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Ind. Courts - "Cass Circuit Court Judge Leo Burns, a self-taught Civil War historian, jumped at the chance to talk about Lincoln"
Kevin Lilly of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports today in a story that begins:A special guest visited Miss June Cotterman’s fourth grade class on Thursday for a “birthday bash” in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Cass Circuit Court Judge Leo Burns, a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 13, 2009 01:14 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Case in jeopardy because of typos"
Updating this ILB entry from July 19th, Kevin Lilly of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reported on July 23rd, under the headline "Judge says typo didn’t harm case":A judge ruled this week that multiple clerical mistakes did not prejudice the defendant’s rights...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 29, 2008 01:44 PM
Ind. Courts - Yet more on "Judicial candidate's registration in question"
Updating this ILB entry from July 9th, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal writes:A squabble over who should be on the ballot in the race for Clark Circuit Court judge has presented a new test for a state...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 20, 2008 09:30 AM
Ind. Courts - "Case in jeopardy because of typos"
Kevin Lilly, Logansport Pharos-Tribune news editor, reported Friday:A typographical error might have jeopardized the prosecutor’s case against a man accused of having sex with a Cass County teenager and getting her pregnant. In a hearing in Cass Circuit Court Thursday,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 19, 2008 10:52 AM
Ind. Courts - More on "Judicial candidate's registration in question"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, quoting a story from the Louisville Courier Journal that began:Questions have been raised about whether Clark County Democratic Party Chairman Rod Pate properly registered Dan Moore as the party's nominee in November's race for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 8, 2008 08:10 AM
Ind. Courts - "Judicial candidate's registration in question"
Ben Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Questions have been raised about whether Clark County Democratic Party Chairman Rod Pate properly registered Dan Moore as the party's nominee in November's race for Clark Circuit Court judge. Pate said last...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 7, 2008 08:49 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on J. Bradley King, et al. v. Leo T. Burns
More J. Bradley King, et al. v. Leo T. Burns, et al., the case where the candidate for circuit court judgeship's paperwork was filed at the wrong office, which is on today's transfer list. A reader has written in to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 17, 2007 02:34 PM
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending August 17, 2007
Here is the Indiana Supreme Court's transfer list for the week ending August 17, 2007. There were three transfers granted this week. One. Darius V. Bowles v. State. is summarized in this ILB entry from last Friday. Two are summarized...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 17, 2007 12:22 PM
Ind. Gov't. - "Candidate who checked wrong box is out"
A story today in the Indianapolis Star reports:Carmel -- A candidate for the City Council was booted from the Republican Party's May primary ballot because he checked the wrong box about his voting history on an election form. The Hamilton...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 13, 2007 10:03 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Court refuses to disqualify candidate"
The AP has a story on yesterday's Court of Appeals decision in the case of J. Bradley King and Krisi Robertson in their official Governmental capacities as Co-directors of the Indiana Election Division, et al. v. Leo T. Burns, et...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 1, 2007 08:57 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 13 NFP)
(Link to Cases): For publication opinions today (6): J. Bradley King and Krisi Robertson in their official Governmental capacities as Co-directors of the Indiana Election Division, et al. v. Leo T. Burns, et al. is a case about which the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 31, 2007 12:51 PM
Ind. Courts - "Budget, family center, caseload top issues for judge candidates"
"Budget, family center, caseload top issues for judge candidates" is the headline to an article by Dave Kitchell of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune on the race for Cass Circuit Court judge. Some quotes:Much can happen in six years when a public...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 2, 2006 05:50 PM
Ind. Courts - "Request for Stay in Burns' Ballot Case Denied by Appellate Court "
Jeff Smith of Mix 102 reported yesterday:LOGANSPORT - The state election division has lost another legal battle in its effort to have Leo Burns' name removed from the November election ballot. The Indiana Court of Appeals today has denied a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 14, 2006 11:43 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Judge Ridlen rules in Leo Burns' ballot battle for Cass County Circuit Court Judge
Judge Ridlen has ruled again, according to this story by Joe Ulery and Jeff Smith on MIX 102:LOGANSPORT - Leo Burns' name is still on the Cass County ballot for Circuit Court Judge. Judge Julian Ridlen has denied a request...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 4, 2006 06:42 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Judge Ridlen rules in Leo Burns' ballot battle for Cass County Circuit Court Judge
Two stories today from the Logansport Pharos-Tribune on the "Leo Burns' ballot battle." First, a story headed "State appealing Ridlen decision on Leo Burns," which reports:The candidacy of a Cass Circuit Court candidate is on hold again. Attorneys with the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 28, 2006 03:13 PM
Ind. Courts - Judge Ridlen rules in Leo Burns' ballot battle for Cass County Circuit Court Judge
Joe Ulery reports via Mix 102 out of Logansport:Cass County Circuit Court Judge Julian Ridlen has issued a permanent injunction that translates into Democrat Leo Burns' name being placed onto the fall election ballot. Burns is running for Circuit Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 25, 2006 02:39 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: Leo Burns' ballot battle for Cass County Circuit Court Judge continues
Updating yesterday's entry, the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports:Cass Circuit Judge Julian Ridlen has taken a case under advisement that could determine who will succeed him. On Tuesday, Democrat Leo Burns appeared in his court to begin the process of appealing a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 21, 2006 11:16 AM
Ind. Courts - Leo Burns' ballot battle for Cass County Circuit Court Judge continues
Mix 102 out of Logansport reports today, via a story by Joe Ulery:Attorneys have until tomorrow to submit arguments in the Leo Burns' ballot battle. The Democratic candidate for Cass County Circuit Court Judge is suing to get his candidacy...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 20, 2006 04:50 PM
Ind. Courts - Mistake in filing may keep Cass Circuit jdge candidate off the ballot
Dave Kitchell of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune has had several stories over the past few weeks about a Cass County attorney's problems in getting his name on the ballot. On Aug. 25 Kitchell reported:A mistake that fell between the cracks of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 10, 2006 10:46 AM
Ind. Courts - Burns becomes Democratic candidate for Cass Circuit bench
The Logansport Pharos-Tribune reports, in a story by Dave Kitchell:Cass County voters will have one more race to think about this fall, and it involves the highest-paying elected office in the county. Logansport attorney Leo Burns is announcing today he...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2006 09:28 AM