Four elderly residents of the Catholic-run San Luis Apartments in the Central West End are fighting the upcoming demolition of their building with a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed in the St. Louis-based federal court on Monday, accuses Catholic Charities ...
Read More »Nixon to file amicus brief in gun-rights case
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday that he would work with attorneys general from other states to file a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an individual’s right to keep and bear ...
Read More »Appeals court hears arguments in pledge of allegiance lawsuit
A federal appeals court heard arguments over whether reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools and printing “In God We Trust” on currency violate the U.S. Constitution’s separation of church and state. The U.S. Court of Appeals in San ...
Read More »Court questions patient medical-device suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned whether patients should be able to sue Medtronic Inc. and other medical-device makers over products cleared for sale under the Food and Drug Administration’s most rigorous approval process. In arguments Tuesday in Washington, several justices ...
Read More »British ‘big wig’ barristers seek to keep hairpieces
Britain’s barristers would prefer to hold onto their horsehair wigs and centuries-old court dress, according to a survey that may pressure the judiciary to drop plans to phase out the garb in some courts. Two-thirds of the 2,700 lawyers and ...
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Read More »Nixon to file amicus brief in gun-rights case
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday that he would work with attorneys general from other states to file a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an individual’s right to keep and bear ...
Read More »Awards, next leader on tap for KCMBA annual meeting
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association President Charles German, right, shakes hands with outgoing president Pat McLarney at last year’s KCMBA Annual Meeting. German will pass the bar’s leadership to Gregory Bentz at this year’s meeting, to be held Thursday at ...
Read More »Seniors sue to stop razing of Catholic-run apartments
Four elderly residents of the Catholic-run San Luis Apartments in the Central West End are fighting the upcoming demolition of their building with a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed in the St. Louis-based federal court on Monday, accuses Catholic Charities ...
Read More »Bills on courts, taxes, alcohol offered for ‘08
In the opening hours of bill filing, legislators have offered proposals making it a crime to use alcohol or drugs while pregnant, adding new judges and asking voters to limit courts’ authority. Many of the ideas were proposed during this ...
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