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A Kansas City man’s argument that a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder was effectively a death sentence because of his health problems was not strong enough to sway a Missouri appellate court. The Western District Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed ...

In his first state of the judiciary speech, Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Zel M. Fischer on Wednesday used his platform to lobby for the expansion of treatment court programs. Fischer told the General Assembly it was an area for ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases touching on LGBT issues. On Tuesday, the court sustained applications for transfer in the case of a transgender teenager seeking access to school facilities, as well as the case of ...

A man who refused a breathalyzer test is appealing a judgment upholding the revocation of his license on grounds that the arresting officer failed to provide him a private space to confer with an attorney. The case is that of ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended a St. Louis attorney’s law license for six months for lying to a client for more than five years after failing to file his lawsuit. On Tuesday, the court found Jonathan D. Valentino, formerly ...

St. Louis civil rights attorney and activist Frankie Muse Freeman has died at 101. Freeman died Jan. 12, members of the legal community confirmed Monday. Funeral arrangements are set for Friday and Saturday. A visitation is scheduled for 5 to ...

An error over the use of disjunctive jury instructions has led the Eastern District Court of Appeals to reverse a $2.5 million verdict against Harris-Stowe State University and send the case back for a new trial. The ruling, issued Tuesday, ...

A long-running dispute over quarry truck traffic in a southern Jackson County city has resulted in an $831,000 verdict. The lawsuit goes back to 2011, when 18 plaintiffs, a mix of former and current residents of Second Avenue in the ...

A Missouri appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling Tuesday that former Gov. Jay Nixon’s withholding of Public Defender funds was not a violation of the separation of powers. The ruling was in the Public Defender’s suit against Nixon, who ...

A disciplinary hearing panel has found Platte County Prosecutor Eric G. Zahnd guilty of professional misconduct for his handling of a child molestation case. In a decision issued Dec. 6, the panel outlined its findings and recommended public reprimand as ...

A contentious dispute over a Kansas City law firm’s dissolution has led to new case law. On Tuesday, the Western District Court of Appeals found that a claim for breach of fiduciary duty exists when a partner in a for-profit ...