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A police officer who pulled down an armrest that opened into the trunk of a car and found a loaded handgun did not violate the Fourth Amendment, the 7th Circuit has ruled. The officer stopped the defendant for having a ...

A rose is a rose is a rose, so the theory goes. How familiar those lyrics of Gertrude Stein rang through a recent opinion handed down by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, when it determined that an order ...

A medical malpractice plaintiff’s request to substitute her attorney does not sacrifice the administration of justice, the Supreme Court of Illinois determined Thursday. The decision arrives in the face of a Winnebago County trial court’s decision, which the appellate court ...

After two years of consistently strong residential building, construction economists confirm that commercial building is about to take off on its own. According to an industry report released jointly last week by the U.S. Commerce Department and McGraw Hill, non-residential ...

After a trial, an appeal, a motion court finding and a second appeal, a defendant in a second-degree murder case is getting a new trial. In James L. Peterson, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent, the defendant appealed the motion ...

With the resignation of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist seemingly imminent, and the possible retirement of several other justices within the next four years, legal pundits are predicting the first shakeup of the U.S. Supreme Court in more than a ...

The Associated General Contractors have been recognized by the Construction Users Roundtable for its implementation of effective recruitment and training programs for craft-workers and construction industry managers. Winning entries were selected from approximately 100 entries received nationally from trade associations, ...

Election results in four states where lawyers and doctors battled over whether med-mal awards should be capped resulted in a virtual tie, with both sides claiming victory. Record amounts of money were spent by both sides in the campaign, which ...

Franchised businesses in the United States employed more than 9 million people in 2001 (the last figures available), according to the International Franchise Association Educational Foundation. In the same year, a total of 767,483 franchises, from retail food operations to ...

The new officers are James A. Heeter, President, Lisa Gentleman and Hon. Christine Sill Rogers, Vice Presidents; Mark Foster, Secretary; Paul L. Redfearn, Treasurer and W. H. “Bert” Bates, Chairman Emeritus. The Foundation For Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP) is ...

In an affirmed opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found Boy Scouts of America Inc. and its national officer were not liable to a former Boy Scout who was molested by a troop leader. In Lance ...