The Court of Appeals Southern District ruled that a judge didn’t abuse his discretion in sentencing a high-profile but low-income defendant to more than two years in jail on a variety of charges.

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An attorney who won a landmark ruling earlier this year regarding criminal defendants’ jail fees is now trying to “push the envelope” on other court costs that his clients had been told to pay. But a recent spate of court ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District says it doesn’t have the power to let Lamar Johnson’s case be reopened, but perhaps the Missouri Supreme Court can. The appeals court on Dec. 24 dismissed an appeal seeking a new trial for ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled Oct. 15 that a St. Louis judge should not have heard a Virginia woman’s claim against Johnson & Johnson, throwing out a $110.5 million verdict in her favor. The verdict was the second-largest ...

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The Court of Appeals Western District ruled Sept. 24 that a northwestern Missouri man isn’t subject to life on the state’s sex-offender registry just because his crime has been renamed. Danny Joe Dixon, then 47, pleaded guilty in 2003 to ...

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A recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling says it “defies reason and elevates form over substance” to require orders to be inaccurately labeled as “judgments” just so the parties can file an appeal. The ruling, coupled with another decision from the ...

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The Court of Appeals Eastern District says the family of a man who died from asbestos exposure can recover under Missouri’s enhanced-benefits law, even though it was enacted decades after his employer went out of business. In a split ruling ...

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A years-long fight involving the governance of several entities affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention appears to be over following a ruling from the Court of Appeals Western District.

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When is an order actually a judgment? That’s the riddle that an appellate court — with the support of Humpty Dumpty — has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to solve.

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The Court of Appeals Western District has thrown out a claim by longtime activist Clay Chastain that Kansas City officials had harassed him by subjecting him to extra security when he entered City Hall.

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A young man who admitted to a sex offense as a juvenile will not have to register as a sex offender when he turns 21, according to an interpretation of Missouri law by the Court of Appeals Eastern District.

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