The gradual reopening of Missouri’s economy continued Monday, as restaurants and most nonessential businesses began operating in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis, but residents were urged to keep following safety guidelines to slow the spread of ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 2 grappled with an ambiguous part of the Sunshine Law pertaining to the public release of absentee ballot materials. The high court heard oral arguments in the case involving Bruce Franks Jr., the outgoing ...

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St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael K. Mullen gave final approval on Aug. 20 to a $385,000 settlement between The City of St. Louis and a young girl badly injured at a city park. According to court records, the plaintiff will ...

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A panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way on Aug. 19 for a plaintiff to pursue her lawsuit against the City of St. Louis for its police force’s practice of issuing “wanted” bulletins on vehicles. ...

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Jason Stockley, who had accused former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce of violating his rights when prosecuting him for his fatal shooting of ...

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The circuit judges of the City of St. Louis on Monday voted unanimously at their en banc meeting to elect Robin Ransom as the first African American female presiding judge of the 22nd Circuit. “I was humbled,” said Ransom, a ...

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This morning, Pinnacle Entertainment sued the city of St. Louis in federal court for its efforts to replace the soon-to-be-closed President Casino with another gambling establishment within the city limits. So the city responded with a lawsuit of its own ...

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Those issued a red-light camera ticket from St. Louis City might want to take note: A class action lawsuit has been filed against the city challenging the constitutionality of its red-light traffic cameras. In the lawsuit filed in St. Louis ...

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A plan approved by St. Louis officials requiring workers to take unpaid time off will have some impact on the justice system. The city’s Board of Aldermen last week approved a plan calling on rank-and-file workers to take a furlough ...

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A Missouri appeals court upheld a $65,000 verdict against the city of St. Louis on a wrongful demolition claim filed by two south St. Louis property owners. Millard Arbogast and Zoie Helms lived at 210-212 Quincy St. until a fire ...

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A boy who sued St. Louis after a tree limb fell on him won $90,000 from a city jury. According to the family’s attorney, Robert Taylor, then 11, was playing outside near his home on a hot but calm July ...

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