A white St. Louis police sergeant who won nearly $800,000 in a racial discrimination suit has filed another lawsuit claiming he’s been retaliated against for his earlier win in court. Sgt. David Bonenberger, who has been with the department for ...
Read More »Appeals court looks at personhood of frozen embryos
Whether a frozen embryo should be considered a person is at the heart of a case the Eastern District Court of Appeals heard on Wednesday. A St. Louis County circuit court in October ruled that Justin Gadberry and Jalesia McQueen’s ...
Read More »McCulloch special prosecutor rejected
The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday affirmed a trial court’s decision to grant St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch’s motion to dismiss in a case that sought a special prosecutor to investigate his conduct in the ...
Read More »Memorial service set for former Missouri lawmaker, judge
A memorial service is planned for next month for former Missouri appellate judge and Republican lawmaker Robert O. Snyder. Snyder was 98 when he died May 25 of heart failure at his home in Kirkwood. The Navy veteran of World ...
Read More »St. Louis police chief questions judges’ accountability
The St. Louis police chief vented online Monday about the city’s judges, saying he believes they are too lenient in cases involving gun crimes and insisting presiding jurists “are accountable to virtually no one.” Chief Sam Dotson — in a ...
Read More »Jury sides with plaintiffs in case against Monsanto
A St. Louis jury awarded three plaintiffs a collective $46.5 million in a case alleging Monsanto was negligent in marketing and selling PCBs. The jury voted 10-2 on Wednesday in favor of the plaintiffs following a trial that began at ...
Read More »Suspect arrested in death of coal executive Bennett Hatfield
A man has been arrested in the death of a former coal company executive found shot at a West Virginia cemetery where his wife is buried, a sheriff said Tuesday. Mingo County Sheriff James Smith said Anthony R. Arriaga, 20, ...
Read More »Judge suggests better way to probe defendant’s language skills
An appeals court is suggesting Missouri should consider better ways for determining if defendants need an interpreter during legal proceedings. The Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday denied post-conviction relief for a Portuguese-speaking criminal defendant who pleaded guilty in ...
Read More »Supreme Court to office seekers: register to vote on time
For the last two election cycles, the Missouri Supreme Court has considered arguments from would-be political candidates who couldn’t get on the ballot because they waited too long to register to vote. In a 4-3 ruling on Friday afternoon, the ...
Read More »Judge strikes blow to Missouri cigarette tax initiative
An initiative proposing to raise Missouri’s cigarette tax to benefit early childhood programs is in jeopardy of not making the November ballot after a judge ruled its financial estimate is insufficient and unfair. The ruling Thursday by Cole County Circuit ...
Read More »Supreme Court considers would-be candidate’s case
The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday weighed the allegedly “heavy burden” that candidates for some state offices face because they must be registered to vote for at least two years. In an expedited case that likely marked its last oral ...
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