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State ex rel. Nixon v. Rues (MLW No. 59972/Case No. WD70590 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Where the state won a default judgment against an inmate seeking reimbursement for the costs of incarceration, the ...

State v. Vogt (MLW No. 59974/Case No. WD70378 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.) Where a defendant sought withdrawal of his guilty plea in a drug-trafficking case by arguing that his conviction violated the Fourth ...

Hayes v. State (MLW No. 59975/Case No. WD70231 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, P.J.) Even though the state filed kidnapping charges in two counties, which resulted in violation of the priority rule for cases of ...

State v. Jones (MLW No. 59976/Case No. WD69994 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) 1)Where a defendant convicted of domestic assault tried to introduce his paycheck records to show that the victim attempted to cash ...

C.H. v. Wolfe (MLW No. 59971/Case No. WD70695 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Where a man sought a full order of protection against his neighbor, also an adult male, but he did not show ...

In the Estate of Laura Downs v. Bugg (MLW No. 59973/Case No. WD70409 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a trial court found appellant to be in contempt of court for failing to repay ...

  Goerlitz v. City of Maryville (MLW No. 59960 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a homeowner claimed that ricocheting bullets from a nearby firing range were coming onto her property, the claim was ...

In the Interest of J.M.G. v. Juvenile Officer (MLW No. 59661 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where two boys participated in forensic interviews with a counselor at a child advocacy center and one of ...

Missouri Public Service Commission v. Oneok, et al. (MLW No. 59959 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.) Even though natural gas distributors assigned their claims of price fixing against natural gas suppliers to the Missouri ...

Western Extralite Co. v. Safeco Insurance Co., et al. (MLW No. 59931/Case No. WD70260 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a contractor ordered light fixtures from a distributor and parts of the fixtures were ...

Charity is charity, whether the recipient has two legs or four, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled on Thanksgiving week. The court reversed and remanded a State Tax Commission decision last week, saying that when it comes to ...