOTUS
From Ben Winograd , writing in the SCOTUSBlog, an instructive entry that begins:When the Court grants certiorari in a case,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Courts - "Missouri judges evaluated a new way for retention vote"
William C. Lhotka of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today:Review teams of six lawyers and six laymen will provide voters...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 01, 2008
Courts - "Report cards on Kansas judges are online"
Diane Carroll of the Kansas City Star reports today:What do you know about the judges in Kansas? If the answer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 01, 2008
Courts - More on: "Kentucky will retain all court records forever"
"Kentucky will retain all court records forever" was the headline to an April 14, 2007 report in the LCJ. This...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 01, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Courts - Still more on: DOJ moves to improve immigration judges, after months of criticism
This Aug. 10, 2006 ILB entry began: "Some readers may recall this Dec. 26, 2005 ILB entry, quoting from several...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Courts - More on: U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 26th, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog writes Aug. 29th in an entry that begins:The Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Courts - Big county courthouse is a hub for local business
ABA News today highlights an interesting story that appeared last Friday, Aug. 22nd in the Columbus Ohio Business First publication....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Courts - "Bankruptcy Filings Near Million Mark for 12-Month Period Ending June 30, 2008"
Here is the news release from US Courts on the most recently compiled bankruptcy statistics. It begins:August 27, 2008 —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Courts - "Ever-More-Expensive Court Races Heading Higher "
Three of Indiana's five Supreme Court justices will be on the ballot this fall. But they do not have opponents....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Courts - U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
SCOTUSBlog's Lyle Denniston has a long entry today that begins:The U.S. government, arguing that the lower courts have fallen into...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Courts - "I think it's a Jerry Springer-type show masquerading as a court"
TV "courts" - the story today by Diane Krieger Spivak in the Gary Post Tribune is headed "TV justice not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 25, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Courts - Sarbanes-Oxley Upheld By Court as Not Violating Separation of Powers
A very interesting administrative law / separation of powers decision yesterday, of which we will not have heard the last....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Courts - More on "Ohio Judges See More Do-It-Yourself Divorces and System Slowdown "
Updating this ILB entry from July 22nd on self-representation by divorcing parties in Ohio said to be clogging up the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Courts - "Conservatives plot on campaign finance"
A story today in Politico, reported by Jeanne Cummings, features a photo of Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr., described...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Courts - "In U.S., Expert Witnesses Are Partisan"
The American justice system and expert witnesses is the focus of this Adam Liptak column today in the NY Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Courts - "Are Facial Challenges Going the Way of the Dodo?" Indiana voter ID ruling cited
So asked Ashby Jones in the WSJ Law Blog yesterday. The entry quotes from Marcia Coyle's August 8th review of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 09, 2008
Friday, August 08, 2008
Courts - "Judge declares mistrial, blames newspaper"
From a report by KSN.com that begins:SALINA, KS, August 7, 2008 -- A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 08, 2008
Courts - "For 'Maverick' Federal Judges, Life Tenure Is Largely Unfettered License"
This freely-available opinion piece today in the WSJ, written by Nathan Koppel, is aimed at federal judges, and particularly at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 08, 2008
Courts - "Study Finds Settling Is Better Than Going to Trial "
So reports Jonathan D. Glater in this story today in the business section of the NY Times. Check out this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 08, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Courts - "Groups Urge High Court to Review Key Judicial Recusal Case"
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 4th, Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports today in a brief story:Bar,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 07, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Courts - Georgia Appeals Court Candidates Confront Anti-Abortion Group's Survey
Alyson M. Palmer of the Fulton County Georgia Daily Report writes today in a lengthy story:It's unlikely the Georgia Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Courts - "A Primer on What Lawyers Can Say About Judges"
Bruce A. Campbell of the Texas Lawyer has this article. A quote: What happens when an attorney makes a false...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
Courts - Still more on: The plot of John Grisham's latest novel may have already come to life in W. Va.
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 19th, Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal that begins:The ethical hornets'...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 04, 2008
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Courts - "Ky. court fees spike sharply under new deal"
Jason Riley of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story today on the increased court costs in Kentucky. Some quotes:Looking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 03, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
Courts - Kentucky judge rules highway bill is invalid
I haven't had a chance to look into this matter facing our sister state to the south, but it does...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 01, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Courts - "Filing for Bankruptcy Becomes More Costly"
Jacquelllline Palank of the WSJ reports today:Individuals who have filed for bankruptcy protection since Congress overhauled U.S. bankruptcy laws in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Courts - "Sizing Up the 2007-08 Supreme Court Term"
Legal Times' seventh annual Supreme Court review, with print and audio versions, available here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Courts - "Some Judges Stiffen Foreclosure Standards"
Amir Efrati of the WSJ reports in an article now freely available that begins:A cadre of state-court judges scrutinizing foreclosure...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Courts - "High Court Justices Go Digital to Access Founding-Era Documents"
Some quotes from a fascinating article today by Tony Mauro of Legal Times:U.S. Supreme Court justices on both sides in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Courts - "Ohio Judges See More Do-It-Yourself Divorces and System Slowdown "
A long AP article today, posted by Law.Com, reports:With the economy down and the cost of lawyers high, more people...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Courts - "Med school for judges: A crash course in medical litigation"
A long and very interesting article in the American Medical News, reported by Amy Lynn Sorrel. Here is a quote...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court finds history is a matter of opinions"
David G. Savage of the LA Times writes today in a lengthy story that begins:In 1985, President Reagan's attorney general,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Courts - The Supreme Court and its conundrum of continuity and change
Linda Greenhouse, who is soon to leave the NY Times after 30 years, offers reflections and a personal overview of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Courts - "Constitutional ballot proposal presents quandary for Michigan justices"
A lengthy and fairly odd AP story today in the South Bend Tribune, by David Eggert, begins:LANSING -- Judges who...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Courts - "Facial challenges are out, As-applied challenges are in"
That according to David G. Savage, who covers the U.S. Supreme Court for the Los Angeles Times, writing in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 07, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Courts - Judges urges Lilly to try to settle Zyprexa drug claims
The ILB has posted about a dozen entries relating to various legal issues involving the Lilly drug Zyprexa. Today the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 04, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Ind. Courts - Randolph County Courthouse plans still up in air
When last we wrote on this topic, it was under the heading "Search for the front of the Randolph County...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 03, 2008
