The U.S. Supreme Court said “cocaine base,” the term is used in federal law, is not limited to just crack cocaine.
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court said “cocaine base,” the term is used in federal law, is not limited to just crack cocaine.
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Read More »An appeals court said Thursday that a diabetic police officer who shot a man during a hypoglycemic reaction may be entitled to immunity.
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Read More »Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary R. Russell, right, speaks at a Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s breakfast forum May 18 in Richmond Heights. Also pictured, from left: Nancy Hamilton, deputy general counsel at Monsanto Co., Catherine Hanaway, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Carrie Hermeling, St. Louis office managing partner for Husch Blackwell. In a telephone interview, Russell weighed in on the dos and don’ts of attorney courtroom behavior.
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Read More »A Jackson County jury today returned an $8.8 million verdict for a construction worker injured when a jackhammer fell from a scaffold and struck him in the head, although the plaintiff was found to be 10 percent at fault.
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Read More »An Ohio-based company will pay $8 million in a settlement with the United States on claims that it paid a Kansas City-area pharmacy to buy prescription drugs, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a press release.
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Read More »State ex rel. SLAH, LLC v. City of Woodson Terrace (MLW No. 61986/Case No. ED94904 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, P.J.)
Read More »Blumer v. Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange (MLW No. 61999/Case No. WD72753 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)
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Read More »U.S. v. White Calf (MLW No. 61938/Case No. 09-3653 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)
Read More »The dispute began over how much to pay workers to repaint a water tower in Monroe City. By the time it reached the Missouri Supreme Court, the case had attracted dire predictions about public infrastructure, tales of woe about school maintenance and a reference to the mythical Greek king Theseus.
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Read More »One lawyer was disbarred, another put on inactive status and a third reprimanded by the Missouri Supreme Court this week.
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Read More »A municipal judge can be an employee of a city without losing her independence, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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