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Where a criminal defendant challenged the denial of her motion to vacate, set aside or correct judgment and sentence after an evidentiary hearing, the motion court’s order denying relief addressed only three of her four claims, so the judgment was ...

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Where the brief of pro se appellants did not contain a fair and concise statement of facts, did not set forth a standard of review under each claim of error and the points relied on were confusing and failed to ...

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Where the order in a case, which involved claims of wrongful foreclosure and unlawful detainer, did not dispose of a distinct judicial unit, the order was neither final nor appealable, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. McClain v. ...

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Where appellants challenged a judgment closing the estate of their father, the appellants’ brief failed to comply with Rule 84.04 by including a defective point relied on and defective argument section, so the brief was inadequate for appellate review, and ...

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Where a bank challenged a trial court judgment quieting title to property acquired for construction, the relief the bank sought, reinstatement of its liens, could not be granted even if the bank succeeded on its points on appeal, so the ...

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Where the brief of a pro se appellant substantially failed to comply with the mandatory requirements of Rule 84.04, the appeal preserved nothing for review and must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Porter v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. (MLW No. ...

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Where the brief of a pro se appellant in an unemployment-compensation case included a fact statement, point relied on and argument that all were deficient, the brief was inadequate under Rule 84.04, and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is ...

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Where the brief of a pro se appellant in a negligence case included significant deficiencies such as an argumentative statement of facts and a failure to include a section identified as the argument, and the appellant also failed to provide ...

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Where appellants sought to appeal a circuit court order overruling their motion for order revoking or in the alternative modifying and changing an interlocutory order appointing a receiver, the order was appealable pursuant to sections 515.665 and 512.020(2), and the ...

Tagged with: Appealability Denomination of Judgment Interlocutory Order

Where appellant challenged a district court order remanding a personal-injury case to state court based on lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, the appellate court cannot review the merits of the order where the remand order was based on lack of subject ...

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Where five state employee defendants argued that they were officially immune from negligence claims brought against them, claims were abandoned against two of the employees before the trial court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, so summary judgment ...

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