In a 2-1 decision, a federal appellate panel said participants in a pension plan cannot sue on behalf of the plan despite the federal law that says they can. At the trial court level, U.S. District Judge Linda R. Reade, ...

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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the four-game suspensions of three New Orleans Saints football players who tested positive for the diuretic bumetanide in 2008. Two Minnesota Vikings players also tested positive, but they still are fighting their ...

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A federal appeals court has reinstated part of a class action shareholders lawsuit against Kansas City-based tax preparer H&R Block. The lawsuit was consolidated from nine separate class actions filed against the company in state and federal court. The lawsuits came after the company in 2005 and again in 2006 restated several years' worth of earnings. The company was also sued by California authorities over its loan refund program, and by New York over the marketing of its Express Individual Retirement Account program.

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A federal appeals court has ended a class action lawsuit against Kansas City-based NovaStar Financial. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the lawsuit filed in 2007 wasn’t specific enough to meet the detailed pleading requirements of ...

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A man was not entrapped by law enforcement when he attempted to meet a person posing as a 14-year-old girl for sex after encountering her in a chat room, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The court ...

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More than five years have passed since the Kansas City firm Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan filed a class lawsuit in Platte County against various mortgage companies alleging they charged high excessive fees and closing costs on second mortgages. On ...

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The seemingly simple and hyperlocal decision of locating a cellular phone tower drew a split decision from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court affirmed Platte County’s denial of a permit for a ...

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Usually, a court’s opinion is its final word on the matter. But every so often it will take something back. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has retracted a footnote in an opinion that an attorney on the losing ...

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A Minnesota man who said his boss’s wife harassed him on the basis of religion will have another opportunity to pursue a hostile work environment claim against his former employer. On Wednesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed ...

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Ten years after contracting with a real estate company to find a new location for its Missouri Division Headquarters, Lafarge North American Inc. got the go-ahead to pursue its federal lawsuit against the real estate company. On Monday, the 8th ...

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Both sides are claiming victory in a lawsuit over distributing Bibles in a public school. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a permanent injunction prohibiting the distribution of Bibles to students at an elementary school in southeastern Missouri. For about 30 years, school officials at South Iron Elementary School have allowed representatives of Gideons International to distribute Bibles to fifth-graders.

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