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Civil Practice: Civil Contempt-Timeliness Of Appeal-Child Custody Case
Johnson v. Johnson (MLW No. 79941/Case No. WD85534 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Thomson, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Jackson County, McKenzie, J. (Jessica L. Gould, pro se) (Casey J. Symonds, Lee’s Summit, and Jonathan Sternberg, Kansas City, MO for respondent).
Civil Practice: Personal Jurisdiction-Long-Arm Statute-Tortious Interference
Creative Compounds, LLC v. Thermolife International, LLC (MLW No. 79936/Case No. ED111095 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cape Girardeau County, Lewis, J. (Kevin J. Oshea for appellant) (Ross D. McFerron and Matthew J. Dowd for respondent).
Civil Practice: Statute Of Limitations-Employment Case
Paul v. American Red Cross St. Paul (MLW No. 79935/Case No. 22-3370 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota.
Civil Practice: Removal-Motion for Remand-Reliance on State Court Records
Bela Animal Legal Defense & Rescue v. City of Des Moines (MLW No. 79921/Case No. 21-3337 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Rose, J.
Civil Practice: Sunshine Law-Quasi-Public Governmental Body
Malin v. Missouri Association of Community Task Forces (MLW No. 79914/Case No. WD85453 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cole County, Walker, J. (Gillian R. Wilcox, Kansas City, MO for appellant) (Marc Henry Ellinger, Jefferson City, for respondent).
Civil Practice: Intervention-Property Damage-Insurance Dispute
State ex rel. Dale J. Meller & Elaine Meller v. Beetem (MLW No. 79881/Case No. WD85870 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Thomson, J. (Gabriel E. Harris, Mark A. Ludwig and Matthew A. Clement, Jefferson City, for relator) (Meredith A. Webster, Destiny L. Bounds and M. Courtney Koger, Kansas City, MO for respondent).
Civil Practice: Fiduciary Duty-Tortious Interference
CIBC Bank USA v. Williams (MLW No. 79873/Case No. ED110284 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Clayton III, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Lay, J. (Adam D. Hirtz and Nina C. Sykora for appellant) (Michael P. Stephens, Jason M. Rugo, Katherine I. McLaughlin and Thomas K. Neill for respondent).
Civil Practice: Sunshine Law-Pro Se Appellant-“Public Body”
Pride v. Boone County Sheriff’s Department (MLW No. 79833/Case No. WD85605 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Boone County, Devine, J. (Sylvia Pride, pro se) (Charles J. Dykhouse and Deidre Wood, Columbia, for respondent) (Diana O’Neill, pro se).
Civil Practice: Snap Removal-Complete Diversity-Insurance Dispute
M&B Oil, Inc. v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 79822/Case No. 21-3817 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Stras, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Collins, J. (David C Knieriem, Town and Country, argued for appellant) (Zacarias Rodriguez Chacon, Chicago, and Abby Joe Duncan, St. Louis, argued for appellee; Kelsey Leigh McLean and M[...]
Civil Practice: Pro Se Plaintiff-Failure To State Claim
Engel v. Engel (MLW No. 79724/Case No. 22-2549 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota.
Civil Practice: Venue-Waiver-Forum Non Conveniens
Loew v. Heartland Trophy Properties, Inc. (MLW No. 79691/Case No. WD85343 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Sutton, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Putnam County, Hudson, J. (Christopher Swiecicki, Chesterfield, for appellant) (Justin Sullivan, Des Moines, Iowa, for respondent).
Civil Practice: Diversity Jurisdiction-Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Sorenson v. Sorenson (MLW No. 79696/Case No. 22-1478 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Davis, J. (Adine S. Momoh, Minneapolis, MN argued for appellant) (Thomas Charles Atmore, St. Paul, MN argued for appellee).
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
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- 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
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