Standing

Mar 5, 2026

Missouri Supreme Court issues opinion on third-party visitation in adoption cases

The high court rules section 452.375.5 creates no independent cause of action for third-party visitation after adoption is finalized.

Apr 27, 2020

Bankruptcy: Standing-Jurisdiction

Where parties to a bankruptcy proceeding disputed whether claims against the creditors were barred by an injunction against claims that interfered with the implementation of the bankruptcy plan, the dismissal […]

Apr 20, 2020

Appellate Practice: Arbitration Award-Standing-Finality of Judgment

Where appellant challenged the confirmation of an arbitration award, the appellant was not aggrieved by the judgment, so it lacked standing to appeal, and the judgment did not resolve all […]

Apr 13, 2020

Criminal Law: Standing-Right to Counsel-Co-Defendant

Where a defendant in a wire-fraud case argued for the dismissal of his indictment, the defendant failed to show how constitutional violations allegedly suffered by a co-defendant affected his own […]

Apr 6, 2020

Civil Practice: Standing-Injury in Fact-ERISA

Where appellants filed an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 claiming that an insurer abused its discretion by partially denying their claim for air ambulance benefits […]

Mar 13, 2020

Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Standing-Suspended Imposition Of Sentence

Where a defendant challenged the dismissal of her post-conviction motion, the motion court properly dismissed the motion without prejudice because the defendant lacked standing to file the motion because she […]

Dec 2, 2019

Bankruptcy: Sale of Assets-Standing-Mootness

Where a debtor challenged a bankruptcy court order that granted the trustee’s motion to approve her proposed sale of assets, the sale authorized by the bankruptcy court could not be […]

Oct 25, 2019

Civil Practice: Discovery-Standing-Failure To Plead

Where appellant brought claims against a nonprofit corporation and requested records in part to determine whether the corporation violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, the trial court did not err […]

Sep 18, 2019

Domestic Relations: Motion to Set Aside Adoption-Standing

D.R. moved to set aside E.R.S.’s adoption. In response, the adoptive parents moved to strike D.R.’s motion, asserting that he was not a party to the underlying adoption action and […]

Jul 22, 2019

Torts: Fraudulent Transfer-Transfers to Corporate Owners-Standing

Plaintiff sued defendants, who operated an entity that sold plaintiff’s vehicle-service contracts. Although defendants agreed to pay a share of refunds for cancelled contracts, they failed to do so. Plaintiff […]

Jul 22, 2019

Environmental Law: Validity of Bill-Composition of Commission-Standing

Where the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and one of its members challenged the constitutional validity of a bill that would change the composition of the state’s clean water commission, […]

Jul 22, 2019

Consumer Law:Telephone Consumer Protection Act-Standing-Personal Liability

Defendant James Leininger financed a firm; the marketing company for the film hired defendant ccAdvertising to conduct a telephone marketing campaign. The company made 3.2 million phone calls in one […]