Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown Jr. will present a different story about his shooting death by a former Ferguson police officer with a wrongful death lawsuit filed Thursday. “The evidence has not changed, but the presentation of that ...
Read More »Federal suit challenges unending SVP commitments
When John Van Orden launched a lawsuit over his involuntary commitment to a mental health facility and program for “sexually violent predators,” nobody in the 10-year-old program had ever been released. Court documents say that six years later, it’s ...
Read More »Parma city attorney is staying after election
Despite reports to the contrary, Parma city attorney Robin Northern is sticking around after the election of the town’s first African-American woman mayor. After Tyus Byrd bested Randall Ramsey, who served as mayor for more than 30 years in separate ...
Read More »Pine Lawn alderman sues, alleging retaliation motivated arrest
Former Pine Lawn Mayor Adrian Wright had just pulled into his driveway and gotten out of his car three years ago when a police officer appeared, “screaming expletives” and falsely accusing Wright of running a stop sign 128 feet from ...
Read More »Parma muni judge sticks around as others quit
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.
Read More »Off Track: Opponents say just $2M is fair for massive rails-to-trails settlement
Washington state attorney Gordon Woodley started out on the same side as the lawyers from Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice in what turned out to be one of the largest-ever rails-to-trails cases. He said he represented some property owners and ...
Read More »Appeals court upholds release of World Series ticket scandal records
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.
Tagged with: American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri John Chasnoff
Read More »Judge waits on final approval of $4.75M settlement of advertising calls
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.
Tagged with: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Stephen Limbaugh Jr.
Read More »Non-attorney muni judge Santie wins re-election in Malden
Phillip Santie, a non-attorney judge for seven Bootheel region cities, has won his 11th two-year term as municipal judge of Malden.
Read More »Appeals court upholds $280,000 award against Joyce Meyer Ministries
An appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $280,000 personal injury award against Joyce Meyer Ministries, saying a judge was right to exclude evidence and a jury instruction that would have directed blame to a convention center operator.
Read More »Judges choose three finalists for St. Louis drug court commissioner
St. Louis Circuit Court judges chose public defender Matthew Melton, provisional municipal judge Scott Millikan and attorney Michael Walton as the finalists for a vacant drug court commissioner position.
Tagged with: Matthew Melton Michael Walton Scott Millikan St. Louis Circuit Court
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