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Just in time for the upcoming school year, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday that full-scale, “suspicionless” searches of property belonging to public school students are unconstitutional. The decision, arriving four years after the U.S. District Court ...

As home sales shift from a seller’s to a buyer’s market real estate professionals are trying an increasing number of ways to help move property. But veterans of this business remind newcomers anxious to complete a sale that there is ...

Material misrepresentation was not applicable when an insurance company could not prove a man intended to deceive the company on his credit disability insurance policy, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled, reversing a Jackson County Circuit ...

A national shortage of construction materials reported last month might not be as severe in specific locations as in others, although higher prices are being applied to all involved. “A nationwide survey conducted in July shows that builders are reporting ...

A federal district court judge properly granted summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Postal Service in a sexual discrimination and retaliation suit filed by a postal worker, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Anthony B. Ware, ...

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, sent a message to workers applying for benefits from the Second Injury Fund last week by clarifying the procedures in giving and obtaining workers’ compensation awards. Last week’s two opinions specifically held that ...

Got insurance? If the American Bar Association has its way, that question will become part of your annual registration statement. On August 9, the ABA’s House of Delegates passed a resolution adopting a model court rule on insurance disclosure at ...

The Missouri bankruptcy bar was saddened by the recent death of one of the pioneers of current bankruptcy practice, Judge Robert E. Brauer. Brauer died from heart complications on June 8, 2004. To honor and celebrate his judicial career, which ...

A Jackson County trial court must reinstate a women’s petition alleging a cause of action against a co-worker in a work-related personal injury claim, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in a reversed and remanded decision. ...

Robert O. Hetlage The American Bar Foundation elected St. Louis attorney Robert O. Hetlage as its president for 2004-2005. Hetlage, who is of counsel with Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, will also serve on the board of the American Bar Foundation ...

Case.net, an Internet application that was designed and maintained by the Office of State Courts Administrator, has been recently upgraded. It is now enhanced to better utilize new technology to increase the system availability, handle new users and make it ...