Courts - More on: Linda Greenhouse points to blog that identified an error in a major SCOTUS opinion
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Linda Greenhouse reports today in the NY Times in a story that begins:In a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 03, 2008
Courts - "Next Term: A Fatter, Faster Calendar for Supreme Court"
Tony Mauro of Legal Times writes today in a long story that begins:The current term is history, so what's up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Courts - Linda Greenhouse points to blog that identified an error in a major SCOTUS opinion
In Kennedy v. Louisiana, issued last week, the Court prohibited states from imposing the death penalty for child rape. Linda...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Courts - Linda Greenhouse recaps the Court's term
Linda Greenhouse, who took an early buyout from the NY Times and is moving on to Yale, recaps the Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Courts - More on the Heller 2nd Amendment decision today
Here, thanks again to SCOTUSBlog, is the 157-page opinion. Tony Mauro of Legal Times has a post that begins:Supreme Court:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Courts - Still more on: Final opinion days from the SCOTUS
Check the ever excellent SCOTUSBlog for the details. Only three cases left this term. Davis v. Federal Election Commission -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Courts - More on: Final opinion days from the SCOTUS [Updated]
Check the ever excellent SCOTUSBlog for the details. Here is what has been handed down so far: Excon v. Baker...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Courts - Final opinion days from the SCOTUS
Expect some biggies today, starting at 10:00 AM. Likely there also will be opinions issued Thursday. The ILB is watching...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Courts - More on: "Supreme Court Justices Turn to Ex-Clerks for Unusual Role"
This ILB entry from April 14th quotes from an interesting story by Tony Mauro about the Supreme Court turning to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Courts - More on: The Supreme Court of Kansas has ruled that juvenile defendants have a right to trial by jury
Re whether this argument could be successfully made in Indiana, a reader knowledgeable in juvenile law has referred me to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Courts - The Supreme Court of Kansas has ruled that juvenile defendants have a right to trial by jury
From the June 21 Kansas City Star, reported by David Klepper and Diane Carroll:TOPEKA | In a decision affecting every...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 22, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Courts - "Ohio historian indicted for moving huge rock"
Stephenie Steitzer of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a long story that begins:An Ohio historian may be caught...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Courts - Calif. Justices Weigh Whether Doctors, Citing Religion, Can Refuse to Treat Some Patients
Ashley Surdin of the Washington Post reports today in a lengthy story that begins:LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Courts - "Judges are banning terms such as 'rape' and 'victim' as prejudicial to defendants"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has a lengthy story today that reports:Call it the age of the Loaded...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Courts - "A lesson for every Internet user: Nothing is private"
An editorial today in the Seattle Times begins:THE roiling water in which Judge Alex Kozinski finds himself should be a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 15, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Courts - "N.Y. Governor, Legislature Ordered to Raise Pay of State's Judges"
The subheading to this story by Daniel Wise of the New York Law Journal is: "Attorney calls ruling 'precedent setting'...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Courts - What is still pending before SCOTUS?
The great SCOTUSBlog has posted its newest edition of StatPack, including a list of the 22 cases yet to be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Courts - End of SCOTUS term is in sight
This term of the Supreme Court is nearing its end and a number of good articles have been printed recently,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Courts - Even more on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"
Updating this ILB entry from June 8th, Mitch Harper of Fort Wayne Observed sends along a story from the June...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Courts - "Cook County Circuit Court has been turned into a frenetic debt collections machine"
This long story today in the Chicago Tribune, reported by Ameet Sachdev, begins:Cook County Circuit Court has been turned into...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 09, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Courts - Still more on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 28th, which includes a quote from the Washington Post that begins:The Albrechts' discovery that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 08, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Courts - Still more on "California Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from May 18th, the California Supreme Court today has denied a request for a rehearing and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Courts - Arkansas Supreme Court rated highly in a U of Chicago study
Thanks to Howard Bashman of How Appealing, here is a report from Saturday's Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Some quotes:The Arkansas Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 01, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Courts - More on "GE Suffers a Redaction Disaster"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, if your opponent does ineffectually redact information, can you look? Presumably redacted material...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Courts - Tennessee's "Missouri plan" for judicial selection expires
Apparently, it was subject to a "Sunset"-type provision. From a May 10th WSJ article:Since the 1970s, Tennessee has used a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Courts - Chicago courtroom artist who covered Chicago 7 and Gacy trials writes book
Natasha Korecki, federal courts reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, writes today:[Courtroom artist Andy Austin] uses more than illustrations to take...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Courts - Two interesting recent NYT stories on courts and judiciary
The lede to Linda Greenhouse's May 23rd story in the NYT: "Where have all the 5-to-4 decisions gone? And whatever...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 25, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Courts - Still more on "Pa. justices won raise for upholding slots law, lawsuit claims"
This ILB entry from May 21st included this quote from the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: "The chief justice of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Courts - More on "Pa. justices won raise for upholding slots law, lawsuit claims"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Howard Bashman of How Appealing has today gathered a number of new Pennsylvania press...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Courts - "Pa. justices won raise for upholding slots law, lawsuit claims"
[Howard Bashman of How Appealing has posted the links to this story and has uploaded the complaint.] The AP is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Courts - SCOTUS upholds municipal bond exemption [Updated]
Pete Yost of the AP is reporting:The Supreme Court on Monday upheld long-standing state tax exemptions for municipal bonds. In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Courts - More on "California Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry"
The California Supreme Court decision Thursday finding that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California (see...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 18, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Courts - "California Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry" [Updated]
Here is a report by Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle on this morning's ruling. The story begins:10:31 PDT...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Courts - "Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates"
My friend Diana Skaggs, of the excellent Kentucky Divorce Law Journal, has an entry today that is applicable to all...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 08, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Courts - "Michigan Marriage Amendment Nixes Domestic Partners Benefits"
From an entry this afternoon in the Volokh Conspiracy by Dale Carpenter, law prof. at U. of Minn. Law, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Courts - Justice Scalia explains his change of heart re avoiding the public eye
Tony Mauro of Legal Times writes about Justice Scalia's online Q & A with C-Span's Brian Lamb last Sunday. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Monday, May 05, 2008
Courts - A rapping clerk of the courts?
