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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 to hear cases involving their campaign contributors. The rules were added to the judicial code of conduct and were proposed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 29, 2009 04:49 PM
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 before an audience of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers in Philadelphia on Friday. "Appointment is no less political. It's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 12, 2009 12:47 PM
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 on the ruling - access it here. Here are some quotes from Warren Richey's story in The Christian Science Monitor:Washington...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 9, 2009 10:01 AM
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 v. A. T. Massey Coal (see ILB entry from earlier today). The resultant entry is headed "Massey Coal Ruling Getting...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 8, 2009 03:43 PM
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 a 5-4 ruling in the case of Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal. Here is an early AP report. Here...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 8, 2009 11:10 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 11 NFP)
For publication opinions today (2): In Gloria J. Hayes v. The Trustees of Indiana University, a 25-page opinion, in an employment termination case, Judge Darden writes:Hayes asserts that the trial court erred in granting the University's motion for summary judgment....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 11, 2009 11:35 AM
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 SCOTUSBlog. The Charleston West Virginia Gazette-Mail has a story Sunday headed "W.Va. mining case could shape U.S. judicial races". "Case...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2009 01:56 PM
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 3, and about which the ILB has posted many times before, including most recently Feb. 15th, is featured today in...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 17, 2009 10:13 AM
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 3, and about which the ILB has posted many times before, is the subject of a story today by Adam...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 15, 2009 08:29 AM
Law - Even more on "Kentucky Tests State's Reach Against Online Gambling"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 13th, which began with this quote from the Lexington Herald-Leader:LOUISVILLE — Lawyers representing online gambling interests told the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday that Gov. Steve Beshear’s effort to seize domain names is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 21, 2009 08:06 AM
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 Coal, No. 08-22. Headed "Judges Urge High Court to Assure Recusals in Cases Involving Substantial Election Contributions," Wednesday's story reports:Twenty-seven...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2009 02:35 PM
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 justice system in West Virginia is broken and the United States Supreme Court should take steps to fix it, according...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 14, 2008 02:16 PM
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 is broken and the United States Supreme Court should take steps to fix it, according to a pile of briefs...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 12, 2008 11:59 AM
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, campaign reform and citizens' groups this week filed briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case challenging a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2008 06:09 AM
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' nest stirred up by the refusal of an acting West Virginia chief justice to recuse himself from a multimillion-dollar appeal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 4, 2008 08:23 AM