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Supreme Court sides with city council in development dispute
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the Creve Coeur City Council had the discretion to reject development of a convenience store even if there was evidence that it had met the city’s standards.
Email to impeached mayor’s lawyer is enough notice, says Eastern District
A mayor of a city within St. Louis County held office for 14 days before the city council suspended and later impeached him for failing to pay past personal property taxes.
Municipal Law : Legal Work – Reimbursement
State ex rel. Josh Hawley v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 70863/Case No. ED104564 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)
Municipal Law : Warrant Fee – Legal Remedy – Pleadings
Gerke v. City of Kansas City (MLW No. 69294/Case No. WD78991 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
Top stories
- Medical privacy violation different than medical malpractice, reversal says
- Man, surrogate should have known child did not share his genes
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- Supreme Court hears challenge to KC police funding
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- Cole County prosecutor loses third Sunshine Law appeal
- Supreme Court weighs lagging symptoms in work comp case
- New accommodation rights for pregnant workers offer broad protections