This caught my eye. An entry from the blog Above the Law begins:When you think of clerks of court, you...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 05, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Courts - "U.S. Appeals Court Rejects NY City’s Suit to Curb Guns"
Alan Feuer of the NY Times reports today:A federal appeals court threw out New York City’s longstanding lawsuit against the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 01, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court is rejecting broad legal challenges"
A must read analysis today of several recent Supreme Court rulings, by David G. Savage of the Los Angeles Times,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Courts - Supreme Court rejects voter ID law challenge [Updated]
See the writeup by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog here. Some quotes:The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, on Monday rejected a constitutional...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 28, 2008
Courts - Justice Scalia interview
CBS 60 Minutes host Leslie Stahl conducted a remarkable interview of Justice Antonin Scalia, broadcast last evening. You can read...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Courts - Intensive competition for Supreme Court clients described
From Howard Bashman's How Appealing today:"Supreme Court - The Hottest Docket in Town; Firms Clamor to Be Among the Few...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Courts - "When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired"
Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times has this long story today. Some quotes on the legal aspects:In separation, of course,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Courts - "Defense Builds 'Supermax' Cell Replica For Inmate Trial"
Talk about a courtroom exhibit. The Crime & Justice News has this entry today:Charles Packard and nine contractors built an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Courts - "Bankruptcy Filings Rebound in Calendar Year 2007" [Updated]
So reports the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in this release, stating:Filings rebounded from a 70 percent drop...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court Justices Turn to Ex-Clerks for Unusual Role"
Tony Mauro of Legal Times has an interesting story today that begins:On Jan. 7, Jay Jorgensen took an unusual call...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 14, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Courts - More on: New York judges may sue for raises
Updating this ILB entry from April 2nd, Joel Stashenko and Daniel Wise of the New York Law Journal reported yesterday:Stymied...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 12, 2008
Monday, April 07, 2008
Courts - "Fear, Paranoia and, Yes, Some Loathing in Alabama State House"
Remember this ILB entry from April 17, 2007 on the award of a Pultizer to a reporter who investigated the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 07, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Courts - New York judges may sue for raises
Joel Stashenko of the New York Law Journal reports today:As the New York Legislature prepared to begin passing the 10th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Courts - Do state courts flout Supreme Court precedent?
An article in the March 2008 issue of Cornell Law Review, authored by Frederic M. Bloom, Assistant Professor of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Courts - "Eli Lilly Pays $15 Million to Settle State of Alaska's Lawsuit Over Drug Zyprexa"
From the AP, a story that begins:Eli Lilly and Co. and Alaska announced a $15 million settlement Wednesday in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Courts - More on: Oklahoma Supreme Court "cuts off online access to records"
Updating this ILB entry from March 12th, John Greiner of The Oklahoman reports today:The Oklahoma Supreme Court today rescinded its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Courts - Who has authority over Ohio court records?
On March 12th the ILB had an entry about the Oklahoma Supreme Court cutting off on-line access to public court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Courts - "Justice for Sale"
Check out this opinion piece today from the Wall Street Journal, authored by James Sample, an attorney with the Brennan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 22, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Courts - Another success for Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney
Here is a list of prior ILB posts on Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney. True, she hasn't lived in Indiana for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Courts - "Kentucky Chief justice calls proposed budget cuts a terrible mistake"
Jason Riley reports in today's Louisville Courier Journal:Kentucky Chief Justice Joseph Lambert says a proposed $55 million cut in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Courts - "Tort King's Path to Bribery Charge"
As interesting as the latest John Grisham novel, and set in the same locale, the WSJ has a front-page story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 14, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Courts - More on: Justice Dept. no-bid contracts with John Ashcroft and the Indiana twist
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 24th, Joe Palazzo of Legal Times reports today on John Ascroft's testimony yesterday before...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Courts - Oklahoma Supreme Court "cuts off online access to records"
This could be ILB "pretty astonishing" #2 for the week. #1 was Monday's story on Elliot Spitzer. Ron Jenkins of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Courts - "Kentucky judge's ban on prosecutorial objections rejected"
Jason Riley reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:A Jefferson Circuit Court judge yesterday ordered District Court Judge Sean R....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
Courts - 8-Year-Old Passes Brazil's Law School Entrance Test
Tales Azzoni of the AP reports:An 8-year-old boy with dreams of becoming a judge has passed a law school entrance...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 07, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Courts - More on: "Supreme Court Considers Protecting Drug Makers From Lawsuits"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 26 about the case of Warner-Lambert v. Kent, Linda Greenhouse reported yesterday, March 4,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Courts - "Supreme Court Considers Protecting Drug Makers From Lawsuits"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 21st, referencing the SCOTUS decision in Riegel v. Medtronic, Gardiner Harris of the NY...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Courts - Justice Dept. no-bid contracts with John Ashcroft and the Indiana twist
This NYT story from Jan. 10, 2008, reported by Philip Shenon, first brought the Zimmer settlement connection to my attention:WASHINGTON...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 24, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Courts - Still more on: The plot of John Grisham's latest novel may have already come to life in W. Va.
