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  Where a state resident filed a declaratory judgment action against the governor and lieutenant governor, challenging the governor’s authority to appoint the lieutenant governor, the state resident had standing to proceed as a taxpayer, and the governor had plenary ...

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Scott Wilson of The Hines & Wilson Law Firm in Columbia has been inducted as a fellow of The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Class of 2019. Wilson, who earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1998, ...

The 21st Circuit Judicial Commission nominated three associate circuit judges to fill a vacancy on the St. Louis County Circuit Court. Judges Jason D. Dodson, Joseph L. Green and Richard L. Stewart are finalists for the vacancy created by the ...

Spencer Fane has added Brian Markley to the firm’s Kansas City office. Markley will be a partner in the litigation practice group. He previously clerked for U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum and served on the staff of Sen. John ...

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Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. has appointed Bryan Covinsky to serve as the next Jackson County Counselor. Covinsky comes to the position from the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, where he was chief trial attorney of the violent crime ...

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Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris has added Linda Adeniji as an associate. Adeniji’s practice focuses on civil litigation related to general employment law. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a claims professional for an insurance company. She earned her ...

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The US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has dusted off an ADR tool used infrequently in Missouri but effective in certain cases known as Early Neutral Evaluation. Recently, the court ordered two cases out to ENE with ...

Defendant rented a mobile home lot from plaintiff; the terms of the lease stated that the property could be occupied only by the named tenants and that the lease was not assignable or subleasable without plaintiff’s approval. Defendant and her ...

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  Plaintiff appealed the denial of its complaint for declaratory judgment to allow contributions from a corporation’s treasury to a PAC established or maintained by that corporation. Plaintiff argued that the trial court erred by ruling that the Campaign Contribution ...

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  Defendant appealed from the divorce judgment, arguing that the trial court erred by not including legal descriptions for the real estate included in the equitable distribution, by not awarding the parties their nonmarital property prior to distributing the marital ...

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  Petitioner appealed from the denial of his pro se post-conviction motion, arguing that the trial court violated his due process rights by accepting a statement in lieu of an amended motion filed by appointed post-conviction counsel because no attorney ...

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