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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)
For publication opinions today (3): In Annexation of Certain Territory to City of Muncie, Indiana v. Certain Halteman Village Section I and Brewington Woods Landowners, a 17-page opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:Appellant-respondent City of Muncie (Muncie) appeals the trial court's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 6, 2009 01:04 PM
Environment - Wood stoves and wood-fired outdoor boilers still a problem
The ILB has had dozens of entries, going back as far as Dec. 2005, on the regulation of wood-fired outdoor boiler in Indiana. IDEM originally was going to do it, then backed off and left local government to deal with...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 26, 2009 02:53 PM
Law - "Recession Batters Law Firms, Triggering Layoffs, Closings"
This is the headline to this lengthy story today in the WSJ, reported by Nathan Koppel. Some quotes:After upending a succession of U.S. industries, the recession has arrived for U.S. law firms, which have long seen themselves as partially insulated...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 26, 2009 06:41 AM
Law - Chicago firms laying off attorneys and staff
Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports:Two Chicago law firms fired attorneys this week, and more layoffs loom as firms retrench in the face of financial tumult hitting their corporate clients. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal let go of about 24...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 17, 2008 11:15 AM
Environment - "Burning Issue: As wood stoves gain popularity, air-quality concerns rise"
The ILB has had many entries about outdoor, wood fired furnaces or boilers. Yesterday the WSJ had a long article by Suzanne Barlyn on the environmental hazards of indoor wood stoves. Some quotes:The soaring prices of heating oil and natural...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 16, 2008 01:13 PM
Environment - New Hampshire's new law regulating outdoor wood boilers goes into effect
As the ILB wrote in this Feb. 12th entry:The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used to heat homes. This entry from Nov. 24, 2007 gives some good...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 15, 2008 10:13 AM
Ind. Law - "Artist asks Valparaiso board to define vendor policy"
We've reported on the development of golf cart ordinances and wind farm ordinances, as well as local efforts at governing outdoor wood-fired boilers.* Today it is artists working on street corners. James D. Wolf Jr. writes today in the Gary...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2008 08:57 AM
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues four Indiana opinions today
In U.S. v. Kevn L. Hicks (ND Ind., Judge Lee), an 11-page opinion, Judge Flaum writes:Kevin Hicks was arrested when police responded to a 911 caller who reported that an armed man was beating a woman. Hicks was charged with...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 9, 2008 01:11 PM
Environment - "Georgia Court Halts Construction of New Coal-Fired Plant"
The subhead to this July 3rd story in Scientific American is: "First-ever thumbs-down by a court based on greenhouse gas as a pollutant." The report begins:A Georgia court this week halted construction of a new 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant on...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 4, 2008 08:24 AM
Environment - Effectiveness of LaPorte County ordinance regulating outdoor wood boilers
The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used to heat homes. This entry from Nov. 24, 2007 gives some good background. Because IDEM and US EPA have both...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 12, 2008 01:14 PM
Environment - Outdoor wood fired boilers not the only culprit
The ILB has had number stories about concerns raised by outdoor wood-fired boilers used to heat homes. Today Mary Wilds of the NWI Times reports on another concern - indoor wood-fired stoves that may not meet already existing federal and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 7, 2008 01:06 PM
Environment - An update on outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB's first entry on wood-fired boilers was nearly two years ago. (Here is a list of all entries.) IDEM had posted a notice in the Indiana Register asking for written comments on whether a new rule should be developed...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 24, 2007 05:17 PM
Ind. Courts - Files on 191 defendants, hidden in the 1990s, discovered in 2005, announced this week
A pretty incredible story today, reported by Bill McCleery of the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes: The Johnson County prosecutor was forced Wednesday to dismiss misdemeanor criminal charges against 191 defendants in Greenwood City Court because their files were hidden away...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 30, 2007 08:01 AM
Environment - Continuing coverage of: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to a long list of ILB entries on the regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers in Indiana, the Michigan City News-Dispatch reports today, in a story by Laurie Wink:La PORTE - The City of La Porte joined a growing list...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 8, 2007 10:22 AM
