When you think "legal lions," think Myron H. Bright. Bright, 90, just celebrated more than 40 years as a judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It's been 40 years and eight months, to be precise, and that makes him the longest-serving working appellate judge on the 8th Circuit since it began in 1891. Bright, and other Court of Appeals employees who observed milestone anniversaries, were honored at a ceremony Tuesday at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse.

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Robert Smedley wasn’t driving his boat when another boat hit it nearly four years ago, but he is liable for the fault of the driver. So said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision issued Thursday. Smedley’s ...

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Missouri is taking its fight against protests near military funerals to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state petitioned the Supreme Court to consider whether the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals got it wrong when it said Shirley Phelps-Roper and ...

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Almost 17 years after Herbert Smulls was convicted of first-degree murder it looks as if his case is coming to an end. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it won’t review Smulls’ claims that he is entitled to another ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in an age-discrimination case where the legal issues were so thorny, even a seasoned high court litigator was compelled to comment. “The issues here are unbelievably complicated,” said Carter G. Phillips, a ...

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The Missouri Department of Revenue cannot reject an application for a specialty license plate based on an organization’s viewpoint because it would be a violation of free speech, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. The court ...

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The Missouri Department of Corrections and its medical services arm are not responsible for an inmate’s blindness. On Tuesday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Alex A. Mason’s allegation that prison officials and medical personnel did not allow ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict finding Kansas City-based UMB Financial Corp.’s decision not to hire a quadriplegic man for its customer-service call center was based on a misunderstanding and was not discriminatory. The opinion of the 8th ...

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A Jamaican national who more than once entered the United States illegally gets to stay in this country a while longer – in federal prison. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed the sentence imposed on Barrington ...

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A federal appeals court upheld a conviction for possessing child pornography even though the jury instruction used at trial differed from the grand jury indictment. Despite the error in the instruction, there was sufficient evidence to convict Jason D. Inman ...

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It’s not a strip search if you don’t have to strip. On Monday, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Bella Villa police chief didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment rights of an Overland woman when he photographed her ...

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