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View ArticleJury awards verdict for plaintiff in motor vehicle crash
A Clay County jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident. However, the amount of the verdict was more in line with what the defendant, who admitted liability, requested.
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country.
View ArticleStates sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are...
View ArticleCourt rules elephants can’t pursue release from Colorado zoo because they’re...
Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.
View ArticleTrump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters, dismissing...
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to...
View Article16th Circuit names Robert E. Gordon as latest Family Court commissioner
Robert E. Gordon was appointed as the 16th Judicial Circuit’s newest Family Court commissioner. His appointment fills the Division 42 vacancy created by the retirement of Commissioner Sherill L. Rosen.
View ArticleTrump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.
View ArticleAdministrative: Social Security Disability Benefits-Success on...
Kertz v. Colvin (MLW No. 82621/Case No. 24-1045 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Harris, J. (Daniel S. Jones,...
View ArticleCivil Rights: State Inmate-Temporary Injunctive Relief-Jurisdiction
Flemons v. Hatchett (MLW No. 82623/Case No. 24-2294 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Miller, J.
View ArticleCriminal Law: 2255 Motion-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Failure to...
Gundersen v. U.S. (MLW No. 82624/Case No. 24-1032 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ebinger, J.
View ArticleCriminal Law: Conspiracy to Make False Claims-Motion to Dismiss-Statute of...
U.S. v. Charles (MLW No. 82616/Case Nos. 23-2931, 23-2932, 23-2933, & 23-2934 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Motion to Vacate Sentence-Ineffective Assistance of...
Burnett v. U.S. (MLW No. 82617/Case No. 23-3423 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J. (Jessica M....
View ArticleCriminal Law: Production of Child Pornography-Appeal Waiver-Substantive...
U.S. v. Wolf (MLW No. 82620/Case No. 24-1540 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Schreier, J.
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Employee Action-Summary Judgment Adverse Judgment
Bollinger v. AutoZoners, LLC (MLW No. 82622/Case No. 24-2184 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Rossiter, J.
View ArticleEmployer-Employee: Union Dues-Automatic Paycheck Deduction-Constitutional...
Todd v. American Federation of State (MLW No. 82615/Case No. 21-3749 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Nelson, J....
View ArticleFederal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright...
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a...
View ArticleCourt compels arbitration in Burger King employee wage dispute
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ruled Jan. 13 in an employee-employer arbitration case, in part granting the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration while also denying the...
View ArticleReality TV couple among more than 20 suing Los Angeles after losing home in...
Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in recent weeks.
View ArticleOath Keepers founder barred from entering Washington without court’s permission
A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s approval after President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader’s...
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