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 19th: The third West Virginia justice under fire in the Massey Energy case, Justice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Courts - SCOTUS favors federal pre-emption in three cases yesterday
The Legal Times Tony Mauro reports today:In three key business rulings handed down Wednesday, the Supreme Court continued its trend...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Courts - More on: "A Judge’s ‘Inexplicable Madness’ Over a Cellphone"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 27, 2007, an article today by Joel Stashenko of the New York Law Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Courts - More on: The plot of John Grisham's latest novel may have already come to life in W. Va.
A quote from NPR in this Feb. 11th ILB entry about the West Virginia Supreme Court:Three of the five state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Courts - "Sex, Lies, Hostility in the Florida Appellate Court"
Scott Michels of ABC News has this pretty astonishing story that begins:A written opinion by a state appellate court judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 16, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Courts - A St. Louis Ram, others, sue New England Patriots and coach for "fraudulent videotaping"
See this posting from the WSJ Law Blog, including a link to the complaint, filed in federal court in Louisiana....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 15, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Courts - "Religion Joins Custody Cases, to Judges’ Unease"
From the NY Times, a story by Neela Banerjee headed "Religion Joins Custody Cases, to Judges’ Unease." Some quotes:Across the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Courts - Two fascinating audio/video pieces
Two fascinating audio/video pieces, mentioned by Howard Bashman of How Appealing during the past week. First, if you don't have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 11, 2008
Courts - "Whether large law firms that successfully represent clients on a pro bono basis are entitled to seek substantial legal fees from the defendant"
The ILB has posted several entries on an issue raised primarily by last year's SCOTUS decision in the Louisville and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 11, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Courts - Residential neighborhoods, church building projects, and the RLUIPA
"The Connecticut Supreme Court Reaches the Right Decision In a Case Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 09, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Courts - "Oh, to be an in-house lawyer for big pharma".
So wrote the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, in an entry yesterday headed "Eli Lilly in Advanced Talks With Feds...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Courts - "Judges can't take Duke case"
Dan Horn reports today in the Cincinnati Enquirer:Four federal judges in Cincinnati have bowed out of the antitrust case involving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Courts - More on: Montana Supreme Court too slow in issuing opinions; Ohio just right
Then there is Texas. Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Janet Elliot of the San Antonio Express-News also had a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Court - "Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains Pillar of U.S. Justice"
Adam Liptak of the NY Times has a long, front-page article today on the American bail system, part of a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Courts - More on "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 23 about the case recently argued before the Ohio Supreme Court, Robert Barnes of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 28, 2008
Courts - Montana Supreme Court too slow in issuing opinions; Ohio just right
Supreme Court cases reportedly pile up in Montana. Yesterday the Billings Gazette had three stories on the problem. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 28, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Courts - Yet more on "Motion suggests guardian to oversee dogs seized from Vick home"
Updating earlier ILB entries, several stories today report on the success of the effort. From the Gary Post Tribune, Bob...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Courts - Hear! Hear! Slate columnists write "Lay off Linda"
Hear! Hear! The ILB points readers to this article in Slate, by Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick, headlined "Lay Off...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Courts - "Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts"
See this entry from Howard Bashman's blog, How Appealing, quoting this AP story (and lauding the Ohio Supreme Court website)....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Courts - Is "pleaded" or "pled" the proper usage?
An interesting question, one that the ILB has mulled over in the past. David Lat of Above the Law polled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 19, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Courts - Judge Posner and more
Peter Lattman of The WSJ Law Blog picks up a number of items today, several of which the ILB had...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 17, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Courts - "Justices to decide whether murder victims' prior statements are admissible"
David G. Savage reports in the Los Angeles Times:WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a Los Angeles...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Courts - Nevada high court defies lawmakers on salaries
ILB readers may recall Indiana stories of disputes between county courts and county commissioners over who sets the salary of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 13, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Courts - Husband posts about pending divorce in blog, court orders postings removed
From the NY Times today, a story by Abby Goodnough that begins:BOSTON — Normally, Garrido v. Krasnansky, a divorce case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Courts - "Fledgling Kentucky public defender takes case to highest court"
Not only the Indiana voter ID cases, but the Kentucky lethal injection case (see Sept. 28th ILB entry here) will...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
Courts - "Ohio Supreme Court upholds cap on damages"
From a story by Kimball Perry in the Cincinnati Enquirer:The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law Thursday that limits...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Courts - Still more on: Florida "Lawyer may lose license for blog entry on Broward judge"
Here is the initial ILB entry from Dec. 14th. It was follwed by this entry from later that same day....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Courts - Still more on: Illinois Judge Refused Post-Wreck DUI Test While Another Judge Ditched Beer
Remember this Illinois story from 2006, which coincided with reports here of "Marion Superior Court judge accused of drunken driving."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Courts - More on "Sentencing Commission Votes to Allow Retroactive Easing of Crack Cocaine Sentences"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 12th, Adam Litpak, NYT law columnist, writes today that the changes of the last...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Courts - More on: Florida "Lawyer may lose license for blog entry on Broward judge"
The WSJ Law Blog has now picked up on the Florida story cited by the ILB earlier this morning. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Courts - Florida "Lawyer may lose license for blog entry on Broward judge"
Tonya Alanez reported yesterday in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:A defense attorney's law license is at risk because he posted an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Courts - "Sentencing Commission Votes to Allow Retroactive Easing of Crack Cocaine Sentences"
Mark Sherman of the AP reported earlier today in a story that begins:The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Courts - Two big federal sentencing decisions today from the SCOTUS
To learn more, start with this post from Sentencing Law Blog, titled "A quick take on winners and losers in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 10, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
Courts - Still more on "Motion suggests guardian to oversee dogs seized from Vick home"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 17th, the Gary Post-Tribune is reporting:A Valparaiso University law professor has recommended that the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 07, 2007
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Courts - State trial court information online
The WSJ Law Blog has just posted an interesting entry about accessing a NY trial court complaint online:Here we were...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 06, 2007
Courts - "Time for Cameras: Those who are interested shouldn't have to line up overnight to watch Supreme Court debates"
The Washington Post published this editorial this morning:SOME 70 members of the public queued up in frigid conditions early yesterday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 06, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Courts - "There is no such thing as grandparents' rights. A right is something you're entitled to. Therefore, there can't be grandparents' visitation rights,"
That is a quote from the mother's attorney after a successful Illinois Supreme Court ruling involving the child's grandmother. Here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 03, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Courts - SCOTUS hears arguments in Rowe v. NH Motor Transport
The SCOTUS heard oral arguments yesterday in Rowe v. NH Motor Transport, a case with potential Indiana impact. Here is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Courts - Tennessee attorney is loser in Kentucky malpractice lawsuit
Andrew Wolfson has an interesting, an lengthy, story today in the Louisville Courier Journal that begins:He has been called the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Courts - "A Judge’s ‘Inexplicable Madness’ Over a Cellphone"
Howard Bashman's How Appealing has all the links that go with a story today from the Buffalo News that begins,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Courts - More on "Where Have You Gone, Sherman Minton?"
