Federal judges appointed a merit selection panel to recommend a successor to U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Mummert III of St. Louis, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri announced Wednesday.

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The District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri hosted a “Cook-off for a Cause” this month, raising $1,300 to benefit the victims of the recent Typhoon Haiyan.

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A federal jury in St. Louis has awarded $1.67 million to a former railroad conductor in a lawsuit tossed by a judge in 2010 and revived last year by an appeals court.

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A lawsuit has been filed in federal court regarding the Pure Pleasure Boutique in Pevely. The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment regarding the denial of a merchant’s license from the city of Pevely.

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A federal jury awarded a former St. Louis resident $140,000 on Wednesday in a breach of contract suit against Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co. The verdict matched testimony from Allstate’s forensic accountant about how much plaintiffs Reginald and Roxanna ...

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Thai native Khamphee Kells and her family are having very happy holidays now that the U.S. government agreed to issue them green cards. Kells' and her two daughters' legal statuses were in limbo after Kells' husband died in a car accident before their petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was processed

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The St. Louis Public School District is facing a lawsuit over its refusal to sell vacant school buildings to charter schools. The suit seeks the removal of deed restrictions placed on the sale of closed public school buildings by the Special Administrative Board of the Saint Louis Public School District. The deed restrictions prohibit buyers of closed SLPS buildings from reopening the building as a school for 100 years.

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A trucking company agreed to pay $1.4 million to the family of a grandmother who died in a car accident in St. Louis County. According to documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the ...

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