Where railroad employees moved to certify a class action for a claim challenging the railroad’s fitness-for-duty policy under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the individualized inquiries could not be addressed in a manner consistent with Rule 23, so the predominance ...

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Where a vacuum manufacturer challenged an order certifying a nationwide class of plaintiffs in a case involving allegedly deceptive advertising practices and concluding that Missouri law applied to all claims, the only action that took place in Missouri was the ...

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Where a father appealed a determination by the state’s Family Support Division that affirmed the division’s certification to the U.S. Department of State that the father owed an arrearage of child support in an amount that exceeded $2,500, the judgment ...

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Where a named plaintiff in a class action alleging the underpayment of gas royalties sought a new trial, arguing that the district court should have excluded the relevant royalty statements, the statements were relevant because they helped jurors to determine ...

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Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his petition to compel the Missouri Secretary of State to decertify a medical marijuana-initiative petition, arguing that signatures in support were not properly collected, alleging “thousands of individuals…signed [the petition] while not in the presence ...

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Where the secretary of state was not permitted to look behind a circulator’s affidavit to determine veracity, plaintiff failed to state a claim to decertify medical marijuana initiative petition based on secretary of state’s improper certification of signatures in support. ...

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Colella’s Super Market, Inc. v. SuperValu, Inc. (MLW No. 70244/Case No. 15-3089 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

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Sandusky Wellness Center, LLC v. Medtox Scientific, Inc. (MLW No. 69134/Case No. 15-1317 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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State v. Pickering (MLW No. 68457/Case No. WD77930 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)

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State ex rel. Robert McKeage, et al. v. Cordonnier (MLW No. 63188/Case No. SC91658 – 7 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Draper III; all concur)

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Hope, et al. v. Nissan North America, Inc. (MLW No. 62760/Case No. WD73299 – 36 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart, J.)

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