Does the Fox Theatre’s policy of captioning only one performance per week comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act? No, according to a split ruling Aug. 7 by a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “Fox’s one-captioned-performance ...

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A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued on Aug. 6 a split ruling that upheld a judge’s decision to bar a man convicted of receiving child pornography from having or using cameras. In March, U.S. District ...

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On the same day the U.S. Department of Justice announced it planned to resume federal executions for the first time in 16 years, a federal appeals court upheld a Missouri man’s death sentence. On July 25, a three-judge panel of ...

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A federal appeals court has rejected a political activist’s arguments that a Missouri law allowing random inspections of commercial vehicles without probable cause is unconstitutional. On July 26, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...

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A federal appeals court for the first time has ruled that judges may reduce statutory damages in cases brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The ruling, issued July 16 by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, upholds a ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declined to explicitly endorse instructions that tell jurors going to deliberation not to consider the fact that the government used deceptive means in an investigation. On July 12, a three-judge panel unanimously ...

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A federal appeals court has denied injunctive relief to the trusts of the late conservative activist and Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly in an intellectual property dispute sparked by a schism between her adult children involving future control of the ...

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A split decision by the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals may affect how public officials in Missouri treat subordinates who challenge them during elections.

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A woman’s claim that the painkiller Vioxx caused her cardiovascular injuries has been revived by a ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Feb. 4, in a split 2-1 ruling, the court reversed a lower-court ruling allowing ...

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The full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider whether unpaid activists who seek to influence legislation in Missouri must register as lobbyists.

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Missouri prisoners who allege the state failed to adequately screen and treat their chronic Hepatitis C will be able to proceed as a class in their lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections as a result of a Dec. 6 ruling.

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