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A landowner in Clinton, Mo. did not violate the city’s zoning ordinance by growing grasses and flowers on a property zoned as a single-family residential district, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled, reversing the Henry County ...

A correctional facility may deny communal worship privileges for a religious group preaching racial separation, but it must first show a credible threat of violence resulting from the group being allowed to meet, ruled a unanimous panel of the 8th ...

Homebuilding continues to be a mixed bag of activity with anticipation concerning summer business highly dependent on specific local markets. Even the National Association of Homebuilders appeared uncertain about the overall industry last week when two separate reports in as ...

Technology has become so ingrained in our everyday lives that most people wouldn’t think of going without their most treasured gadget. At least that seems to be the conclusion of a recent survey conducted by Auvi Technologies Inc. in St. ...

The grandchildren of a woman who was shot and killed during an armed robbery at the front desk of the Branson hotel where she had just started a part-time job are entitled to death benefits under Missouri’s workers’ compensation law ...

Residential mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures fell during the first quarter according to a lending industry survey released last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association. In the opening months of 2004, the delinquency rate on mortgage loans for one to four ...

Saint Louis University Vice President and General Counsel William R. Kauffman has received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Only the 22nd recipient of the award in the organization’s 44-year history, Kauffman received ...

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc reinstated the death sentence of a man convicted for the 1985 strangulation death of a St. Louis woman. “We believe that the 8th Circuit en banc made the correct decision in ...

Lindell Pavilion’s caretakers may renovate the Forest Park attraction without aggrieving the public, even if the changes cause usage price hikes, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, on Tuesday. Albert Bender Sr., Richard Frost and Charles Hawkins sued ...

Consumers rank quality of workmanship higher than cost when it comes to their expectations regarding home remodeling projects. Results of a survey released last week by the National Association of Remodeling Industry showed that do-it-yourselfers would take on minor projects ...

Errors in the calculation of a decedent’s estate led to an attorney receiving compensation for 30 percent more than than what was agreed upon in his contract, found the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, remanding the dispute over the ...