A white former police officer whose acquittal in the death of a black suspect set off weeks of protests argued Wednesday before the Eighth Circuit that St. Louis officials were not entitled to immunity from his defamation lawsuit.
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A federal judge did not adequately weigh a new Missouri Supreme Court rule for cash bail bonds before issuing an injunction prohibiting the practice in St. Louis city courts, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
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A police union spokesman on Tuesday called St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner the worst prosecutor in the country, a day after she accused the union and city of a racist conspiracy to force her out.
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A lawyer for four people who claim they were held in a debtors’ jail in St. Louis argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Thursday that a recent change in bail procedures does not make their case moot.
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National Football League team owners and other high-level league officials will have to turn over eight years of cellphone records as part of a lawsuit over the Rams’ move to Los Angeles, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.
Read moreA federal judge refused St. Louis’ request to dismiss a civil rights complaint from protesters of police brutality, as evidence indicates police may have a practice of using chemical agents against protesters without providing warning or leaving them a means of egress.
Read moreA disgraced former St. Louis County executive was sentenced Friday to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a pay-to-play scheme that awarded government contracts to campaign donors.
Read moreA federal judge advanced some claims from a disabled journalist who claims police pepper-sprayed her without warning while she covered a peaceful protest against police brutality on Sept. 29, 2017.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss all claims from a reporter whom St. Louis police beat, pepper-sprayed and arrested while he was covering a protest against police violence.
Read moreA federal judge advanced civil rights claims by a protester who says one St. Louis police officer pepper-sprayed him in the face without warning and with no attempt to arrest him.
Read moreA federal judge granted class certification and a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs who were detained in St. Louis jails, often for more than a month, because they were unable to afford bail.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of protesters who claim their civil rights were violated by St. Louis police in the aftermath of a white officer’s acquittal on a first-degree murder charge for killing a black motorist.
Read moreSt. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger resigned Monday after being indicted by a federal grand jury in a pay-to-play scheme. The 44-page indictment cites many damning text messages.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Rams will pay up to $24 million to former personal seat license owners in St. Louis and another $7.4 million in attorney’s fees and expenses to settle a class action over the football team’s relocation.
Read moreFour St. Louis police officers were suspended without pay after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges stemming from the arrest and assault of a protester — who happened to be an undercover officer.
Read moreSt. Louis won another round in its legal battle against the Rams and the National Football League over the team’s move to Los Angeles, after a Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Rams cannot compel arbitration to settle the dispute.
Read moreA former St. Louis police officer whose acquittal on a murder charge last September led to protests sued the city’s former circuit attorney and an internal affairs detective Wednesday for malicious prosecution and defamation.
Read moreCiting DNA evidence that was withheld, a federal judge Tuesday ordered the reopening of a civil rights lawsuit in a high-profile, white-on-black police killing of a drug suspect.
Read moreThe Los Angeles Rams won the latest round in an ongoing legal battle against former St. Louis season ticket holders after a federal judge declined Tuesday to decide the case in favor of fans who bought personal seat licenses.
Read moreA journalist arrested and jailed for 13 hours after covering street protests arising from the 2011 shooting of a black man sued St. Louis and several officers, claiming they pepper-sprayed and assaulted him even though he did nothing wrong and clearly identified himself as a member of the press.
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