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Archive for September, 2005


The Ten Spot: Judge John D. Tinder

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

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 […]

Regional Development Authority declares independence

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

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 […]

Bill submmitted to televise Supreme Court proceedings

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

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 […]

Supreme Court decision online

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

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 […]

Shedding light on sewage

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

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 […]

Judge’s daughter attacked

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

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 […]

Abortion ruling appealed to Supreme Court

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

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 […]

Computer generated signatures

Monday, September 26th, 2005

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). […]

Pretrial diversion

Monday, September 26th, 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 […]

Using “deadly force”

Monday, September 26th, 2005

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 […]