On Dec. 12, 2006, the ILB posted an entry titled "Where have you gone, Sherman Minton?" , noting that: "The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 23, 2007
Courts - "North Dakota should require proper findings by judges before sealing court records"
From a press release dated Nov. 20th by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:Court records should not be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Courts - SCOTUS will hear 2nd amendment case
The SCOTUSBlog is reporting this afternoon, in an entry that begins:After a hiatus of 68 years, the Supreme Court on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Courts - Cell phones in courtrooms
The ILB has had a number of entries on bans on cell phones and cameras in Indiana courtrooms and courthouses....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 19, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Court - More on: Reduced crack cocaine federal sentencing guidelines effective Niov. 1
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 1, Darryl Fears of the Washington Post reports today on retroactivity, in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Courts - "Desegregation Rulings Cause Confusion"
There is a long and very interesting article in the Washington Post today, written by Allen G. Breed of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 11, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Courts - "Aren’t we also behind the technology curve on this?"
The WSJ Blog asks that question this afternoon, with respect to a need for easy electronic access by the public...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 08, 2007
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Courts - "UCLA Law School and the Rand Corp. launched an alliance Friday to study secrecy in the nation's civil justice system"
From a story by Henry Weinstein in the Nov. 3rd Los Angeles Times:Michael Rich, Rand's executive vice president, expressed dismay...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 04, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Court - Reduced crack cocaine federal sentencing guidelines effective today
Erik Potter of the Gary Post-Tribune has the only Indiana story the ILB has seen on this. It begins:New federal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 01, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Courts - "Judicial Races Now Rife With Politics"
That is the headline to a long story on page 1 of the Sunday Washington Post, reported by Robert Barnes....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 28, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Courts - Kentucky Supreme Court joins 16 other states, including Indiana, with online webcasts of oral arguments
Brett Barrouquere of the AP reported yesterday in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Kentucky Supreme Court is going live and online....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 26, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Courts - More on: Pennsylvania Rule Prohibiting Judicial Candidates’ Speech Enjoined
This ILB entry from May 14th quoted a press release from attorney James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel for the plaintiffs...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Courts - "Lawsuit Targets Facebook Mobile Texting"
According to an AP story out of San Francisco written by Michael Liedtke (and picked up this morning by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Courts - More on "For the elite of the Supreme Court Bar, this is the Gilded Age. Or call it the Age of the Guild"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Richard Lazarus has now made his article, "Advocacy Matters Before and Within the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 22, 2007
Courts - "For the elite of the Supreme Court Bar, this is the Gilded Age. Or call it the Age of the Guild"
The is the introduction to Tony Mauro's article today in Legal Times, headed "New Study Suggests Veteran Advocates Sway Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 22, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Courts - "The Indianapolis Museum of Art wanted its Caravaggio back"
So begins this story today in the NY Times, reported by Anemona Hartocollis, about the problems resulting from the closing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Courts - "New rules on court records often ignored"
The ILB has posted many entries on sealed documents and on wrongfully sealed case files - here is a list...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 18, 2007
Courts - Wrap-up on "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 5th, which quoted from a Louisville Courier Journal story headed "Ogborn awarded $6.1 million...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Courts - More on "Motion suggests guardian to oversee dogs seized from Vick home"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Dan McFeely of the Indianapolis Star today reports on the Valpo Law prof's appointment in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Courts - "Motion suggests guardian to oversee dogs seized from Vick home"
"RICHMOND, Va. — Federal authorities on Monday filed a motion asking that a Valparasio law professor oversee the outcome of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Courts - "Demystifying the U.S. Supreme Court's Cert Granted Process"
Howard Bashman of How Appealing has posted a very useful article on the Supreme Court's cert review process. Here is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 14, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Courts - Still more on: Illinois chief justice doesn't just get mad, he sues
Updating this June 22nd ILB entry about the Chief Justice of Illinois' successful libel suit against a small Illinois newspaper,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 12, 2007
Courts: Women now make up 1/3 of Kentucky judiciary per report by Sec'y of State
See this entry by Michael Stevens in the Kentucky Law Blog, including this quote from the Northern Kentucky Post.:In 1995,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Courts - "Leave it to Texas to put a stop to executive overreaching"
The ILB's favorite Supreme Court writer is Dahlia Lithwick, who writes for Slate and appears on NPR's Day to Day....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Courts - ABA establishes judicial disqualification project, names IU prof
A release from IU Law-Bloomington:The American Bar Association has established a project to study judicial disqualification, called "The Judicial Disqualification...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Courts - Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney featured in WSJ Law Blog entry today
Merrillville native Maureen Mahoney, who has been on short-lists for the Supreme Court, has been the subject of several ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
Courts - Updating "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
"Ogborn awarded $6.1 million in strip-search hoax in Kentucky case against McDonald's" is the headline of a story posted this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 05, 2007
Courts - "Oyez Releases Oral Arguments for 2006-07 Term"
