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Municipal Law: Ordinance Banning Dogs-Injunctive and Declaratory Relief-Standing
Defendant sought declaratory and injunctive relief from a municipal ordinance banning ownership of pit bulls. The district court dismissed defendant’s claims for lack of standing because she did not currently own a banned dog or reside in the municipality, although defendant asserted that she intended to adopt a new dog after the municipality enforced […]
Municipal: Trash Rebate Program-Breach Of Contract
(1)Where a city paid trash-rebate payments to the owners and managers of multi-unit buildings and trailer parks for more than 30 years, and these plaintiffs challenged the elimination of the rebate program from the city’s budget, the plaintiffs had standing to bring their action, and the city was barred by res judicata from arguing that […]
Municipal : Attorney’s Fees – Municipal Liability – Failure To State Claim
King v. City of Crestwood (MLW No. 71987/Case No. 16-4560 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)
Municipal : City Ordinance – License Tax
Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. City of Springfield (MLW No. 71901/Case No. SD34937 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)
Municipal : Prejudgment Interest – Incomplete Record – Ordinance
City of Kansas City v. Cosic (MLW No. 71430/Case No. WD80985 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.)
Municipal : Light Rail Ordinance – Standing – Sovereign Immunity
Chastain v. Geary (MLW No. 71206/Case No. WD80725 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ardini Jr., J.)
Municipal : City Ordinances – Payroll Tax – Constitutionality
Neuner v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 71045/Case No. ED105125 – 28 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)
Municipal : City Ordinance – Smoking Prohibition – Exemption
The Trophy Room v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 71046/Case No. ED104714 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)
Municipal : Disorderly Conduct – Dismissal Of Charge
City of Raymore v. O’Malley (MLW No. 70972/WD80152 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Municipal : Lease Agreement – Option To Renew – Attorney’s Fees
K.C. Air Cargo Services, Inc. v. City of Kansas City (MLW No. 70256/Case No. WD79786 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)
Municipal : Ordinance – Retaliation – Qualified Immunity
Young v. Mercer County Commission (MLW No. 70214/Case No. 16-1324 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Municipal : Validity Of Ordinance – Local Minimum Wage – Preemption
Cooperative Home Care, Inc. v. City of St. Louis (MLW No. 70241/Case No. SC95401 – 31 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Draper, Wilson and Russell, JJ., concur; Fischer, J., concurs in separate opinion filed)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
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- 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
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