Residents of the Robinwood West subdivision in St. Louis County have filed a class action lawsuit against the Robinwood West Community Improvement District’s alleging that the CID could not impose a 2008 property tax increase. The lawsuit filed by nine ...

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The holidays are over, and it’s time to get back to work. December is always busy, so it was easy to overlook the latest Judicial Hellhole report from the American Tort Reform Foundation that came out last month. The foundation ...

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Doctors prevailed in a St. Louis County medical malpractice case over a patient who died from complications after surgery. John B. Holzer, 79, father of the plaintiff, Janet Lunn, was hospitalized for surgery for a bowel obstruction. Following the surgery, ...

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The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15 has filed a lawsuit in St. Louis County against the city of Chesterfield based on its contention that the city had failed to establish a collective bargaining framework for its police officers union. ...

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Federal prosecutors in St. Louis indicted Deidra Humphrey, an ACORN voter registration recruiter, on federal voter fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced Monday. According to the indictment, Humphrey gathered voter registrations for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform ...

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St. Louis County and St. Charles County have filed a lawsuit alleging that a $10 sheriff fee increase is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed in Cole County Circuit Court seeks a declaratory judgment on the constitutionality of House Bill 2224. The ...

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U.S. District Judge Charles A. Shaw sentenced three Arnold men today on methamphetamine charges, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway, St. Louis County Police Chief Jerry Lee and Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer announced. Thirteen co-defendants still await sentencing. Christopher Ecton, ...

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