This is exciting. The SCOTUS Blog announced this afternoon that "Earlier today, the Oyez Project made available audio files of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 05, 2007
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Courts - Former NY Court's highest judge regains law license
"Sol Wachtler Got His Law License Back" is the headline to this post by Peter Lattman in the WSJ Blog,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Courts - Cameras in the courtroom
Definitely worth watching, the 2 hour and 30 minute U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Cameras in Federal Courts, via...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 01, 2007
Courts - "A guide to key cases on the Supreme Court's 2007-2008 docket"
From the Washington Post, a very nice "A guide to key cases on the Supreme Court's 2007-2008 docket" that begins...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 01, 2007
Courts - The First Monday in October
Today is of course the first Monday in October and the Supreme Court of the United States is beginning a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 01, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Courts - Kentucky lethal injection case granted cert Tuesday by SCOTUS [Updated]
James R. Carroll of the Louisville Courier Journal reported Sept. 25th in a story that began:The Supreme Court agreed yesterday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 28, 2007
Courts - More on Indiana Voter ID Law goes to Supreme Court
Daniel P. Tokaji, a law professor at Ohio State University, where he teaches election law, has an Op-Ed piece today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Courts - "Supreme Court to Address Pharmaceutical Companies' Protection From State Suits" [Updated]
AP reporter Christopher S. Rugaber writes today:The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide a case that centers on whether...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Courts - Still more on: Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS - voter ID review gets nod
Stories today on the Indiana voter ID case: "High court takes case on voter ID in Indiana: Ruling on state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Courts - More on: Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS - voter ID review gets nod
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Reuters has this report this afternoon. Lyle Denniston of SCOTUS Blog has an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Courts - Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS [Updated]
A pair of Indiana voter ID cases on the order list were granted cert: 07-21 ) CRAWFORD, WILLIAM, ET AL....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Courts - Outcome of Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS
The SCOTUS Blog reports this morning:The Court is scheduled to release orders at 10 a.m. Eastern of cases granted at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Courts - More on: Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS to be considered Sept. 24th
Updating this ILB entry from Saturday, which listed three Indiana-based cases eligible for cert grant at the SCOTUS conference today,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 24, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Courts - Indiana cert petitions to SCOTUS to be considered Sept. 24th
According to SCOTUS Blog, among the cert petitions more likely to be granted on Monday, Sept. 24th is the case...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Courts - Now there are two: Idaho joins Indiana as only states where no women on highest court
"Horton gets high court job" is the headline to this story earlier this week in the Spokesman Review, out of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Courts - More on "Transcripts of Federal Court Proceedings Nationwide To Be Available Online"
This ILB entry yesterday ended with "The release contains a number of other interesting items." Here is one of this,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Courts - Continuing with "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Today's story is headed "Ex-agent tells how hoax caller wielded power: Jurors also see first part of strip search."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Courts - "Transcripts of Federal Court Proceedings Nationwide To Be Available Online"
From a news release:The Judicial Conference of the United States today voted to make transcripts of federal district and bankruptcy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Courts - Firms to market major civil trials, hearings, and oral arguments
ALM "currently owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers, including The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Courts - Still more on "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
The Louisville Courier Journal continues its all-out coverage of the McDonald's strip search trial. From today's lengthy report by Andrew...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Courts - South Carolina's judicial selection process
The Charleston, South Carolina Post and Courier reports today on a legislative study underway in the state to perhaps allow...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 17, 2007
Courts - More on: Furor Over Presentence Story About Jurors
Updating this ILB entry from Sunday about a Connecticut paper's disclosure of information, including names, of newly selected jurors in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 17, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Courts - In Connecticut: Furor Over Presentence Story About Jurors
Martha Nell of the ABA Journal had a really interesting story Friday about a front-page story in the Connecticut Post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Courts - New book about the Supreme Court
Read NPR's Nina Totenberg's review of the new Jeffrey Toobin book, The Nine, plus read the first chapter of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 15, 2007
Courts - Missouri chief justice defends "Missouri plan" for judicial selections
Virginia Young of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week:JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 15, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Courts - Monday is Constitution Day
The Indiana Supreme Court is hosting an event:The Indiana Supreme Court's "Courts in the Classroom" program, in collaboration with the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 14, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Courts - Pennsylvania Chief Justice Cappy stepping down
Gina Passarella of The Legal Intelligencer writes today in a lengthy report:In a stunning close to an at times tumultuous...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Courts - Protecting the identiy of innocents in appellate court opinions
"No Names, Please: The Virtual Victimization of Children, Crime Victims, the Mentally Ill, and Others in Appellate Court Opinions" is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 10, 2007
Courts - "Supreme Court Memo: New Focus on the Effects of Life Tenure"
Linda Greenhouse of the NY Times has an interesting column today on life tenure. Some quotes:But it is beyond debate...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 10, 2007
Courts - "How Should a Federal Appellate Court Decide Whether an Appeal Should Be Orally Argued?"
