Missouri’s appellate courts are mostly back to their pre-pandemic operations, but the state’s long drought of trials has left them with fewer cases to be argued and decided.

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The Missouri Supreme Court ended 2019 a bit more productive, slightly less divided and a little quicker than in the previous year. The court issued 33 written opinions in the latter half of 2019, bringing the year’s total to 75. ...

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It’s been a slow year for the Missouri Supreme Court. As of the court’s last scheduled handdown of the year on Dec. 18, the high court had issued 63 written opinions. It is the lowest calendar-year total since at least ...

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Arbitration Motion To Compel Arbitrator Selection Where a lender challenged the denial of an application to compel arbitration in a dispute with a borrower over a loan default, the judgment is affirmed because the arbitrator designated in the parties’ documents ...

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In a year in which anticipated legislative changes to state tort law failed to materialize, Missouri appellate courts cranked out a series of significant decisions in the first six months of 2018 that will affect attorneys in various practice areas, most notably workers’ compensation and wrongful-death litigation.

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The three most important legal issues in Missouri in 2017 were jurisdiction, jurisdiction, and jurisdiction.

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A major church-state case from Missouri decided last month by the U.S. Supreme Court is in the national spotlight both for its potential impact on state funding for religious organizations – similar provisions appear in 37 state constitutions – and ...

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In the first six months of 2016, the Missouri Supreme Court handed down 50 opinions including significant decisions on noneconomic damage caps and co-employee liability. In the second half of the year, the high court’s pace slowed considerably, and the Court of Appeals picked up the slack with decisions interpreting the co-employee liability cases and on a variety of civil and criminal procedural issues.

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Fifty decisions in six months is newsworthy in itself, but in the first half of this year the Missouri Supreme Court’s caseload has included such headliners as another piece to the puzzle that is the state’s law on noneconomic damage caps, recognition of an action for negligent entrustment against a gun seller, and clarification of when a plaintiff can sue a fellow employee for a workplace injury.

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Missouri appellate courts made up for a lackluster start to 2015 by handing down four critical opinions that could shape the employment law landscape for years to come and will undoubtedly influence the 2016 legislative agenda.

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The Missouri Supreme Court is on track to have an especially prolific year with 44 opinions handed down as of June 16. But the high court, as well as the Court of Appeals and the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

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