Administrative Law: Copyright Infringement-Liability-Denial of Costs
Griner v. King (MLW No. 81633/Case Nos. 22-3623 & 23-2117 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Williams, J....
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Jones v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (MLW No. 81620/Case No. 22-3190 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Erickson, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of...
View ArticleCivil Rights: Social Services-Domestic Relations Exception-Lack of Jurisdiction
Moore v. Knodell (MLW No. 81632/Case No. 23-3544 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Pitlyk, J. The post Civil...
View ArticleMissouri woman’s murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a...
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a...
View ArticleMissouri abortion ban wasn’t about lawmakers imposing religious beliefs,...
A Missouri judge has rejected the argument that lawmakers intended to “impose their religious beliefs on everyone” in the state when they passed a restrictive abortion ban. The post Missouri abortion...
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U.S. v. Durrah (MLW No. 81623/Case No. 23-3127 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J. The post Criminal Law...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Drug Distribution-Revocation of Supervised Release-Use of...
U.S. v. Royce (MLW No. 81624/Case No. 23-3222 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J. The post Criminal Law:...
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U.S. v. Connors (MLW No. 81626/Case No. 23-2505 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ebinger, J. The post Criminal...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Felon in Possession of Firearm-Substantive Reasonableness of...
U.S. v. Maxwell (MLW No. 81629/Case No. 23-2992 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Moody, J. The post Criminal...
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U.S. v. Tumea (MLW No. 81628/Case No. 23-2785 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J. (Nova D. Janssen, AFPD,...
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U.S. v. Seastrom (MLW No. 81631/Case No. 23-3500 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Reade, J. The post Criminal...
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U.S. v. Sayles (MLW No. 81625/Case No. 23-2352 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Ketchmark, J. The post...
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U.S. v. Carpenter (MLW No. 81636/Case No. 23-2533 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa. The post Criminal Law:...
View ArticleEmployer – Employee: Age Discrimination Title VII-Hostile Environment
Hill v. McDonough (MLW No. 81635/Case No. 23-1797 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. The post Employer –...
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Shaik v. Experity (MLW No. 81630/Case No. 23-3117 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Piersol, J. The post...
View ArticleMotorist who blacked out and caused accident liable for $250,000 verdict
A St. Louis County jury has decided on a quarter-million-dollar verdict in an unusual case over a motorist who “blacked out” on an interstate highway for unknown reasons. The post Motorist who blacked...
View ArticleCriminal Law: Unlawful Possession of Firearm-Self Defense
State v. Rodgers (MLW No. 81650/Case No. SD37796 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Growcock, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Butler County, Pritchett, J. (Ellen H. Flottman,...
View ArticleProbate: Trust Dispute-Exclusion Of Evidence-Due Process
Baker v. Baker (MLW No. 81647/Case No. SD38065 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Texas County, Beger, J. (David Arthur Osborne,...
View ArticleReal Property: Public Road-Common-Law Dedication-Public Prescriptive Easement
Porton v. Box (MLW No. 81646/Case No. SD37755 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Taney County, Johnson, J. (Richard Lane Schnake and...
View ArticleReal Property: Unpaved Road-River Access-Public Road
Romano v. Adams (MLW No. 81645/Case No. SD37377 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Goodman, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Christian County, Johnson, J. (Bryan Ormsby Wade and...
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