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A Missouri law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws is hampering efforts to protect the public, federal authorities say.
Read More »Feds: Missouri gun law poses ‘clear and substantial threat’
Missouri high court tosses mall shooting murder conviction
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a man's murder conviction in a deadly 2018 shooting outside a suburban Kansas City shopping mall because he wasn't allowed to argue at trial that he acted in self-defense.
Read More »Eastern District denies challenge to initial cash bond
The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Dec. 14 turned aside a challenge to the practice of setting bond as part of the initial arrest warrant in criminal cases. Now the attorney who brought the challenge hopes the Missouri Supreme Court will take up the matter.
Read More »Sutton named to Western District appeals court
For 33 years, Judge Janet Sutton’s job changes have required her to move no further than one floor of the Clay County Courthouse to the next. Her next move is a bit bigger.
Read More »Missouri court adds to ban on Biden contractor vaccine rule
A federal judge in Missouri added another legal block Monday against President Joe Biden's requirement that federal contractors receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
Read More »30th Circuit filings to be interrupted during realignment
Electronic services in the 30th Judicial Circuit will be suspended from noon on Dec. 27 though midnight Jan. 2 while Benton County moves to the 27th Circuit.
Read More »Missouri treasurer cracks down on schools with mask mandates
Missouri's treasurer no longer will help schools refinance bond debt unless superintendents promise not to enforce face mask requirements and other COVID-19 safety measures issued by local officials.
Read More »Renters’ rights: Kansas City tenants’ right to counsel upends landlords with pro se litigation pattern
The approximate 10 percent of landlords who represent themselves in eviction court must now scramble for their own lawyers. The Kansas City Council unanimously voted to approve an ordinance that starts a program to fund legal representation for the city’s tenants by June 2022.
Read More »Court finds whistleblower law allows suits for co-workers’ acts
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Dec. 14 reinstated an auto mechanic’s claim that he was fired for reporting a co-worker for stealing, despite a recent change in state law that appeared to bar such a suit.
Read More »Medical-marijuana application data fight pits right against right
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing what attorneys argued is a conflict of rights established by the state’s medical marijuana constitutional amendment.
Read More »Transgender student wins on claim of discrimination
A Jackson County jury has ordered the Blue Springs School District to pay $4.175 million to a transgender student who was denied equal access to the boys’ restrooms and locker room.
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