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Court OKs KCP&L takeover of Aquila 
A state appeals court has upheld Kansas City Power & Light’s 2008 acquisition of fellow utility company Aquila. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said it was OK that only two of the five members of the Public Service Commission voted to allow KCP&L’s holding company, Great Plains Energy Inc., to take over Aquila and [...]
Continue reading...Teens’ cell bills excluded from child support
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Teenagers might be more willing to part with a limb than their cellphones, but that doesn’t mean the monthly bill qualifies as an “extraordinary expense.” An appeals court today reduced a Cass County man’s monthly child support payment because it included money specifically to cover part of his children’s cellphone bills. The form used to calculate [...]
Continue reading...Western District has first all-female panel of judges
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Today’s arguments at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District weren’t much different from any others – except that all three judges were, for the first time, women. Judges Lisa White Hardwick, Karen King Mitchell and Cynthia L. Martin comprised the panel, which heard six cases this morning in Kansas City. Although the 11-member Western District has [...]
Continue reading...Municipal judges aren’t city employees, court rules
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A state appeals court says the city of Kansas City was within its rights to reject an applicant for a municipal judgeship because she was white. The decision reverses a $2.1 million verdict against the city. Melissa Howard sued the Kansas City Council after it twice rejected her and two other white women for the municipal [...]
Continue reading...Eminent domain ballot language changed again
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Missouri courts have once again rewritten a proposed ballot item that would alter Missouri’s constitutional provisions for eminent domain. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said this morning that most of the ballot summary and fiscal explanation, written by the secretary of state and state auditor offices, was sufficient. A Cole County judge had reached [...]
Continue reading...44 seek out appellate judgeship in Western District
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
More than 40 attorneys have applied to fill an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, the Appellate Judicial Commission released this afternoon.The vacancy is left by Judge Hal Lowenstein, who retired in August after 28 years on the appellate bench. The commission received 44 applications, which included 12 women and 32 men. Of [...]
Continue reading...Fake urine sample earns man a forgery charge
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
An appeals court says authorities can charge a Randolph County man with forgery for providing a false urine sample in a drug test. Robert Smothers was charged with one count of forgery and one count of possession of a forging instrument after he used a device called a “Whizzinator” and dehydrated urine to try to fool [...]
Continue reading...Hobbs elected to Judicial Commission
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Lawyers in the Western Appellate District have selected J.R. Hobbs for a position on the Appellate Judicial Commission. According to election results announced today, Hobbs, of Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian in Kansas City, received 1,026 votes. Challenger Denise Henning, of The Henning Law Firm, received 898 votes. There were also 13 write-in votes for unspecified candidates. Hobbs [...]
Continue reading...Arbitrator can decide unauthorized practice of law cases
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
An appeals court gave a mixed victory to a woman trying to sue a Honda dealership for unauthorized practice of law. In an opinion issued this morning, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said an arbitrator is qualified to determine whether Lee’s Summit Honda practice of charging a $200 fee for preparing documents counts as [...]
Continue reading...One week left to vote for appellate and circuit judicial commission members
Friday, October 30, 2009
Lawyers have until Friday, Nov. 6, to cast ballots for lawyer members of two judicial selection commissions. Two attorneys – Denise Henning and J.R. Hobbs – are vying for an open spot on the Appellate Judicial Commission for the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Three attorneys – Amy Hock Hogenson, Matthew Rossiter and Rick Wuestling [...]
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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