Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Ind. Courts - Approximately 72% of the voters statewide asked that the three justices be returned to the bench
A release today from the Indiana Courts reports on the results of the retention election on November 4th. The release begins:The 2008 retention ballot marks the first election where any Indiana Supreme Court Justice has attracted more than one million...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Ind. Courts - Voters Retain All Indiana Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Tax Court Judges on the November Ballot
From the official release on the Court website:Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Supreme Court Justice Brent E. Dickson, Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm, Court of Appeals Judge Carr L. Darden, and Tax Court Judge Thomas G....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Indiana high court retained by voters"
So reads the LegalNewsline headline today to a report by Scott Sabatini that begins:INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline)--Change may be among the most prolific words used this campaign season, but Indiana voters stayed the course with a majority of state Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Ind. Courts - Brief editorial in Bloomington paper on state judges up for retention
"Lawyers' poll backs state judges" is the heading to a brief editorial ($$) today in the Bloomington Herald-Times:A reader recently asked the H-T editorial board about the judicial retention questions on the ballot. While they are initially appointed, judges on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Ind. Courts - Journal Gazette on state appellate judicial retention
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today, covering both local and appellate judges. Some quotes:Hoosiers statewide are being asked whether to retain three state Supreme Court justices, a court of appeals judge and the state tax court judge....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on appellate judges up for retention
I have created a new ILB category, Judicial Retention. Clicking on it will lead to all the ILB entries about the 2008 judicial retention ballot. I have also placed a temporary link in the upper right hand corner of this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Judges receive 'yes' votes from bar members"
The ISBA has just issued this press release:INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 15, 2008) -- The Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) has completed its compilation of the 2008 Judicial Retention Poll responses. Results indicate overwhelming support, by ISBA members, of the three Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Five state-appointed jurists face retention vote Nov. 4"
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a story today on the state judges up for retention by the voters on Nov. 4:Hoosier voters get their chance next month to retain or reject three justices of the Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Ind. Courts - 2008 Indiana Judicial Candidate Information via Indiana Right to Life
Indiana Right to Life has its own website on the appellate jurists up for retention November 4th. Access it here. Its links are to the Lexis cases provided via the Indiana Courts' Retention Website, which is available here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 10, 2008
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on: Information about appellate jurists on the November ballot
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 2, a press release posted late yesterday on the Court website, announces: "New Website Allows Voters to Learn About Indiana Supreme Court and Appellate Judges Who Are Up for Retention."Voters can surf the web...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Ind. Courts - Information about appellate jurists on the November ballot
At the Commission on Courts meeting August 28th, as noted in this Sept. 1st ILB entry:Judges Terry Crone and Cale Bradford appeared before the Commission on Courts to discuss with legislators what the judiciary is doing to insure a more...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 02, 2008
Monday, September 01, 2008
Ind. Courts - Indiana appellate judges create retention website
As I wrote in this ILB entry on Friday, an item on the agenda of the Commission on Court's meeting Aug. 28th was: "Public access to information concerning retention elections for judges of the Indiana supreme court, court of appeals...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 01, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Three justices and at least one appellate judge up for retention this year
Updating this ILB entry from July 1, all incumbent appellate judges up for retention this year have now filed to seek retention. They include: Three of the five members of the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Justice Brent...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 14, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on: Three justices and at least one appellate judge up for retention this year
This July 1st ILB post reported that:Three of the five members of the Supreme Court: Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, Justice Brent E. Dickson, and Justice Theodore R. Boehm. must stand for retention in 2008, if they wish to remain...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 07, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Ind. Courts - Three justices and at least one appellate judge up for retention this year
In 2006 one Supreme Court justice, Frank Sullivan Jr., and five Court of Appeals judges, James S. Kirsch, Terry A. Crone, Ezra H. Friedlander, Edward W. Najam Jr., and Patricia A. Riley, were up for retention for new 10-year terms....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 01, 2008