Environment - Even more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to the ILB's now very long list of stories about the regulation of wood-fired boilers is this brief report from the Michigan City News-Dispatch: LaPORTE - A moratorium was placed on installation of new outdoor wood-fired boilers by LaPorte...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 6, 2007 08:50 AM
Ind. Decisions - "'Honk for peace' case tests limits on free speech"
Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle writes today about the Jan. 24th 7th Circuit decision in the Indiana case of Mayer v. Monroe County. (See ILB summary here.) Some quotes from the story:When one of Deborah Mayer's elementary school...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2007 08:16 AM
Environment - Vermont may be first state to regulate outdoor wood fired boilers
From the Rutland, Vermont Herald today:MONTPELIER — Vermont is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt emission regulations for outdoor wood boilers following the approval of a major new environmental rule by a legislative committee Wednesday....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2007 03:45 PM
Ind.Decisions - More on "Gay-rights article stirs debate over student freedoms"
Updating this ILB entry from March 26, 2007, Krista J. Stockman of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a story headlined "Journalism groups rally to aid adviser." The journalism teacher who allowed the student newspaper to publish an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 31, 2007 03:23 PM
Law - "Blogs can top the presses"
"Column One is a showcase for Los Angeles Times stories that are notably original, surprising, amusing or just plain interesting. It appears every day but Sunday and gets its name from its location in the newspaper — in the far-left...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 17, 2007 09:35 AM
Ind. Law - Yet more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB has had a slew of entries on the topic of regulating outdoor wood-fired boilers/furnaces. First there was outrage from a southern Indiana legislator when the Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) published a First Notice asking for public comments...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2007 08:23 AM
Environment - Interesting report today on wood-burning outdoor boilers
Regulation of outdoor wood burning boilers/furnaces appears to be being kicked back and forth between different levels of government. Recall that last year IDEM published a request for public comments on the possibility of and need for imposing regulation of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 29, 2006 01:01 PM
Environment - Wood-fired boilers; Great Lakes firing range plan
Wood-fired boilers. Wood-fired boilers, a topic on which the ILB has posted entries once or twice before, is (are?) the subject today of a lengthy NY Times report. Some quotes:Their owners proudly proclaim that they reduce dependence on foreign oil...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 18, 2006 04:52 PM
Ind. Law - Still more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 5 are two stories this weekend on wood-fired boilers/furnances. Lauri Harvey Keagle of the NWI Times has a story headed "Owners weigh in on furnace debate: NIRPC group moving forward on draft ordinance." Meanwhile,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 27, 2006 06:37 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 14 NFP)
For publication opinions today (3): In In the Paternity of J.A.P., a 17-page opinion, Judge Riley writes:Appellant-Petitioner, J.A.P., by next friend, Sheila Puckett (Puckett), appeals the trial court’s Order Determining Paternity and directing Appellee-Respondent, Daniel Jones (Jones), to pay child...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 17, 2006 10:40 AM
Ind. Law - More on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to numerous earlier entries on outdoor wood-fired boilers or furnaces, inlcuding this partial ILB list, are two recent stories in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Laura Harvey Keagle wrote on Nov. 1:PORTAGE | While there are not many outdoor...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2006 05:04 PM
Ind. Law - Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this Sept. 11th ILB entry on municipalities taking up the ball on regulating wood-fired outdoor furnaces and boilers, Lauri Harvey Keagle of the Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today:PORTAGE | Outdoor wood-burning furnaces may provide a good alternative to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 21, 2006 04:24 PM
Environment - Revised ordinance for outdoor wood boilers set for review
The ILB has had many entries on the state environmental agency's efforts to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers. The effort stalled in early 2006. Local governmental units have now begun their own efforts to address the issue. Here is an ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 11, 2006 06:25 AM
Environment - Evansville seeks to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The Evansville Courier& Press has a story today by Bryon Rohrig that reports:Although discussion and likely passage of a ban on the heating devices won't come until late August, an ordinance outlawing them will be introduced in the Evansville City...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2006 07:41 AM