Howard Bashman of How Appealing has an interesting article today in Law.com asking "How Should a Federal Appellate Court Decide...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 10, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Courts - More on "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Updating this ILB entry from Friday, Andrew Wolfson has a very long story today in the Louisville Courier Journal headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 09, 2007
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Courts - Continuing saga of Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
"Court won't hear diet-drug lawyers' appeal: Bond hearing set for Monday" is the headline to Andrew Wolfson's story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 08, 2007
Courts - Attorney sanctioned for plagiarizing material for briefs and by unreasonably billing his client for preparation of the briefs
Well, this is an attention getter. This order from an Iowa bankruptcy court, dated August 21, 2007 includes the following:After...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 08, 2007
Courts - California Chief Judge creates commission to study possible changes in state's judicial election laws
From a story by Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle that begins:California's chief justice, citing the increasing influence of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 08, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
Courts - Michigan lawyer courtesy rule overruled
From the ABA Journal:Controversial Michigan lawyer Geoffrey Fieger has won a round in his battle with Michigan state judges. A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 07, 2007
Courts - "McDonald's sanctioned in strip-search case"
Remember the case in Indiana where a man posing as a radio disc jockey tricked other men into disrobing? See...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 07, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Courts - Pressure continues in Missouri against the "Missouri plan" for judicial seelction; WSJ chimes in
"Is the "Missouri plan" in danger in Missouri?" is the title of an ILB entry from May 1, 2007, followed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 02, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Courts - Even more on: Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
Last Saturday, Aug. 18 we posted quotes from a story in the Louisville Courier Journal that:The defense and prosecution both...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Courts - SCOTUS to make briefs centrally available online, the day after filing
This is a great development, as SCOTUSblog noted on Friday:That database will be an enormously helpful resource -- to litigants,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 20, 2007
Courts - Drafting an effective notice of appeal in the federal system
Howard Bashman's weekly column at Law.com this week is titled "You Call That a Notice of Appeal?." It concludes:Drafting an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Courts - "Sealed documents in otherwise 'unsealed' cases" redeux
This ILB entry from July 12th reported on the ILB's efforts to assure that there are docket entries in all...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 19, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Courts - Yet more on: Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
Continuing the story of the jailed Kentucky fen-phen lawyers (see Wednesday's entry here), Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Courts - Still more on: Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today in a story headed "Judge sets hearing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Courts - Missouri State Senate Majority Leader asks attorney general to investigate the State's appellate judicial nominating panel
Two recent ILB entries, this one from May 1st headed "Is the "Missouri plan" in danger in Missouri?" and this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Courts - More on: Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
Following up on this ILB report from August 11th, Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal writes today:Three national experts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Courts - "Closing courts, erasing history"
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a must-read editorial today opposing the ABA proposal to seal many criminal records. It...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 11, 2007
Courts - Kentucky fen-phen lawyers ordered to jail
Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The three lawyers charged with bilking clients out of $46 million in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Courts - Albany Law Review article looks at the success of NY's intermediate appeals justices on appeal
The current issue of the Albany Law Review, referenced in the preceding ILB entry, has another article that looks very...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 10, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Courts - "States Look for Ways to Gauge Judge Performance"
Brittney Pescatore of The National Law Journal has this story today, headlined: "States Look for Ways to Gauge Judge Performance:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 03, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Courts - "Videos from W.Va. malpractice cases surface on YouTube"
Larry Messina of the AP reported this story yesterday, dateline Charleston, W.Va:To avoid a media circus, a judge ordered evidence...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 02, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Courts - Problems in birthplace of the Missouri plan?
"Judicial process continues to roil Missouri" is the headline to a story earlier this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Courts - More on: 7th Circuit affirms CD Illinois ruling dismissing suit to stop Illinois base closure
This ILB entry from Sept. 9, 2005 quoted from a Chicago Tribune story that began:SPRINGFIELD -- A federal appeals court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 27, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Courts - Ohio Supreme Court rules domestic-violence law applies to unmarried couples [Updated]
From the Cincinnati Enquirer:A Warren County man's attempt to invalidate the state domestic violence law has failed. In a decision...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Courts - Result in on "Mistrial declared in Notre Dame coach's malpractice case"
Updating this ILB entry from July 17, the AP is reporting this afternoon: BOSTON (AP) -- A jury on Tuesday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Courts - "Md. Judge Dismisses Sex-Abuse Charges"
The ILB has had a number of stories about provisions made in Indiana and elsewhere to assure the availability of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 23, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Courts - Louisville federal judge named to head the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation
Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier-Journal writes today:[Louisville's U.S. Chief District Judge John G. Heyburn II] has been appointed by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 22, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Courts - "Credit card receipts could be costly"
Andy Grimm reports in the Gary Post-Tribune today about suits being brought in Indiana and Illinois federal courts against Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Courts - Farm odors hit the fan in DC Circuit ruling
This ILB entry from just last Friday quoted from an AP story about the Purdue's involvement in an EPA study...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Courts - More on "Mistrial declared in Notre Dame coach's malpractice case"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 20th, quoting an AP story that began: "BOSTON (AP) -- A judge declared a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Courts - "Japan Learns Dreaded Task of Jury Duty"
Norimitsu Onishi of the NY Times has a long and very interesting front-page story today. Some quotes:Japan is preparing to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 16, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Courts - Wisconsin Right to Life moves again
Lyle Denniston posted an interesting long analysis at SCOTUSblog yesterday headed "WRTL moves quickly to exploit victory." Some quotes:Less than...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 14, 2007
Courts - Ohio municipal court judge issues apology to public
Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Sharon Coolige writes today:A Hamilton County Municipal Court judge who swore at an angry defendant during sentencing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 14, 2007
Monday, July 09, 2007
Courts - Kentucky lawyers debate 'squeal rules'
Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal has this report today. Here are a few quotes from the story:At the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 09, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Courts - "Gavel to Gavel (to Gavel to Gavel) Coverage"
Sunday's NY Times looks at the TV judges. A sample from the feature by Alessandra Stanley:Unheeded gripes are what keep...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 07, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Courts - Historic Courthouse in Seneca County Ohio may be torn down
Mitch Harper of Fort Wayne Observed writes today that "In Tiffin, Ohio, the County Commissioners there have voted 2 to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 05, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Courts - "D.C. Circuit Panel Reverses Itself on Tax Constitutionality Question" [Updated]
The blog Decision of the Day has just posted an entry on a ruling today from the DC Circuit reversing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
Courts - "Indiana lawyer tackles campaign-finance, election laws, winning 4 out of 5 challenges"
Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau has a long story today about Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 02, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Courts - More on: The Supreme Court - birth of a new jurisprudential era?
Updating this ILB entry from June 29th, David Savage of the LA Times writes in a lengthy front-page story today:WASHINGTON...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 01, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Courts - The Supreme Court - birth of a new jurisprudential era?
