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Civil Practice

May 25, 2023

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).

May 25, 2023

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).

May 25, 2023

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.

May 25, 2023

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.

May 18, 2023

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).

May 11, 2023

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).

May 11, 2023

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).

May 4, 2023

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).

May 3, 2023

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[...]

Apr 13, 2023

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.

Apr 6, 2023

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).

Apr 5, 2023

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).

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