Ind. Courts - "Scott judge will appoint special prosecutor to see if allegation against prosecutor merits charge"
"Special judge to study case: Scott judge will appoint special prosecutor to see if allegation against prosecutor merits charge" was the headline to a story by Aubrey Woods Friday in the Seymour Daily Tribune. Some quotes:BROWNSTOWN — A Scott County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 9, 2006 12:06 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Judge rules Eli Lilly broke research contract
Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star had a story on Jan. 7th (see ILB entry here) headlined "Judges rules Lilly broke research contract." Today he has a major report on the case, headlined "ELI LILLY AND CO. VERSUS EMISPHERE TECHNOLOGIES...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 26, 2006 01:29 PM
Environment - Batesville has problems with outdoor wood-fired boilers
If I read this story correctly, no one in Batesville has heard of IDEM's proposed ordinance to consider regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers! Here is a list of many of the recent ILB entries on the issue. And the ILB...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 9, 2006 03:48 PM
Environment - Gary Post-Trib has another good wood-fired boilers story
Tim Zorn of the Gary Post-Tribune has good coverage again today of the wood-fired boilers issue. His comprehensive Jan. 22nd story is featured in this ILB entry. Some quotes:[T]he Indiana Department of Environmental Management is considering whether to impose regulations...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 3, 2006 10:12 AM
Environment - House amendment would prohibit regulation of wood-fired boilers
A press release of State Representative Eric Koch, dated yesterday, announced:(STATEHOUSE) Jan. 30, 2006 – An amendment by State Representative Eric Koch (R-Bedford) to House Bill 1332 would pre-empt the Indiana Department of Environmental Management from regulating outdoor wood burning...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 31, 2006 07:28 PM
Enviroment - Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate
"Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate" is the headline to a comprehensive story today by Tim Zorn in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:As heating costs soar, more people are using wood-fired boilers — an old technology with a new twist —...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 22, 2006 12:00 PM
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit posts more opinions this afternoon
In addition to the establishment clause case blogged here earlier today, the 7th Circuit has now posted two criminal law cases, one of them Indiana-based, and a civil suit against the City of Lafayette. In VanGilder v. City of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 13, 2006 04:36 PM
Environment - More on wood-burning outdoor boilers
The ILB's first entry on outdoor wood-fired boilers, dated Dec. 5th, quoted from this comprehensive story in the South Bend Tribune. The Tribune story included this picture of what an outdoor wood-fired boiler/furnace looks like. Today WNDU 16, also from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 9, 2006 05:35 PM
Ind. Law - Still more on IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers; Bedford paper speaks out against the Indiana Register
Updating the ILB entry from Jan. 2, here is a press release from IDEM, announcing that it has extended the deadline for its 1st comment period on consideration of outdoor wood boiler rules from Jan. 3rd to March 3rd. Some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2006 05:13 PM
Ind. Law - More on IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boiler
Updating the ILB entry from Dec. 29th, here is some background on the origin of IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boiler. (It is pretty long, but I noticed the ILB has gotten a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 2, 2006 01:58 PM
Ind. Law - "IDEM had more or less kept their comment period a secret"
Bedford's WBIW is reporting this afternoon:Cities like Los Angeles might require air-quality control, however for environmentalists to claim [outdoor] wood-burning furnaces are a health problem in Indiana is ridiculous. State regulators asked for comments from Hoosiers on the subject, and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 29, 2005 02:24 PM
Environment - Two more Indiana papers pick up corn-fired boiler story
Two more papers, the Louisville Courier Journal and the Evansville Courier& Press have picked up (here and here) the syndicated corn-fired outdoor boiler story the ILB criticized in this entry this weekend: "Pros and cons of wood-fired (or corn-fired) outdoor...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 12, 2005 09:15 AM
Environment - Pros and cons of wood-fired (or corn-fired) outdoor boilers [Updated]
Monday the South Bend Tribune had a story titled "Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object to resident's heat source." See the ILB entry here, which also links to the IDEM proposal to do a rulemaking...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 10, 2005 12:47 PM
Environment - Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat
"Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object to resident's heat source" is the headline to this story today in the South Bend Tribune. Outdoor wood-fired boilers (OWB), according to the story:look like small sheds with chimneys....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 5, 2005 08:55 AM
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit posts four today
Gulley, Evalene v. Sahara Coal Trust (Benefits Review Board, US Dept. of Labor) [7 pp.] Enodis Corporation v. Freeland, Daniel (ND Ind., Allen Sharp, Judge) [8 pp.]Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges. EVANS, Circuit Judge. By now it...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 8, 2005 01:31 PM
Environment - Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air Rules
"Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air Rules" is the headline to this story today in the NY Times. Some quotes:About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet seven-year-old standards for microscopic particles of pollution that cause...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 18, 2004 09:36 AM
Environment - Stories this weekend
The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette has a really excellent (and lengthy) piece today on the conflict between pollution and economics, titled "The black cloud over power." Here are some quotes, but the piece deserves a full reading:PETERSBURG – Ray Breidenbaugh...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 3, 2004 02:27 PM
Environment - CWA, plus a number of air stories
"EPA cites five Ohio dairies for violations" was the headline to this story yesterday in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The report begins:Five large dairies in northwest Ohio have been cited for violations of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 2, 2004 10:11 AM
Environment - Stories today
"Another dairy CAFO, another fight" is the headline to this lengthy story today in the Muncie StarPress. Some quotes:HARTFORD CITY - Citizens are starting a campaign to stop a Netherlands couple from building a 2,000-head dairy CAFO (concentrated animal feeding...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 30, 2004 06:45 AM
Indiana Decisions - [Updated] 7th Circuit posts four rulings
Note: The CA added three more cases to its site to go along with the first, which I had blogged here earlier today. Frederiksen, Michell v. Caneva, Ron (ND Ill.)Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. A...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 16, 2004 12:39 PM
Indiana Decisions - 7th Circuit Posts Four Today
Ballinger, Jay S. v. USA (SD Ind., Judge Barker)Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. From 1994 to 1999 Jay Scott Ballinger and his girlfriend Angela Wood traveled around the United States setting at least 26 churches...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 11, 2004 01:04 PM
Indiana Decisions - Four 7th Circuit Opinions Posted Today
Sembos, Athanasios v. Philips Components (ND Ill.)Before RIPPLE, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges. MANION, Circuit Judge. Athanasios Sembos sued his former employer, Philips Components, for age discrimination after Philips fired him. Sembos also alleged state law claims for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 19, 2004 12:23 PM
Indiana Decisions - Seven 7th Circuit Opinions Today
BERTRAND, DANIEL v. OSWALD, THEODORE W. (ED Wis. )Before POSNER, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges. POSNER, Circuit Judge. * * * The circumstances that we have narrated demonstrate a high probability that some, maybe all, of the jurors...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 29, 2004 12:38 PM
Environment - Sunday Indianapolis Star editoralizes
"State's environmental record should be an issue in governor's race, but it's not," is today's lead editorial in the Sunday Indianapolis Star. This piece is the 4th of five the Star has planned on "issues crucial to this year's race...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 27, 2004 12:23 PM
Indiana Decisions - Eight 7th Circuit Rulings Posted Today
HALL, KEVIN T. v. USA (SD Ill.) Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges. BAUER, writing for the panel, rules that "Hall is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine whether there was an actual conflict of interest that produced...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 15, 2004 01:53 PM
Indiana Decisions - 7th Circuit Opinions Posted Today
Among the 7th Circuit opinions posted today are LEHN, DONALD A. v. HOLMES, MICHAEL L. (4/14/04 USCA 7th Cir.) and KIJONKA, HENRY S. v. SEITZINGER, MICHAEL (4/14/04 USCA 7th Cir.) In LEHN, a pro se prisoner appeal from the SD...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 14, 2004 04:19 PM
Law - 7th Circuit Ruling Interesting on Several Levels; Including Comments re Unpublished Opinions
Sierra Club, Inc. v. EPA (2/19/04 USCA 7th Cir.) Easterbrook, CJ Petitions to Intervene. This 4-page opinion relates to a petition to intervene in a suit brought by the Sierra Club against the U.S. EPA:After the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 21, 2004 07:14 AM
Environment - Coal Ash
"More than 130 groups across the nation, including some from Indiana and Kentucky, petitioned the federal government yesterday to stop allowing waste ash from coal-fired power plants to be dumped where it can come into contact with drinking water supplies."...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 10, 2004 05:03 PM