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Oct 17, 2022
St. Louis County returns fees collected for missed court dates
St. Louis County Municipal Court collected unauthorized fees from about 11,000 people who missed municipal court dates.
Mar 27, 2020
$1.7M settlement reached for Ferguson court fee abuses
A judge on March 24 granted preliminary approval of a $1.7 million settlement in a widely publicized class-action lawsuit against the city of Ferguson for charging court fees alleged to […]
Mar 26, 2020
Ferguson settles municipal court fees lawsuit for $1.7M
The city of Ferguson, Missouri, has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused its municipal court of charging illegal court fees, attorneys involved in the […]
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