Cynthia Reams Martin has been named an appellate judge. She beat out two candidates who already wear a black robe to work. Gov. Jay Nixon today announced he tapped Martin, a Lee’s Summit attorney, to fill a vacancy on the ...

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An appeals court has reinstated a $17.3 million jury verdict that a Jackson County trial judge had thrown out after trial. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District this morning said the class of about 314,000 plaintiffs had established that ...

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An appeals court has struck down a rule allowing the Missouri Public Defender Commission to stop taking certain cases to reduce its offices’ workloads. The demise of the rule places additional importance on a bill pending in the Missouri Legislature ...

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Nationwide bankruptcy filings rose 31 percent in 2008 over the previous calendar year, according to information released last week by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Filings in the Eastern District of Missouri were up 22 percent over 2007, ...

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