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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit of a grand juror who wants to speak about the Darren Wilson case, saying it would be better for a state court to handle it.

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A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge on Friday appeared to lean against appointing a special prosecutor to investigate prosecutor Bob McCulloch's handling of the grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting death case.

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Members of Michael Brown Jr.’s family and their attorneys will announce the filing of a civil lawsuit this morning against the city of Ferguson over his shooting death, the attorneys said in a press release.

Parma Municipal Judge Phillip Santie remains in his post after several other city officials quit following the election of the town’s first African-American woman mayor.

In its third ruling on the issue, a Missouri appeals court upheld a judge’s order to release investigation records into a St. Louis police World Series ticket scandal.

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A federal judge is holding off on approving a $4.75 million class-action settlement over advertising calls to cell phones while he considers cutting attorneys’ fees and adding claimants.

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After initially failing to come to a consensus, the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys came forward this week to support a bill that would make sweeping changes to the prosecuting attorney system in Missouri.

Two black candidates were among three people elected to the Ferguson City Council Tuesday, tripling African-American representation in the St. Louis suburb where poor race relations have been a focal point since the August shooting death of an 18-year-old black by a white police officer.

There have been 301,404 electronic filings in St. Louis County Circuit Court, the state’s busiest, since e-filing launched about a year ago.

St. Louis County circuit judges on Wednesday re-appointed three condemnation commissioners and two alternates.

A Wisconsin man whose son was shot and killed by a police officer in 2004 told Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday that independent investigations into such deaths are necessary to ensure justice.

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