Missouri lawmakers did a poor job of describing a proposal to add a voter ID provision to the state constitution, so it must come off the ballot, a Cole County circuit judge ruled. But the Legislature is already at work on a new version.
Read More »Roberts likely to poll justices on health care stance | Take our survey
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will probably ask each of his eight Supreme Court colleagues gathered in an oak-paneled room Friday where they stand on the law that would expand health insurance to at least 30 million Americans and affect one-sixth of the economy.
Read More »Organic, other farmers appeal lawsuit against Monsanto
A group of family farmers is looking to a higher authority after its lawsuit against St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. was tossed out.
Read More »Burn victim wins $12 million judgment
A Dial Corp. employee who was severely burned while cleaning up after a fire at the North St. Louis laundry soap plant has won a $12 million judgment against the former plant manager.
Read More »Oh (No) Canada: Missouri man proves he’s a U.S citizen.
Back in August 2010, Scott Lee Jones, then 33 and a roofer, was arrested by immigration authorities at the home he shared with his wife and four children in Park Hills, about 70 miles south of St. Louis.
Read More »Judge: Procrastinating attorneys must register for e-filing
Attorneys filing appeals in the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District who don’t have their electronic ducks in a row had better get a move on, said Chief Judge Kurt S. Odenwald.
Read More »Justices suggest other parts of health law may be tossed | Take our poll
U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they may throw out other parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law if they strike down its core requirement that Americans obtain insurance.
Read More »Court halves attorney fees in class action against MSD
Although a class won a Hancock Amendment challenge to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s stormwater user charge, the class lawyers aren’t entitled to double attorney fees, a Missouri appeals court said in a case of first impression.
Read More »U.S. Sentencing Commission releases 2011 federal sentencing data
Everything you wanted to know about federal sentencing is available on the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s website.
Read More »Death row inmates win ban of unapproved anesthesia
Twenty-one death row inmates won an order barring use of sodium thiopental, an imported drug given as anesthesia prior to administration of lethal injections.
Read More »Court upholds map for Missouri House
The Missouri Supreme Court today turned aside a constitutional challenge to Missouri’s newly drawn state House districts.
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