The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Feb. 13 against a plaintiff who had claimed his injury in a parking lot in Lee’s Summit was the city’s fault because it hadn’t properly inspected the lot and enforced its own ...

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Judge Mark Pfeiffer heard his first case for the Court of Appeals Western District from an unusual place - the audience. Pfeiffer, who was appointed to the court on May 6, watched a court en banc argument later that month over the conviction of a man on a child molestation charge. He was in town for the court's conference that afternoon and intended merely to be a spectator. But when the court's existing eight judges split evenly over the outcome, Pfeiffer (with the attorneys' permission) was added as a ninth judge. As he said he learned, "there are no ties at the Court of Appeals."

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The latest nominees for the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District are no strangers to the process. All three were previous panel members to fill recent vacancies on the same court. The Appellate Judicial Commission on Monday nominated Circuit Judge ...

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Two circuit judges and the director of the Missouri Department of Revenue are the finalists for the second of three vacancies on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. The Appellate Judicial Commission on Wednesday nominated Judge Jacqueline A. Cook, ...

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The Appellate Judicial Commission has nominated Judge Jacqueline A. Cook, state official Karen King Mitchell and Judge Gary D. Witt for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Gov. Jay Nixon will have 60 days to select ...

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