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy hosted a 90-minute review yesterday of the 2006-07 Supreme Court term. It...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 29, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Courts - More on: Chickens come home to roost in the case of the $67 million pair of pants
Updating this ILB entry from May 3rd, the decision is in, and the plaintiff ALJ not only lost his lawsuit,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Courts - U.S. Supreme Court should wrap up business this week
And it saved some of the most difficult cases for last. Mark Sherman of the AP did a preview yesterday....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 24, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Courts - "FTC warns states on attorney ad limits"
The Long Island Business News contains a report today that begins:States looking to beef up rules restricting how attorneys advertise...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 22, 2007
Courts - More on: Illinois chief justice doesn't just get mad, he sues
The ILB has had a number of entries about the Chief Justice of Illinois' successful libel suit against a small...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 22, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Courts - Senator Coates details contentious Senate confirmations
Thanks to Howard Bashman of How Appealing for catching this Indiana story that the ILB missed yesterday. Sylvia A. Smith,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 21, 2007
Courts - Wrapping up: It is best not to tell the judge she is "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal"
Wrapping up this story, last reported on in the ILB on June 16th, Daniel Ostrovsky of the Daily Business Review...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 21, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Courts - "Supreme Court Clerks’ $250,000 Clerkship Bonuses" [Updated]
The WSJ Blog had an interesting entry and discussion yesterday on AbovetheLaw.com blogger David Lat's contribution to the NYTimes op-ed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Courts - "The slow wheels of justice in Ohio"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday had a story by Reginald Fields on how long it takes the Ohio Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 18, 2007
Courts - Federal district court for western Michigan has had 3 of its 4 slots open for 18 months
A lengthy AP story by James Prichard in today's South Bend Tribune begins:GRAND RAPIDS -- The case files keep stacking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 18, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Courts - More on: It is best not to tell the judge she is "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal"
Following up on this ILB entry from May 31st, Daniel Ostrovsky of Daily Business Review reported yesterday, in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Courts - “[I]t is intolerable for the judicial system to treat people this way.” [Updated]
Those are the words of Justice David Souter, writing for the four dissenters in The Supreme Court's decision Thursday in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 15, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Courts - "A Clean Sweep for Conservatives?"
That is the likelihood posited by Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog. Read his analysis here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Courts - New twist on: Illinois chief justice doesn't just get mad, he sues
The ILB had a number of entries in 2006 under the heading "Illinois chief justice doesn't just get mad, he...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Ind. Decisions - More on "Does Judge Posner Write Too Much?"
Readers may recall this Decision of the Day entry on Judge Ripple re Judge Posner from June 5th. Today a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 11, 2007
Courts - "The Supreme Court ruled against executing the mentally retarded, but defining that group has proved difficult"
Some quotes from a story by David G. Savage in today's LA Times:Though the high court found that there was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 11, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Courts - More on: Litigants Blogging
On May 31st, in this ILB entry titled "Litigants Blogging," the focus was a doctor defending himself in a malpractice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 09, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Courts - "Increasingly Questionable Search Tactics Survive Fourth Amendment Scrutiny"
Decision of the Day today has this entry about the searches that are passing scrutiny in the federal circuit courts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 08, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Courts - More on: What is left for the Supreme Court to decide this term?
Updating the ILB entry from June 3, Marcia Coyle of The Nation Law Journal has a very comprehensive survey today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Courts - "Supreme Court Declines Case of Ala. Leukemia Victim's Widow"
From an AP story reported today at Law.com:The widow of a leukemia victim failed to persuade the Supreme Court Monday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Courts - What is left for the Supreme Court to decide this term?
Here are some guides. "Supreme Court ending term with big issues: School integration, campaign ads, Bush's faith-based initiative and more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 03, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Courts - Litigants blogging
On May 21st, Diana L. Skaggs of the Kentucky Divorce Law blog had an entry titled "Litigant Blogs Facts Of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 31, 2007
Courts - It is best not to tell the judge she is "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal"
AbovetheLaw.com had the details, including excerpts from the transcript, in this entry last week. Today Daniel Ostrovsky of the Daily...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 31, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Courts - "I was shocked it got overturned on such a technicality. That's something I would think a court in New York or California would do, but not Alabama."
Some quotes from this story today in The Decatur (Alabama) Daily, reported by Holly Hollman:ATHENS — A woman serving life...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 26, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Courts - "Negative Ad Trend in Judicial Campaigns Draws Objections"
From a report today by Greg Giroux at CQPolitics.com:The increasing nastiness and the upscaled campaign spending for judicial campaigns —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 25, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Courts - "Door opened for judicial candidates to speak out"
Torsten Ove of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a long article yesterday on the impact of the recent federal district court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Courts - Parents of a disabled child do not need an attorney to represent child [Updated]
From the AP coverage of the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court last February: "Parents should not be forced...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 21, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Courts - C-Span's America and the Courts features the Federal Appeals Court System
Tonight, May 19th at 7 p.m. on C-Span:Federal Judicial Center Deputy Director John Cooke takes a look at the last...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Courts - Brennan Center announces new report on impact of special interest pressure on state courts
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law has announced a new report, "The New Politics of Judicial...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 18, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Courts - Pennsylvania Rule Prohibiting Judicial Candidates’ Speech Enjoined
From a press release of attorney James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel for the plaintiffs:Federal District Court Judge Marvin Katz has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 14, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Courts - Delaware attorney reprimanded for statements in legal brief
Supplementing the ILB entry earlier this week titled "A Bit of Thin Skin Peeks Out of the Robes," the Wilmington,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 10, 2007
Courts - Connections between Kentucky fen-phen and priest abuse cases
Another story today in the Louisville Courier Journal about Cincinnati attorney Stan Chesley (see earlier ILB entrries mentioning Chesley here)....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 10, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Courts - An update on Pennsylvania Supreme Court judicial selection and retention
Pensylvania's judicial selection process differs from Indiana's. In Pennsylvania, all judges initially are elected on a partisan ballot, and thereafter...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Courts - Judge's libel victory against the Boston Herald upheld by Mass. high court
I remember the stories about the judge at time, although it was before the start of the ILB, so I...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 08, 2007