A federal judge has refused to let the Missouri Attorney General’s Office intervene in a case that it claims could trigger “monumental changes to Missouri’s criminal justice system.” U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey on July 12 denied the attorney ...

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A federal judge has given final approval to a $24,720,000 settlement for southern Missouri landowners who sued an electric cooperative and its telecommunications business alleging the misuse of utility easements.

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An employee suspected of going on a shooting rampage at the ABB manufacturing plant in North St. Louis on Thursday was part of a class suing the company over pension losses.

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a class action lawsuit against a payday lender can be litigated in federal court, despite an arbitration clause signed by the plaintiffs. The appeals court agreed with a U.S. district judge, who ...

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A class action lawsuit against Applebee’s appears to be heading to trial in federal court. In a series of orders this week, U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey declined to decertify the class of more than 5,500 current and former ...

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If you plead guilty to a federal crime, you waive all rights to have a jury decide your fate. While that seems to be a no-brainer, a man who pleaded guilty to child pornography crimes tried to argue on appeal ...

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Drug dealers have a language of their own, and when they talk about packs of cigarettes, they don’t mean Camels. In the trial against Rodney “Keith” Rodebaugh, Bruce Allen Johnson and Eugene Rodney Rodebaugh, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Steve ...

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