Leonard v. Frisbie, et al. (MLW No. 60436/Case No. WD70421 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, per curiam) Where a pro se appellant submitted an inadequate brief and failed to supply a transcript of the proceedings, the ...
Read More »Administrative: School Districts – Settlement Enforcement – Administrative Hearing Panel
State ex rel. St. Joseph School District v. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MLW No. 60435/Case No. WD70847 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.) Where parents and a school district disputed whether they had ...
Read More »Administrative: Licensing – Reinstatement – Findings Of Fact
Rednam v. State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts (MLW No. 60432/Case No. WD71290 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Where the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts entered an order revoking ...
Read More »Real Property: Zoning – Billboard – Condemned Property
Reiz, et al. v. Board of Zoning Adjustment of Kansas City, et al. (MLW No. 60395/Case No. WD70925 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) (1)Where a zoning board determined that a billboard was illegal because ...
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Read More »Public Utilities: Tariffs – Fuel Adjustment Clause – Retroactive Ratemaking
State ex rel. AG Processing, Inc., et al. v. Public Service Commission (MLW No. 60396/Case No. WD70799 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) Where a trial court affirmed an decision of the Public Service Commission ...
Read More »Public Employees: Retirement Benefits – Public School System – Part-Time Employment
Public School Retirement System of Missouri v. Taveau (MLW No. 60393/Case No. WD71213 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a statute allowed a public school retiree to maintain part-time employment and receive retirement benefits ...
Read More »Criminal Law: Plea Offer – Failure To Inform – Effectiveness Of Counsel
Frye v. State (MLW No. 60397/Case No. WD70504 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Where a plea offer would have allowed a defendant to plead to an amended charge of misdemeanor driving-while-revoked instead of going ...
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Read More »Criminal Law: Burglary – Apartment Common Area – Presence Of Owner
State v. Bowman (MLW No. 60398/Case No. WD70366 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) (1)Where an apartment owner was present in the common-area hallway when defendant and his accomplice were in the duplex’s upstairs apartment, ...
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Read More »Civil Practice: Default Judgment – Failure To Verify – Relief
Agnello v. Walker (MLW No. 60394/Case No. WD71013 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a trial court entered a default judgment for plaintiffs who sued a builder in an action arising from the installation ...
Read More »Employer – Employee: Non-Compete Agreement – Time Restriction – Attorney’s Fees
Paradise v. Midwest Asphalt Coatings, Inc. (MLW No. 60373/Case No. WD70944 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, C.J.) Where a trial court found that a non-compete agreement was valid and that the employer had a protectable ...
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Read More »Criminal Law: Drug Possession – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Exigent Circumstances
State v. Warren (MLW No. 60374/Case No. WD70671 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) (1)Where officers entered defendant’s home in response to an activated burglar alarm and saw marijuana and drug paraphernalia throughout the home, ...
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