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Supreme Court apologizes for delay of case

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee seemed amenable to legislation prompting convicted felons to serve 85 percent of their sentences, even as a defense lawyers’ organization and a civil liberties group expressed concerns about the bill’s impact. Sen. Kurt ...

A government employee fired within a few months of disclosing a supervisor’s alleged sexual harassment in response to her employer’s questions may pursue a retaliation claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, even though she never filed ...

In the Jan. 23 article, “Lethal injection challenge reheard by Missouri Supreme Court,” plaintiff John C. Middleton’s name was misspelled. We regret the error.

Attorney Bob Keefe, gesturing, meets with his client Alfred Mayes of south St. Louis before going to trial in his worker’s compensation case in July. A long-awaited state Supreme Court decision Tuesday will impact worker’s compensation law in Missouri. Photo ...

John C. Middleton Lethal injection protocol not subject to rulemaking, state high court says A divided Missouri Supreme Court has removed a hurdle to resuming executions in the state. In a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, the high court said the ...

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee seemed amenable to legislation prompting convicted felons to serve 85 percent of their sentences, even as a defense lawyers’ organization and a civil liberties group expressed concerns about the bill’s impact. Sen. Kurt ...

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and a local towing company conspired to steal a 2005 TrailBlazer that had been stolen from a St. Louis woman, the woman and her son allege in a lawsuit filed Monday in the St. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court buttressed a federal ban on gun possession by people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, saying the law applies to a West Virginia man convicted of beating his wife under a general state battery law. The justices, ...

A government employee fired within a few months of disclosing a supervisor’s alleged sexual harassment in response to her employer’s questions may pursue a retaliation claim under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, even though she never filed ...

Photo by Scott Lauck Michael Wallis, of the Redfearn Law Firm, is tackled by children from Operation Breakthrough at the LEAP lunch on Tuesday. Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance, a joint effort of Kansas City area bar associations, sponsors Operation Breakthrough, ...