For the first time in the Supreme Court of Missouri’s history, a husband and wife – and an Asian-American – sat as special judges with the Court. Judge George W. Draper III, chief judge of the Court of Appeals, Eastern ...
Read More »Health care costs, politics subject of conference
The cost of employer-sponsored health premiums rose 11.2 percent in 2004, and since 2000 health premiums have risen 59 percent, while workers wages have increased only 12 percent, according to the 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey, released by the ...
Read More »Guatemalan family given second shot at asylum
A handful of violent acts against a woman and her family could amount to political persecution, found the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. The panel noted inconsistencies in the family’s testimonies, however, that could pose a problem ...
Read More »State, Federal highway funding on stop and go path
State and federal highway funding offered mixed messages as September ended. With a fifth extension in a year, federal highway plans put the brakes on new road funding obligations by Congress, while at the same time cash strapped state agencies ...
Read More »Western District COA to sit at Vernon County
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District will convene Court in Nevada, Missouri on Thursday, October 28, 2004, Chief Judge Edwin H. Smith announced today. A three judge panel, consisting of Harold L. Lowenstein, Paul M. Spinden and James M. ...
Read More »Search warrant included container found in cabinet
By Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Staff Writer
Read More »Unequal contributions to joint tenancy negate equal distribution
Estate planning nearly cost a family its property when a company tried to collect on a man’s debt by taking his one-half interest in the property. Luckily, the man never contributed a cent toward the land, leaving the debt collectors ...
Read More »PMI carriers warn about piggyback loan risks
Many homeowners who have secured historically low interest rates on original purchases or refinancing during the past couple of years continue to look for ways to save money. And many lenders are happy to help them in an effort to ...
Read More »Search warrant included container found in cabinet (1368)
Even though officers only had a warrant to search for methamphetamine and related materials, an officer did not exceed the scope of a search warrant when he opened a container containing marijuana, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western ...
Read More »Judgment fails to meet definition of suppression
In the war against methamphetamine, the Missouri Court of Appeal, Eastern District, made another distinction in how to preserve evidence in court by denying the state’s plea for an interlocutory appeal following the suppression of its evidence. In denying its ...
Read More »Inmate's 8th Amendment claim halted by 8th Circuit
A sick inmate’s 8th Amendment violation claim failed on Friday because he fell short of showing his doctor acted with deliberate indifference when treating his Hepatitis C virus, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined. The inmate, Jerry Bender, ...
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