“The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed the final document Tuesday in the discipline case against former judge Benjamin Pfaff, criticizing the timing of his apology and recent resignation,” reports the Elkhart Truth. You can access the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications online. Pfaff pointed a handgun at an 18-year-old while searching for his runaway […]
Following up on an Oct. 8 entry titled, “Judge: Take infant off life support,” Judge Marilyn Moores talked with WISH-TV of Indianapolis about the decision. “This was maybe the hardest thing that I have ever done and I know how hard it has been for the other individuals in that courtroom. The doctor had tears […]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to several cases today that may impact Hoosier citizens and businesses. In some the Court will consider the extent of the federal government’s power to regulate the development of wetlands. The Court agreed to hear three separate cases, all of which involve issues of whether federal laws that protect […]
The Indianapolis Star has an article titled, “Keeping secrets: Hoosiers are wrongly denied access to meetings and information in half of their requests to governments.” State and local government agencies in Indiana wrongly withheld records or blocked access to meetings in more than half the cases investigated by the public access ombudsman in the last […]
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia commented Monday that the Supreme Court confirmation process was too politicized and that he would not want to experience it again. Scalia, when asked during an interview on NBC’s “Today” program if he thought he could again be confirmed by the Senate, said “I don’t know. I wouldn’t want […]
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports, “Bankruptcy law overhaul generating ad blitz locally.” The story reads: Recently, ads from area attorneys and law firms highlighting the upcoming changes in bankruptcy law seem to dominate the local advertising mix. Advertising by attorneys and law firms isn’t new, but most ads do not focus on such a […]
Brian Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press reports, “Online court records hit snag: Indiana Supreme Court cancels contract to link all documents.” Need to look up court records from your divorce? How about checking into the criminal background of a possible tenant before you lease to him? Think you might log onto your computer […]
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rejected (pdf) a Bush administration interpretation of EPA requirements that weakened the EPA’s ability to monitor air pollution from industrial sources. The appeals court held that a 2004 EPA settlement with several utility and industry groups ran afoul of previous EPA interpretations of the 2002 Clean Air […]
So reads the headline in this article in the Indianapolis Star. A judge ordered life support removed Friday from a 5-month-old Indianapolis boy with a severe head injury that investigators say was caused by abuse. The Marion County Department of Child Services requested the removal of the ventilator that is keeping Hamad Elijah Sanda alive. […]
Attorney General Steve Carter has published the following press release: Six more individuals have been charged on 19 counts of illegal activity in the 2003 East Chicago primary election announced members of the Joint Voter Fraud Task Force led by Lake County Prosecutor Bernard A. Carter and Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter. One of the […]
