A municipal judge can be an employee of a city without losing her independence, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Read More »A municipal judge can be an employee of a city without losing her independence, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Read More »“Despite the City’s lack of control of judicial decision-making, these facts, taken as a whole, support a legal determination that municipal judges are employees of the City.” -Judge Zel Fischer
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Read More »Municipal judges in Kansas City are part of the state’s 16th Judicial Circuit, but their paychecks come from the city. They are selected through a system very similar to Missouri’s Nonpartisan Court Plan, but the Kansas City Council makes the ...
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