Where appellant, who had submitted a Sunshine Law request to a city for documents connected with allegations of criminal conduct by a police officer, challenged the denial of his request to view an unredacted copy of the relevant report, the ...

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Where buyers in a real estate transaction involving the purchase of land and a business challenged the denial of relief on their action for injunctive relief, quiet title and restitution, the judgment is affirmed in part because the trial court ...

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St. Louis Effort for AIDS, et al. v. Lindley-Myers, et al. (MLW No. 71261/Case No. 16-3647-7 pages) (Benton, J.)

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A federal judge in St. Louis used phrases including “somewhat appalling” and “grossly excessive” when she took a hatchet to plaintiff attorneys’ fee requests in a case over a Macon County jail rape.

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The standard for awarding attorneys’ fees for prevailing defendants in patent cases is “unduly rigid,” the U.S. Supreme Court found in a decision announced Tuesday that involved a manufacturer represented by a team of Missouri attorneys.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to adopt a standard for filing a notice of appeal that would vary depending on whether attorney fees are awarded pursuant to a statute or a contract.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether an award of contractual attorney fees is part of a final judgment, or a collateral determination made after a judgment

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In three separate cases — two class actions and a breach of contract case — three judges weighed how much plaintiffs deserved in attorneys’ fees and decided it wasn’t nearly as much as the lawyers thought.

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J&M Securities LLC v. Brown (MLW No. 64446/ED97242 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd, J.)

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Bjornestad v. Progressive Northern Insurance Company (MLW No. 63136/Case No. 10-3733 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)

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Tripp v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company (MLW No. 63122/Case No. 10-3759 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)

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