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Civil Rights Criminal Government Trials 

No ‘Guilty’ Verdicts in Trial of White Cops Accused of Beating Black Undercover Officer

March 29, 2021March 30, 2021 JOE HARRIS
Assault, jury, Missouri, Police, race, verdict

A federal jury on Monday failed to convict one current and two former St. Louis police officers accused of beating an undercover Black officer during a 2017 protest.

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Appeals Business Consumers Law 

Tofurky Maker Loses Bid to Block Missouri Law on Food Labels

March 29, 2021March 30, 2021 ROX LAIRD
advertising, Eighth Circuit, First Amendment, food, labeling, Missouri

A federal appeals court sided against a producer of vegan meat alternatives that is challenging Missouri’s rules for labeling meat substitutes.

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Government Politics Regional 

Missouri Attorney General Seeks to Fill Outgoing GOP Senator’s Seat

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 JOE HARRIS
attorneys general, Elections, Missouri, Republicans, U.S. Senate

The Republican has vowed to defend Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda in Washington if he wins the Senate seat up for grabs next year.

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Government National Politics 

Missouri Republican Senator Won’t Seek Reelection in 2022

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 KEVIN KOENINGER
Elections, Missouri, Republicans, retirement, U.S. Senate

Roy Blunt is the fifth Republican senator to announce his retirement ahead of the next election cycle, although Democrats have little chance of capturing his seat.

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Appeals Education Health Science 

Eighth Circuit Tosses Challenge to Missouri Opt-Out Rules for Vaccines

March 5, 2021March 8, 2021 JOE HARRIS
Eighth Circuit, Missouri, schools, students, vaccines

While the federal appeals court dismissed the case, a challenge on the state level continues and proposed legislation could remove immunization requirements for students in private schools.

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Civil Rights Government Regional Trials 

Judge Finds Missouri Public Defender Waiting List Unconstitutional

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 JOE HARRIS
funding, Missouri, public defenders

The judge stayed the case to give Missouri lawmakers time to approve more funding in hopes of eliminating the waiting list.

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Appeals Business Consumers Law 

Florida Wine Retailer Loses Challenge to Missouri Liquor Licensing Rules

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 JOE HARRIS
alcohol, Eighth Circuit, Florida, interstate commerce, Missouri, regulation, retail, wine

The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Florida wine distributor’s challenge to Missouri’s liquor license residency laws, affirming a federal judge’s dismissal based on Supreme Court precedent.

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Appeals Civil Rights Education Law 

Guns on Campus

February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 BRIEF
college, Guns, Missouri

A University of Missouri system rule that prohibits employees from keeping firearms in their vehicles on campus conflicts with a state law that allows state employees to have a gun in their car as long as it is locked and the weapon is not visible, an appeals court in the state ruled.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government Media 

Blocked on Twitter

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 BRIEF
Eighth Circuit, Free Speech, Missouri, politician, Twitter

The Eighth Circuit ruled that Missouri state Representative Cheri Toalson Reisch did not violate a constituent’s rights when she blocked on him Twitter, because she used the account “overwhelmingly for campaign purposes,” and the First Amendment prohibits “only governmental abridgment of speech.”

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Appeals Education Health Religion 

Anti-Vaxxers Challenge Missouri’s Religious Exemption Process in the Eighth Circuit

January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 JOE HARRIS
children, Constitution, Eighth Circuit, Missouri, religious freedom, schools, vaccines

A group of Missouri parents told an Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday that the state requires them to go through a forced indoctrination session to religiously opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend school.

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Appeals Business 

Porta Potties

December 24, 2020December 28, 2020 BRIEF
Missouri, rent, retail, Taxes

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled against Charles Gott, the owner of a company called Gott’s To Go, finding that portable toilet rental is taxable.

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Appeals Entertainment Personal Injury 

Tube Trouble

December 16, 2020December 17, 2020 BRIEF
liability, Missouri

A ski resort is not liable for a man’s injuries in a snow tubing accident, an appeals court in Missouri ruled, because the man signed a release of liability contract before buying tickets for the tubing hill. As the man slid down the hill on a rubber inner dub, his foot hit a crevice in the slope, breaking his leg in two pieces.

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Appeals Business Law 

Tofurkey Maker Asks Panel to Nix Missouri Rules for Meat Substitute Labels

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 ANDY MONSERUD
advertising, Eighth Circuit, food, Missouri

The maker of vegetarian meat substitute Tofurky battled Missouri at the Eighth Circuit on Thursday afternoon over a state law restricting the use of the word “meat” and similar phrases on its product packaging.

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Civil Rights Regional Trials 

Closing Arguments Delivered in Trial Over Missouri Public Defender Wait List

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 JOE HARRIS
aclu, Attorneys, Class Action, Missouri, public defenders

Missouri’s efforts to reduce the time poor criminal defendants must wait for a public defender are commendable but they don’t make the state’s waiting list constitutional, an ACLU attorney said Wednesday during closing arguments of a two-day bench trial.

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Civil Rights Trials 

Bench Trial Over Missouri Public Defender Waiting Lists Kicks Off

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Missouri, public defenders

Missouri’s practice of placing poor criminal defendants on a wait list for a public defender was the best option among bad choices in balancing right to counsel with overwhelming caseloads, the former director of the state’s public defender office testified Tuesday in a trial challenging the system.

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Appeals Government Media Politics 

Missouri Lawmaker Asks Panel to Let Her Block Online Critics

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 ANDY MONSERUD
Eighth Circuit, First Amendment, legislators, Missouri, Social Media, Twitter

An ongoing debate over the First Amendment responsibilities of elected officials on social media made it to the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday afternoon, where attorneys sparred over whether public officials’ social media accounts are public forums.

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Civil Rights Government 

Ballot Signatures

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 BRIEF
2020 elections, Missouri, Voting

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled against the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP and voters in their challenge against the state’s requirement that signatures on certain absentee and mail-in ballots be acknowledged by a notary.

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Courts Government 

Missouri Secretary of State Faces Lawsuit From State Auditor

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 JOE HARRIS
2020 elections, Missouri

Republican Secretary of State John Ashcroft pushed back Wednesday on allegations by Democratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway that an investigation launched by his office is politically motivated.

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Appeals Government Law 

Overworked Public Defenders

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 BRIEF
Missouri, public defenders

A Missouri appeals court reversed the denial of a public defender’s office request for relief from excessive caseloads. While courts cannot review whether the public defender’s office has exceeded a caseload standard, it may consider whether individual public defender attorneys are unable to provide effective assistance of counsel due to caseload issues.

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Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

St. Louis Couple Charged Over Standoff With Protesters

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Guns, Missouri, protests, self-defense, St. Louis

A couple who drew national headlines after waving guns at hundreds of civil rights protesters in front of their St. Louis home were indicted Tuesday afternoon by a city grand jury.

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