This is the first judicial interview in what will be an ongoing series here at Indiana Barrister (IB) titled “The Ten Spot.” The first to graciously participate is Judge John Daniel Tinder of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Judge Tinder was appointed District Court Judge for the Southern District of […]
The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana reports, “RDA board insists on self-rule, out of state’s shadow.” Holding off discussion of potential multimillion-dollar plans, the Regional Development Authority declared its independence from the state Tuesday. After listening during a public hearing Monday at Indiana University Northwest, the board held its first working session in the chancellor’s board […]
Thanks to sources within the court system Indiana Barrister was alerted to Senate bill 1768, authored by Sen. Arlen Specter, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would allow televising United States Supreme Court proceedings. The full text of the bill has not yet been posted online but Sen. Specter’s office has sent a copy […]
The Indiana Supreme Court published its opinion in PSI Energy, Inc. v. William Lee Roberts, Jr. & Beverly Roberts (pdf). It concludes: The wisdom of permitting a motion based on sufficiency of the evidence for the first time after trial was addressed in the course of the 1970 overhaul of Indiana trial procedure that brought […]
On Monday, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management began posting records of sanitary overflows on its “Compliance Evaluation Section” of its Web site and will update them every Friday. Today the Indianapolis Star reports: Every year, at least 1 billion gallons of untreated sewage flows into waterways and ditches and onto the ground in neighborhoods […]
The Indianapolis Star reports, “Police: Judge’s daughter faced peer’s knife attack.” A male student attacked the daughter of a Delaware County judge at Muncie Central High School with a knife Monday, leaving her with cuts to her throat and hands, officials said. Police said they do not believe the attack on 16-year-old Leigh Ann Vorhees […]
Today the Indianapolis Star reports, “Showdown on abortion is brewing.” The Bush administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a legislative ban on late-term “partial birth” abortions, appealing a July ruling by the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis that upheld a Nebraska federal district court ruling finding the federal […]
In his comment, Chad Michael Ross, a senior staff member of the University of Memphis Law Review, discusses the case of Taylor v. Holt, 134 S.W.3d 830 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003) in which The Tennessee Court of Appeals Allows a Computer Generated Signature to Validate a Testamentary Will, 35 U. Mem. L. Rev. 603-618 (2005). […]
“Petty criminals can walk, for a price” reads the headline in an article in today’s Indianapolis Star. If you commit a minor crime like shoplifting in Marion County, you can essentially buy your way out of trouble and have the charges dismissed. A pretrial diversion program — similar to ones in at least 76 other […]
In on a post on Looting in Houston, Prof. Eugene Volokh writes, “whatever the practical or moral merits of shooting looters, I think it’s surely morally laudable to warn looters that Texas law generally authorizes people to kill thieves to protect or recover their own property (setting aside the situation where the target took the […]
