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Municipal: City Ordinance-Residential Yard Requirements-Constitutional Violation
Plaintiff sued to challenge defendant’s city ordinance, which required at least 50 percent of a residential yard to contain turf grass. The district court dismissed the suit, finding that plaintiff failed to show the ordinance violated due process or the prohibition on excessive fines and penalties. Where plaintiff’s due process claim was already rejected in […]
Municipal : City Ordinance – License Tax
Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. City of Springfield (MLW No. 71901/Case No. SD34937 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)
Municipal : City Ordinance – Smoking Prohibition – Exemption
The Trophy Room v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 71046/Case No. ED104714 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)
Constitutional : City Ordinance – Rental Business Regulation – Charter City
St. Louis Association of Realtors v. City of Ferguson (MLW No. 69745/Case No. ED103385 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)
Civil Practice : Right To Intervene – City Ordinance – Validity
Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 69746/Case No. ED103320-01 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Richter, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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- NCAA scores positive gender equity review from St. Louis firm
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