Where a defendant challenged the denial of his motion for acquittal in a drug-conspiracy case, the government proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant constructively possessed methamphetamine in the Northern District of Iowa, so venue was properly ...

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Where a county 911 dispatch sued the director of revenue in Jefferson County seeking a declaration about the meaning of statutory subsections in a dispute regarding the collection and calculation of prepaid wireless emergency-service charges, and the director sought a ...

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Fulfilling one of Republican lawmakers’ major goals for tort law this year, the Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that overhauls the state’s venue and joinder laws. The bill passed by a 100-46 vote on May 1 and ...

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Where appellants as trustees of a revocable trust challenged the adverse grant of partial summary judgment, the trial court did not err in denying the appellants’ motion to transfer venue because forum-selection clauses designated the venue for litigation in connection ...

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The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that overhauls Missouri’s joinder and venue laws.

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State ex rel. Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Vincent (MLW No. 72113/Case No. ED106945 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Robert G. Dowd Jr., J.)

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State v. Tharp (MLW No. 71405/Case No. SD34943 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)

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State of Missouri ex rel Heartland Title Services, Inc. v. Harrell (MLW No. 69818/Case No. SC95377 – 8 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; all concur)

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State v. Chambers (MLW No. 68775/Case No. SC95094 – 17 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Stith, Draper and Teitelman, JJ., concur; Breckenridge, C.J., concurs in separate opinion filed; Fischer, J., concurs in result in separate opinion filed; Breckenridge, C.J., and Wilson, J., concur in opinion of Fischer, J.)

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State ex rel. Shakira Franklin v. Burlison (MLW No. 68291/Case No. ED103252 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)

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Rallo v. Rallo (MLW No. 67884/Case No. ED101746 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd Jr., J.)

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