Pabst Brewing Company and MillerCoors are going to trial, with hipster favorite Pabst contending that MillerCoors wants to put it out of business by ending a longstanding partnership through which it brews Pabst’s beers. The case has high stakes for ...
Read More »‘Magic’ campaign lands 17 black women on Houston courts
The Houston area’s courts are going to be a lot more diverse thanks to a group of 17 African-American women and their “magic.” The women, who were part of an effort dubbed the “Black Girl Magic” campaign, all won races ...
Read More »Judge approves fees in Trinity Lutheran case
A federal judge has approved $433,791 in attorneys’ fees and expenses in the case of a Columbia church whose suit against the state of Missouri went before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017. In an order issued Nov. 7, U.S. ...
Read More »Bucklew execution case seems to turn on Kavanaugh vote
Hearing his first arguments in a death-penalty case, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed open Tuesday to the arguments of a Missouri inmate who says his rare medical condition could result in severe pain if he is executed by lethal ...
Read More »Federal judge seeks cult leader’s arrest in $8M judgment
A federal judge in Kansas is seeking the arrest of a cult leader who hasn’t complied with court orders related to an $8 million judgment for a woman who said he forced her to work without pay for a decade. ...
Read More »Trial starts over 2020 census citizenship question
A federal trial began Monday in New York City over challenges to the federal government’s decision to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The first witness — Duke University Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus — said there was considerable ...
Read More »Early voting ahead of midterms reveals problems
Rejected voter registrations, malfunctioning voting machines, confusion among election workers. These problems and more have surfaced during early voting ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. A rundown of voting problems so far around the country: VOTING MACHINES — Some Texas voters ...
Read More »Groundskeeper accepts reduced $78 million Monsanto verdict
A Northern California groundskeeper said that he will accept a judge’s reduced verdict of $78 million against Monsanto after a jury found the company’s weed killer caused his cancer. DeWayne Johnson’s attorney formally informed the San Francisco Superior Court that ...
Read More »Homeowners lose case against pot-business neighbor
A federal jury has ruled against a Colorado couple who claimed that a marijuana-growing operation hurt the value of their property with sweeping mountain views in a case that was closely watched by the U.S. cannabis industry. Jurors reached their ...
Read More »Polsinelli founder and namesake to retire Jan. 31
After 46 years as the namesake of one of Missouri’s largest law firms, James A. Polsinelli is preparing to retire. In a statement on Wednesday, the firm said that Polsinelli “will walk the halls of the firm which has shared ...
Read More »Appeals judges OK lawsuit on Missouri voter photo ID funding
Appeals court judges on Tuesday said a lawsuit can move forward that alleges Missouri lawmakers didn’t spend enough money on implementation of a new voter photo identification law and it consequently should not be enforced. The decision by the Western ...
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