Where a husband challenged a contempt judgment entered against him for actions that his ex-wife claimed violated the parties’ settlement agreement in connection with their lawn care businesses, there was no explicit directive in the agreements regarding the parties’ obligations ...

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A reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has been found in contempt of court for tweeting about a hearing after the hearing was closed to the public. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” ...

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A reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has been found in contempt of court for tweeting about a hearing after the hearing was closed to the public. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” ...

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Plaintiffs appealed the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order holding plaintiffs in contempt for violating a final bankruptcy-discharge injunction. On appeal, plaintiffs argued that an earlier bankruptcy court order and related state court judgments ruling that plaintiffs could ...

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State ex rel. Chevra Kadisha Cemetary Association v. Reno (MLW No. 70911/Case No. ED105693 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Mooney, J.)

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U.S. v. Beltramea (MLW No. 69528/Case No. 15-3199 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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Where a trial court pre-determined a fine if a father did not take his children to their therapy sessions or if he had the children during the mother’s custody time, the judgment is reversed in part because the court ordered ...

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Bialczak v. Bialczak (MLW No. 69372/Case No. ED103315 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hoff, J.)

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Frantz v. Frantz (MLW No. 68907/Case No. ED102647 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James Dowd, J.)

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In the Estate of William B. Van Note v. Van Note (MLW No. 66970/Case No. WD77102 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

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Beshers v. Beshers (MLW No. 66603/Case No. SD32696 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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