An appeals court wrestled for nearly two hours Thursday with the fate of Dale Helmig, who was convicted of murdering his mother but released from prison after what a trial judge called “a fundamental miscarriage of justice.”

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A former lawyer seeking a City Council seat in Kansas City would have advanced to April’s general election if a judge hadn’t disqualified him from Tuesday’s primary, according to contest results. The legal team for the nixed candidate, Michael Fletcher, now is pursuing emergency measures with the Missouri Supreme Court.

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An appeals court agreed today that a settlement never took place between a former Kansas City Royals baseball player and a woman who sued him.

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An appeals court says the Legislature has the power to remove administrative law judges by not appropriating money for their positions.

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A pending appeal could yell “Freeze!” to Kansas City’s “smoking police.” In a case to be heard next month, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District will consider if Kansas City’s Health Department has the authority to ticket people it ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said Tuesday that the state's Public Service Commission followed the applicable statutes and regulations in allowing KCP&L's holding company, Great Plains Energy Inc., to take over Aquila and operate it as a subsidiary.

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A state appeals court has upheld Kansas City Power & Light’s 2008 acquisition of fellow utility company Aquila. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District said it was OK that only two of the five members of the Public Service ...

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Teenagers might be more willing to part with a limb than their cellphones, but that doesn’t mean the monthly bill qualifies as an “extraordinary expense.” An appeals court today reduced a Cass County man’s monthly child support payment because it ...

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Today’s arguments at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District weren’t much different from any others – except that all three judges were, for the first time, women. Judges Lisa White Hardwick, Karen King Mitchell and Cynthia L. Martin comprised ...

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A state appeals court says the city of Kansas City was within its rights to reject an applicant for a municipal judgeship because she was white. The decision reverses a $2.1 million verdict against the city. Melissa Howard sued the ...

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With a decision in hand that could allow him to begin gathering signatures for a proposed ballot item, anti-eminent-domain activist Ron Calzone is now going after the groups he says have used the courts against him. Calzone, of Missouri Citizens ...

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