A search is underway for a new U.S. magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

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The American Bar Association encourages each lawyer to provide at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services a year.

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A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found that a delivery company’s unloading methods were within the standard of care and declined to award damages to a truck driver from Illinois. Richard Rebstock was ...

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“We’re being sued!” For most companies, especially a nascent clothing manufacturer, such an exclamation would be one of shock or fear. But for St. Louis-based The South Butt, the news bannered on its Web site might read more like exaltation. ...

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An ex-St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer pleaded guilty today to stealing items seized during an arrest. Ronald Jackson, 58, pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft of U.S. property. His sentencing has been set before U.S. District Judge Donald ...

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The storm that hit St. Louis in July 2006 knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents, downed trees and power lines and damaged the historic Switzer Building on Laclede’s Landing beyond repair. Just two miles south of downtown ...

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St. Charles-based American Railcar Industries agreed Monday to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a chemical company over railcars that exploded while transporting the chemical company’s product. OCI Chemical Corp., based in Marietta, Ga., sued for $14 million, plus punitive ...

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Judges and lawyers gathered in the en banc courtroom of the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse on Friday afternoon to remember a former congressman, judge and friend: William L. Hungate. Hungate, who served on the U.S. District Court in St. ...

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Correction: In the original version of this article, the first name of Janis Good was misspelled. Good, an assistant public defender, is one of the recipients of the St. Louis Daily Record’s Public Service Practitioner Award. We regret the error. ...

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Nationwide bankruptcy filings rose 31 percent in 2008 over the previous calendar year, according to information released last week by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Filings in the Eastern District of Missouri were up 22 percent over 2007, ...

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In a broad-ranging order earlier this month, a federal judge has allowed for a lawsuit challenging the city of Arnold’s use of red-light ticket cameras to proceed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas C. Mummert III, of the Eastern District of Missouri, ...

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