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Ind. Law - Valpo law office secretary charged with theft of $70K
Ken Kosky reports in the NWI Times today:VALPARAISO | A woman accused of stealing more than $70,000 from an attorney while she served as his secretary was charged Wednesday with three felonies. Trina R. Grutzius, 29, of Lowell, was charged...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 23, 2009 09:55 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Porter Judge Alexa rules on Soliday residency dispute
Vicki Urbanik has a long story today in the Chesterton Tribune on the Soliday hearing yesterday. It begins with the clearest description I've seen on Judge Alexa's ruling:With less than two weeks left in this year’s session of the Indiana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 18, 2007 09:38 AM
Ind. Decisions - Porter Judge Alexa rules on Soliday residency dispute
Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports today:VALPARAISO | The challenge to the residency of state Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, was thrown out of court Tuesday morning. Porter Superior Judge Bill Alexa cited the separation of government powers when ruling...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 18, 2007 09:01 AM
Ind. Law - Porter Judge Alexa to hear Soliday residency dispute today
The Gary Post-Tribune reminds us that:VALPARAISO -- Porter Superior Court Judge William Alexa will hear arguments today regarding whether Rep. Ed Soliday should keep his seat in the Indiana House. Soliday, a Republican, filed a motion to dismiss a suit...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 17, 2007 08:44 AM
Ind. Law - Porter Judge Alexa to hear Soliday residency dispute
From an AP story in the Chesterton Tribune:VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A judge must determine whether a lawmaker lives in his northern Indiana legislative district as required by law and whether he is eligible to replace outgoing state Sen. Vic...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 13, 2007 08:01 AM
Law - New Kentucky Law Journal article addresses the issue of what body is to judge the Qualifications, Elections, and Returns of Members of the General Assembly
In this ILB entry from Feb. 3, 2007, the ILB noted the overlap between the state Rep. Ed Soliday election dispute in Indiana and the long-running disputed state Senate election in Kentucky. In both cases the issue was whether the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 28, 2007 09:20 AM
Ind. Law - Soliday election dispute hearing delayed
Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports today:VALPARAISO | State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, nearly will complete the first of his two legislative sessions before the legal challenge to his residency is heard in court. A hearing on Soliday's request...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 14, 2007 09:34 AM
Ind. Law - More on "State expected to defend Soliday in residency dispute" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 27th, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times writes today:The Indianapolis law firm of House Minority Leader Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, is seeking to dismiss the local lawsuit challenging the residency of state Rep. Ed Soliday,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2007 08:14 AM
Ind. Law - "State expected to defend Soliday in residency dispute"
Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times writes today:VALPARAISO | The Indiana attorney general's office may be coming forward to defend newly-elected state Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, against a lawsuit accusing him of living outside his legislative district, according to an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 27, 2007 08:34 AM
Ind. Law - Still more on: "Election official bows out of lawmaker's residency dispute"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 15th, the Chesterton Tribune has this story by Vicki Urbanik, reporting: A lawsuit filed by five voters asks a Porter County judge to declare the election of State Rep. Ed Soliday void, and either...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 23, 2007 08:33 AM
Ind. Law - More on: "Election official bows out of lawmaker's residency dispute"
This Feb. 3, 2007 ILB entry began by quoting from an AP story: "VALPARAISO, Ind. - The debate over whether a newly elected lawmaker actually lives in his northern Indiana district may be headed to court after a top state...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 15, 2007 09:16 AM
Ind. Law - "Election official bows out of lawmaker's residency dispute"
The AP is reporting:VALPARAISO, Ind. - The debate over whether a newly elected lawmaker actually lives in his northern Indiana district may be headed to court after a top state election official announced he'll stay out of the dispute. J....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 3, 2007 05:01 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Recent coverage of Governor's Illiana and Commerce Connector proposals
Updating the ILB's most recent entry on these proposals, which was Jan. 25th, here are newer stories, oldest first:"Is bypass up against Catch-22?" from the Jan. 26th Indy Star. Lt. Gov. Skillman is quoted:She says she understands the public's need...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 29, 2007 07:16 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Governor's Illiana and Commerce Connector proposals under fire
[Opinion piece] The ILB tries always to remain nonpartisan, but coming from Chesterton in Porter County, the farms of many of my friends are directly in the path of the Governor's recently unveiled plan to take by eminent domain a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 23, 2007 08:26 AM