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• Ind. Courts - "Calif. High Court Reflects on Brief Policy"; What About Indiana?

  That first clause is the heading to this story today by by Mike McKee of The Recorder, whose report begins:Hoping... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:29pm EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today

  In Kohlmeyer v. Second Injury Fund, a 7-page, 5-0 decision, Justice Dickson writes:Indiana's statutory worker's compensation scheme enables certain totally... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:33pm EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court sets Dec. 11, 2009 as execution date for Matthew Eric Wrinkles

  Updating this ILB entry from August 13, 2008, headed "7th Circuit rules in Indiana case where defendant wore stun-belt throughout..." [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  

• Ind. Laws - "Lawmaker to push texting-driving ban"

  Following up on this earlier ILB today on texting, Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a report... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)

  For publication opinions today (2): In Larry D. Smith v. State of Indiana , a 6-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Barnes... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:33am EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - Still more on: " First, Annex Books, now New Albany DVD"

  Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 10th, Harold J. Adams reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The City of New... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• Ind. Courts - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today

  In U.S. v. Tyrone Vaughn (ND Indd., CJ Miller), a 15-page opinion, Judge Rovner writes:A jury convicted Tyrone Vaughn... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:48am EST
  

• Courts - Oral argument today before the SCOTUS in RICO case in which many states have an interest

  According to this entry today in SCOTUSBlog, the SCOTUS today is hearing the following case:1 p.m. – In Hemi Group,... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:36am EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - More on: Upcoming oral arguments this week and next

  The ILB's weekly "Upcoming Oral Arguments" entry, both this week and last, indicated that NO oral arguments had been posted... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

• Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Indiana Supreme Court Suspends Judge Accused of Theft"

  Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 29th, which quoted a story about the cost and inconvenience to the City of... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:45am EST
  

• Courts - More on: Louisville paper gets it wrong re Kentucky AG "advising" the Corrections Department not to follow a recent state Supreme Court ruling; Implications

  Yesterday the Louisville Courier Journal, at the behest of the Kentucky Attorney General, published a correction in its printed paper... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• Not Law - "Newsday Columnist Quits Over Paywall, Wants To Be Read"

  TechDirt has an entry on the renewed effort of some newspapers to make their online stories pay-for-view that begins:One of... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:05am EST
  

• Courts - Still more on: "Kentucky Supreme Court to hear online gambling case"

  Updating this Oct. 23rd ILB entry, which quoted from a story on the oral argument that took place Oct. 22,... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:55am EST
  

• Law - More on Ed DeLaney attack: $3 million bond set

  Robert Annis has a report in today's Indianapolis Star about the arraignment of the accused attacker, Augustus Mendenhall.... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:45am EST
  

• Law - "Driven to Distraction: When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison "

  The NY Times had a long and moving, front-page story Sunday, by Elizabeth Rosenthal, about texting. "A 24-year-old fashion designer..." [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• Ind. Courts - "Tippecanoe County Judge, Purdue professor take on problem-solving courts in book"

  Sohia Voravong's story in the Lafayette Journal Courier Nov. 2nd began:Becoming a registered voter, signing up for a library card,... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:13am EST
  

• Ind. Courts - Court of Appeals visits Benton Central High School

  Meranda Watling reports on a Court of Appeals oral argument held at Benton Central High School in Oxford, Indiana last... [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:04am EST