Where the ACLU submitted a referendum petition sample sheet that was rejected by the secretary of state on constitutional grounds, the secretary of state’s authority to review a sample sheet for sufficiency did not extend to determining compliance with the ...

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  Where an estate administrator challenged a district court order that modified the attorney’s fees in an underlying settlement agreement, any authority for judicial approval of FLSA settlements does not extend to the review of settled attorneys’ fees, so the ...

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  Where a state resident filed a declaratory judgment action against the governor and lieutenant governor, challenging the governor’s authority to appoint the lieutenant governor, the state resident had standing to proceed as a taxpayer, and the governor had plenary ...

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Where the attorney general filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, the judgment is affirmed because the habeas court had the authority to review the defendant’s claim pertaining to ...

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State ex. Rel. Attorney General Joshua D. Hawley v. Pilot Travel Centers (MLW No. 72038/Case No. SC96885 – 22 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Draper, Powell, Breckenridge and Stith, JJ., concur; Wilson, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Fischer, C.J., concurs in opinion of Wilson, J.)

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Beumer Corporation v. ProEnergy Services, LLC (MLW No. 71986/Case No. 17-2862 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Trams v. State (MLW No. 71966/Case No. ED106212 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

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Ban v. State (MLW No. 71884/Case No. ED105897 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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Briggs v. Rendlen (MLW No. 71621/Case No. 17-1143 – 16 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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State ex rel. Jake Zimmerman v. Amoso Blanc (MLW No. 71537/Case No. WD80744 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)

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Grain Belt Express Clean Line, LLC v. Public Service Commission (MLW No. 71431/Case No. ED105932 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)

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