The Indiana Law Blog http://indianalawblog.com/ Focus is on Indiana law, and on interesting developments in law, government, and more (not just in Indiana). en-us Copyright 2010 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:32:11 -0500 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:47:12 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ind. Gov't. - "As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On" An eye-opening story today on the front page of the NY Times. And yes, Indianapolis is mentioned several times. This... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_govt_as_sta.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_govt_as_sta.html Indiana Government Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:32:11 -0500 Ind. Decisions - Another interesting 7th Circuit opinion today This is a 9-page opinion in a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to the ND Illinois, In re... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_a_135.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_a_135.html Ind. (7th Cir.) Decisions Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:59:34 -0500 Ind. Courts - Hogsett's hearing set Here is the agenda for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Sept. 16, 2010. From Item I. Nominations:Kathleen M.... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_courts_hogs.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_courts_hogs.html Indiana Courts Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:51:46 -0500 Ind. Gov't. - "Parking Meters Will Be a Cash Register That Never Stops Ringing for the Vendor" Over the years, the ILB has had a long list of entries on the privatization of parking meters in Chicago.... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_govt_parkin.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_govt_parkin.html Indiana Government Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:08:00 -0500 Courts - "Ohio's republican justices squawk over website" From the Columbus Dispatch's "Daily Briefing" blog, see this item posted by statehouse reporter James Nash. Ohio justices are elected,... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_ohios_re.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_ohios_re.html Courts in general Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:22:05 -0500 Environment - 2010 Indiana Environmental Statutes now available This is the 2010 edition of the annual publication, the Indiana Environmental Statutes, sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_201.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_201.html Environment Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:57:29 -0500 Courts - "Kansas joins case to head off federal carbon regulation" This lengthy story appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 edition of the Wichita Kansas Eagle. Some quotes:Attorney General Steve... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_kansas_j_1.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_kansas_j_1.html Courts in general Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:59:58 -0500 Environment - "New Asian carp czar John Goss outlines approach" Tina Lam of the Detroit Free Press reports:The White House said today it has chosen John Goss, former director of... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_new_13.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_new_13.html Environment Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:40:21 -0500 Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 9 NFP) For publication opinions today (2): In Department of Waterworks v. Community School Corp., So. Hancock, a 21-page, 2-1 opinion (including... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_c_1366.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_c_1366.html Ind. App.Ct. Decisions Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:44:26 -0500 Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana ruling today In Brown v. Automotive Components Holdings (SD Ind., Judge Young), a 15-page opinion, Judge Sykes writes:Letecia Brown, an assembly-line... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_7_437.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_7_437.html Ind. (7th Cir.) Decisions Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:33 -0500 Courts - "Appeals Court in Atlanta Again Rejects Racial Discrimination Claim" Here are a couple quotes from Adam Liptak's "Sidebar" column in the NY Times of Sept. 6, 2010:Last month, for... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_appeals_2.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_appeals_2.html Courts in general Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:15:49 -0500 Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court sides with lottery losers, says suit can proceed" Yesterday's COA decision in Jeff Koehlinger, et al. v. State Lottery Commission of Indiana (ILB summary here, 3rd case) is... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_a_134.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_decisions_a_134.html Ind. App.Ct. Decisions Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:07:26 -0500 Ind. Law - More on: New Indpls Bar Ass'n PAC "insulate attorneys from donating directly to Marion County judicial candidates" [Updated] Re this ILB entry posted earlier this afternoon, a reader asks:Instead of giving equally to every judge on the ballot,... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_law_more_on_270.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/ind_law_more_on_270.html Indiana Law Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:37:42 -0500 Environment - "One of the state of Ohio's solutions -- transporting future manure to farm fields outside the watershed, including fields in Indiana -- has alarmed some Hoosiers in East Central Indiana." Updating this August 31 ILB entry headed "We don't need Ohio's environmental problems," this August 30th Muncie Star-Press article by... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_one_1.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/environment_one_1.html Environment Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:22:32 -0500 Courts - "Barring Hunters From Jury Panel Violates 'Batson,' N.Y. Judge Finds" What about Indiana? Daniel Wise writes today in the New York Law Journal in a story that begins:The same U.S. Supreme Court precedent... http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_barring.html http://indianalawblog.com/archives/2010/09/courts_barring.html Courts in general Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:01:24 -0500