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Where appellants challenged the dismissal of their petition for damages, the pro se appeal is dismissed because the brief failed to comply with Rule 84.04 and preserved nothing for review. Appeal is dismissed. Carden v. CSM Foreclosure Trustee Corp. (MLW ...

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Where an appellant’s brief failed to present the relevant uncontroverted material facts in the statement of facts, the brief was inadequate, and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Fleddermann v. Casino One Corporation (MLW No.73191/Case No. ED106905 – ...

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  Where a claimant of unemployment compensation benefits challenged the denial of her application, the claimant’s pro se brief substantially failed to comply with the mandatory requirements of Rules 84.04 and 100.02, so nothing was preserved for review, and the ...

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  Where an appellant, who requested a trial de novo after failing to prevail in a small claims action, submitted a pro se amended brief that failed to comply with Rule 84.04, the argument on appeal could not be understood, ...

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  Where the plaintiff in a legal-malpractice action filed a pro se brief that included deficiencies in the table of contents, jurisdictional statement, statement of facts, points relied on and argument, the brief failed to comply with Rule 84.04, and ...

Tagged with: Appellate Practice Inadequate Brief Legal Malpractice Case

  Where the brief of an appellant in an employment-discrimination case included an inadequate jurisdictional statement, points relied on and argument section, the deficiencies prevented appellate review, so the appeal is dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. McGuire v. Edwards (MLW No. ...

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  Where appellant challenged the dismissal of his pro se complaint, the district court did not err in dismissing the complaint, and the notice of appeal was not effective for the other plaintiffs, who failed to sign the notice of ...

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Where the brief of a pro se appellant in a contract case substantially failed to comply with the mandatory briefing requirements of Rule 84.04, the appeal must be dismissed, and the defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees incurred on appeal is ...

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  Where property owners who brought claims of zoning-ordinance violations against a city and an animal shelter challenged the judgment in favor of the defendants, the plaintiffs’ points relied on violate Rule 8.04 in multiple respects, and the judgment is ...

Tagged with: Appellate Points Relied On Res Judicata Zoning Case

Where the appellate brief of a buyer in a case involving a real estate contract substantially failed to comply with Rule 84.04, the appeal must be dismissed, and even if the brief had complied with the rule’s requirements, the statute ...

Tagged with: Appellate Practice Inadequate Brief Real estate contract Statute Of Frauds

Where a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in a probate dispute disposed of all claims brought by the counterclaim plaintiffs, the counterclaim defendants did not object to the voluntary dismissal, so there was no live controversy, and the appeal ...

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