The Indiana Law Blog

• Courts - Former Indiana University administrator and "non-traditional" law student argues before SCOTUS as a Meyer Brown associate

  Here is the story, from the Chicago Law blog. It begins:Fourth-year associates at big law firms rarely find themselves making... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Ind. Courts - Disciplinary Commission Executive Secretary Donald R. Lundberg resigns effective Jan.1, 2010 to join Barnes and Thornburg

  Here is the announcement, which begins:The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission Executive Secretary Donald R. Lundberg will resign as head... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  

• Ind. Law - IU-Law Indianapolis Professor Mary Harter Mitchell has died

  From a message sent by Dean Gary Roberts earlier today:Professor Mary Mitchell passed away early this morning from liver failure.... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  

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

  For publication opinions today (2): In Robin Lovitt v. State of Indiana , a 10-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:Concluding that... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:45am EST
  

• Ind. Decisions - One Indiana decision today from the 7th Circuit

  In U.S. v. Anthony Hampton (SD Ind., Judge Tinder), a 22-page opinion, Judge Williams writes:A series of 911 calls reporting... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:23am EST
  

• Law - "Missing Georgia Lawyer and Her Husband Are Declared Dead" [Updated]

  This is pretty scary (especially in light of recent news here in Indiana). From the ABA Journal Blog:A Savannah lawyer... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• Courts - Still more on "Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene"

  On May 13, 2009 the ILB posted an entry quoting from a NY Times story by John Schwartz about "a..." [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:53am EST
  

• Courts - "Flipping off Illinois judge gets homeless man new digs -- jail"

  Carolyn Rusin reports in the Chicago Tribune:A homeless McHenry County man in trouble with the law will have a roof... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:25am EST
  

• Environment - More on: "Indiana participates in Dana cleanup with $2 million stock distribution"

  An interesting side-note to this Oct. 13th ILB entry - WLKI 100.3 News had this item yesterday, headed "City Council..." [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:27am EST
  

• Courts - State of Indiana co-authors amicus brief in Melendez-Diaz challenge

  From a press release issued yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- Following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that abruptly required crime-lab... [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:02am EST
  

• Ind. Gov't. - Dispute about lowering twp. trustee salary in northern Indiana township

  The Kankakee Valley Post-News (Newton-Jasper counties) had a story last week by Cindy Ward headed "Board president tries to reduce..." [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:44am EST