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Constitutional: Due Process – Child Placement – Official Immunity
Hutson v. Walker (MLW No. 64067/Case No. 11-3194 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)
Constitutional: Garnishment – Due Process – Joint Bank Account
Lind v. Midland Funding (MLW No. 64040/Case No. 11-3128 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Constitutional: First Amendment – City Ordinance – Notice
Stahl v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 64005/Case No. 10-3761 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Constitutional: Judgment Debtor Exam – Compelled Testimony – Self Incrimination
State ex rel. David M. Nothum v. Walsh III (MLW No. 63972/Case No. SC92268 – 20 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Teitelman, C.J., and Miller and Del Muro, Sp. J., concur; Fischer, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Russell and Breckenridge, JJ., concur in opinion of Fischer, J.; Draper and Price, JJ., not participating)
Constitutional: Abortion – Free Speech – Suicide Risk
Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota v. Mike Rounds (MLW No. 63941/Case No. 09-3231/3233/3362 – 38 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)
Constitutional: State Earnings Tax – Amendments – De Facto Appropriation
Dujakovich v. Carnahan (MLW No. 63887/Case No. SC92062 – 8 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Draper III, J.; all concur)
Constitutional: Ten Commandments Display – Ordinance – Standing
Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo (MLW No. 63715/Case No. 10-3214 – 24 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)
Constitutional: Reapportionment Plan – Permissive Intervention – Sunshine Law
Johnson v. State (MLW No. 63713/Case No. SC92351 – 49 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Teitelman, C.J., Fischer and Draper, JJ., concur; Price, J., concurs in separate opinion filed; Russell and Stith, JJ., concur in opinion of Price, J.)
Constitutional: Patient Suicide – Duty Of Care
Shelton v. Arkansas Department of Human Services (MLW No. 63676/Case No. 11-1822 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)
Constitutional: Elected Officials – Salary Increase – Prosecuting Attorney
State ex rel. Courtney George v. Verkamp (MLW No. 63652/Case No. SC92219 – 9 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Draper III, J.; all concur)
Constitutional: Lethal-Injection Protocol – Drug Unavailability – Mootness
Ringo v. Lombardi (MLW No. 63627/Case No. 11-2839 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, C.J.)
Constitutional: Land Acquisition – Trust – Indian Tribe
County of Charles Mix v. Department of the Interior (MLW No. 63523/Case No. 11-2217 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- 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
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