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Maddick v. Maddick (MLW No. 59846/Case No. WD70335 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.) Even though the language of a couple’s modified judgment of dissolution stated that only two events would terminate the husband’s maintenance ...

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State v. Snow (MLW No. 59852/Case No. WD69443 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a trial court denied a defendant’s motion to suppress drug evidence found in a search of a home based on ...

Tagged with: Expectation Of Privacy Search Standing

Jones v. Jones (MLW No. 59848/Case No. WD70105 – 4 pages) Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.) Where a trial court found a father to be in contempt of court for failing to comply with a couples’ ...

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Leimkuhler v. Gordon (MLW No. 59850/Case No. WD70003 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.) Where a postal worker filed a petition against a co-worker for an order of protection, an appeal of the order ...

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State ex rel. Bobbie Jean Proctor v. Messina (MLW No. 59843/Case No. WD71326 – 33 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a trial court in a medical malpractice action issued a formal discovery order authorizing the ...

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Courtney v. Roggy (MLW No. 59847/Case No. WD70143 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) (1)Where a husband and wife argued that the best interests of their child, whom the wife conceived as the result of ...

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City of Kansas City v. Unknown and Unrepresented Persons and Olin Miller (Case No. WD70006 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Where a city petitioned a trial court for an order allowing it to disinter ...

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Herriford v. State (MLW No. 59814/Case No. WD69707 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a criminal defendant argued that his attorney was ineffective for failing to obtain a mental evaluation before negotiating a plea ...

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Beeman v. Beeman (MLW No. 59812/Case No. WD70558 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where a father filed a motion to terminate his child support obligation and the mother filed a pro se motion for ...

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Wiley v. Homfeld (MLW No. 59815/Case No. WD69560/WD69599 – 31 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.) (1)Where a trial court ordered remittitur of a jury verdict from $400,000 to $100,000 in a negligence action, the court erred ...

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Grossman, et ux. v. Thoroughbred Ford, Inc. (MLW No. 59816/Case No. WD69906 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where car buyers sued an auto dealership for fraud and violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act ...

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