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Missouri Supreme Court Judge Michael Wolff, a two-time candidate for state attorney general, is no stranger to campaigning. But it’s not something he would want to do as a judge. “If I had to raise more than $200 to run ...

St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and two of his supervising officers are entitled to qualified immunity in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by three female police officers who were assigned to the night shift. But the lawsuit will still ...

Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in May 2001. In March, he got Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Last week, he nailed Conrad Black. Fitzgerald, 46, isn’t saying what he’ll do next in his career. Friends and ...

A man recently sued by a Kansas City law firm failed to show for the first hearing last week. Jeff Brown, a former lawyer disbarred in May 2004, was at the downtown courthouse Wednesday morning, according to a law clerk ...

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a group of black plaintiffs to pursue their civil rights claims against the Columbia Dillard’s department store. “We’re elated,” said the plaintiffs’ attorney, William D. Rotts. “It looks like civil rights ...

In a move described as rare, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has given an indication that judges may be willing to hear arguments challenging the constitutionality of using lethal injection to execute condemned prisoners. The appellate court asked ...

Grand jury indicts 17 people for tax scheme A federal grand jury indicted 17 defendants for participating in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. The alleged wire fraud scheme involved stealing the identities of hundreds of victims, ...

Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in May 2001. In March, he got Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Last week, he nailed Conrad Black. Fitzgerald, 46, isn’t saying what he’ll do next in his career. Friends and ...

A U.S. appeals court, dealing a setback to the Bush administration, said judges should consider an array of evidence when deciding whether the military is justified in holding an inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

President George W. Bush won’t allow the prosecution of his aides if they are cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, the White House said. The comments by spokesman Tony Snow ...

Several current and former service technicians and other maintenance staff are suing three apartment management companies for not paying overtime or giving compensatory time. Twenty-six current and former employees filed the suit against Apartment Investment and Management Co., AIMCO Properties ...