A Missouri appeals court gave approval to the state’s portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled against ...

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The Appellate Judicial Commission is scheduled to meet April 9 to pick finalists for an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

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The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet April 9-10 in St. Louis to select finalists for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District.

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Red-light cameras in the city of Florissant will be back on the docket in the St. Louis County Circuit court.

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Nineteen people are applying for an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, but the position could remain vacant for as much as four more months.

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A former board member for the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District has lost his appeal for his job in the Missouri Court of Appeals, but his attorney says he will be up for election again in April.

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A court of appeals has affirmed the conviction of a suspended attorney for having sex with boys. Eric Tolen, a former assistant U.S. attorney, was convicted in September 2008 of numerous charges of statutory sodomy and witness tampering of one ...

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A state appeals court threw out a $760,000 jury verdict in favor of the family of a woman who died at Saint Louis University Hospital following back surgery. The two doctors who remained in the case – Asma Zainab and ...

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A suspended attorney’s appeal of his conviction is raising some novel issues relating to whether documents stating his impressions of his criminal case were work-product files. Eric Tolen, a former assistant U.S. attorney, was convicted in September 2008 of numerous ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has reissued its opinion granting a man a mistrial after finding he was not competent. The court had transferred the case to the Missouri Supreme Court “in light of the general interest and ...

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A lawmaker, a judge and a private attorney have been nominated to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. The Appellate Judicial Commission announced Tuesday that state Rep. Rachel Bringer, D-Palmyra; St. Louis County Circuit Judge ...

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