16th Circuit Commission shares applicant details for Del Muro vacancy
The 16th Circuit Judicial Commission announced the demographic information of 12 candidates who hope to fill a circuit judge vacancy.
View ArticleEEOC sues over remote work denial after stroke
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a utilities service company alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
View ArticleJudge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store
A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions...
View ArticleVotes won’t be counted for Arkansas medical marijuana ballot measure, court says
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday blocked votes from being counted for a ballot initiative that would have expanded medical marijuana in the state, ruling that the proposal's language was misleading.
View ArticleSexual assault by apartment maintenance tech leads to $14M settlement
A Missouri woman has reached a $14 million confidential settlement with the owner of an apartment building and its property manager following a sexual assault by a maintenance technician who used a...
View ArticleCommentary: Passage of Amendment 6 at Nov. 5 election will eradicate...
By passage of this amendment, voters will be unwittingly destroying an iconic provision of the Missouri Constitution.
View ArticleTexas man whose execution was halted doesn’t appear at state Capitol after...
A Texas man whose execution was halted and then called to testify at the state Capitol did not show up Monday over growing pushback from state leaders who have blasted lawmakers' last-ditch tactics to...
View ArticleDomestic Relations: Child Support-Modification
Tolu v. Stientjes (MLW No. 82241/Case No. ED112115 – 32 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Navarro-McKelvey, J.) Appeal from circuit court, St. Louis County, Flynn, J. (Evita Tolu,...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Unlawful Use of a Weapon-Sufficiency of Evidence
State v. Fleenor (MLW No. 82245/Case No. SD38241 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Greene County, Myers, J. (Carol Jansen, Columbia for...
View ArticleMunicipal: Utility Poles-Restriction of County Action
Grain Belt Express, L.L.C. v. Chariton County (MLW No. 82244/Case No. WD86613 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Boone County, Devine,...
View ArticleBankruptcy: Chapter 7-Employment of Special Counsel Finality of Order
In re: Western Robidoux, Inc. (MLW No. 82262/Case No. 24-6006 – 10 pages) (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 8th Circuit, Jones, J.) Appealed from U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Minnesota.
View ArticleCivil Rights: 1983-Adverse Judgment-Res Judicata
Goodwin v. Vander (MLW No. 82259/Case No. 24-1602 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Gerrard, J.
View ArticleCivil Rights: 1983-Unlawful Search and Seizure-Malicious Prosecution
Watson v. Boyd (MLW No. 82253/Case No. 22-3233 – 38 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Hamilton, J. (Daniel Scott...
View ArticleCivil Rights: Prison Inmate-1983-Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Griffin v. Holcomb (MLW No. 82258/Case No. 24-1371 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Wilson, J.
View ArticleCriminal Law: Armed Robbery-Effective Advisory Range-Denial of Downward Variance
U.S. v. Redmond (MLW No. 82264/Case No. 23-3689 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J.
View ArticleCriminal Law: Conspiracy to Distribute Drugs-Sentencing...
U.S. v. Thomas (MLW No. 82256/Case No. 23-3493 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Locher, J.
View ArticleCriminal Law: Distribution of Child Pornography-Mandatory Minimum...
U.S. v. Garner (MLW No. 82254/Case No. 23-3012 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Rudofsky, J. (Omar Greene,...
View ArticleArbitrator sides with defense over engineering dispute
Concrete wall panels installed in 2011 and the cracks that appeared in the panels for years led to multiple repairs and an arbitration demand that was decided in favor of the defense.
View ArticleBAMSL welcomes new attorneys to the bar
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis hosted new lawyers who passed the February or July bar exams this year in both Missouri and Illinois at a Welcome to the Bar celebration at the Law Library...
View ArticleFlorida sues Garland for blocking state probe into Trump assassination attempt
Florida is suing the Justice Department to stop federal authorities from blocking the state's investigation into the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
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