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Criminal Law: Domestic Assault-Sufficiency Of Evidence-“Romantic Relationship”
State v. Johnson (MLW No. 80480/Case No. SD37780 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Gooch, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Butler County, Pritchett, J.
Criminal Law: Child Molestation-Propensity Witness-Probative Value
State v. Pierce (MLW No. 80481/Case No. SD37577 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Goodman, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Stoddard County, Mayer, J.
Civil Practice: Arbitration-Authority-Legal Representative
Rister v. NHC Healthcare (MLW No. 80483/Case No. SD37374 – 9 page) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Camden County, Hamner, J. (Stephen Michael Strum, Michelle Marie Drake, Benjamin Rans Wesselschmidt and Timothy Charles Sansone, St. Louis, for appellant) (Blair Bertram Matyszczyk, Overland Park, KS and Joe Scott Bertram, Timothy Ray West and [...]
Appellate Practice: Inadequate Brief-Tort Action
Franco v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers (MLW No. 80479/Case No. SD37714 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Burrell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Greene County, Brown, J. (Alexander Edelman, Katherine Myers and Sarah Liesen, Kansas City, MO, and Aaron Christopher McKee, Olathe, KS for appellant) (Bryan Ormsby Wade, Laura Cathleen Robinson and Christina Brunty, Springfie[...]
Employer – Employee: Termination-Fifth Amendment
Foltz v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 80477/Case No. ED111086 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Torbitzky, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, McGraugh, J. (Jonathan N. Bruntrager and Mary L. Bruntrager for appellant) (Kelly Lynn Camilleri and Alexis L. Silsbe for respondent).
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Successive Motion
Randolph v. State (MLW No. 80476/Case No. ED111343 – 3 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clark II, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Montgomery County, Wright, J. (Matthew B. Randolph, pro se) (Andrew Bailey and Karen L. Kramer for respondent).
Real Property: Mineral Interests-Unconstitutional Taking-Federal Preemption
EEE Minerals, LLC v. North Dakota (MLW No. 80466/Case No. 22-2159 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Hochhalter, J. (Joshua A. Swanson, of Fargo, ND for appellant; MacKenzie L. Hertz, of Fargo, ND and Robert B. Stock, of Fargo, ND on the brief) (James E. Nicolai, AAG, of Bismarck, ND for appellee; Jennifer L[...]
Insurance: Health Insurance-Breach of Contract-Fraud
Select Specialty Hospital – Sioux Falls, Inc. v. Brentwood Hutterian, Brethren, Inc. (MLW No. 80467/Case No. 22-3121 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kobes, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Schreier, J. (Alex M. Hagen, of Sioux Falls, SD for appellant) (Matthew D. Murphy, of Sioux Falls, SD and Reed Alan Rasmussen, of Aberdeen, SD for appellees; R[...]
Immigration: Cancellation of Removal-Unusual Hardship-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Trejo-Gamez v. Garland (MLW No. 80464/Case No. 21-3329 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.) Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (Thomas R. Anderson, III, of Minneapolis, MN for petitioner) (Neelam Ihsanullah, of Washington, D.C. for respondent)
Criminal Law: Vacated Conviction-Resentencing-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
U.S. v. Williams (MLW No. 80470/Case No. 23-1705 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, White, J.
Criminal Law: Supervised Release-Revocation-Reasonableness of Sentence
U.S. v. El Herman (MLW No. 80471/Case No. 23-1870 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa, Strand, J.
Criminal Law: Sex Trafficking-Exclusion Of Video-Expert Testimony
U.S. v. Redd (MLW No. 80474/Case No. 22-1676 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Ebinger, J. (Gina Messamer, Des Moines, IA argued for appellant) (Amy L Jennings, Des Moines, IA argued for appellee).
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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