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  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Man Who Molested Daughters to "Educate Them About Love and Sex" Loses Court Appeal

    Mo. Dept. of CorrectionsLeonard Cannafax is currently in year two of a 25-year sentence.​The following is not for the squeamish, yet it appears here to illustrates just how depraved people can be.Last week, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a Greene County Circuit Court's 2009 conviction of Leo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Rams Owner Stan Kroenke Wins Appeal For Public Funding For Belleville Walmart

    Stan Kroenke can move forward on his plans for a Belleville Walmart.​Sure he's worth nearly $3 billion, according to Forbes magazine, but, hey, business is business. And earlier this month, St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke won another sweetheart deal for his bread-and-butter business: the Walmart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Appeals Court: "Disgusting" Gestures OK for Workplace

    Wal-Mart managers got you down? Why not tell 'em how you feel?​Good news for all you disgruntled WalMart workers out there: You can flip off your boss. You can even tell your boss that he "disgusts" you. And even after all that, your boss still doesn't have the right to fire you for misconduct!Tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Court Upholds $5 Million Sex Abuse Judgment Vs. Belleville Diocese

    ​An Illinois appellate court has upheld the ruling of a 2008 St. Clair County jury that awarded a man $5 million in a lawsuit versus the Belleville Diocese. The 2008 trial alleged that Rev. Raymond Kownacki sexually molested James Wisniewski of Champaign when Wisniewski served as an altar boy in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Preservationists Lose Court Appeal Over San Luis Apartments

    The San Luis apartments as they appeared last year.​The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a circuit court's decision yesterday that a group of preservationists had no right to sue over the demolition of the San Luis apartments on Lindell Avenue. The 1960s-era building was owned by the Archdiocese o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    St. Louis Wins Decision Vs. Eminent Domain Mural

    ij.orgRoos and his sign.​The U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri today ruled in favor of St. Louis City in a suit over a well-known sign south of downtown. In 2007 activist Jim Roos painted a mural on the side of a building with the message: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." At the time, the buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Judicial Politics -- and Poop

    ij.orgRoos and his sign.​The U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri today ruled in favor of St. Louis City in a suit over a well-known sign south of downtown. In 2007 activist Jim Roos painted a mural on the side of a building with the message: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." At the time, the buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 9.2

    ij.orgRoos and his sign.​The U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri today ruled in favor of St. Louis City in a suit over a well-known sign south of downtown. In 2007 activist Jim Roos painted a mural on the side of a building with the message: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." At the time, the buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 7.30

    ij.orgRoos and his sign.​The U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri today ruled in favor of St. Louis City in a suit over a well-known sign south of downtown. In 2007 activist Jim Roos painted a mural on the side of a building with the message: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." At the time, the buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Friday, 4.25

    ij.orgRoos and his sign.​The U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri today ruled in favor of St. Louis City in a suit over a well-known sign south of downtown. In 2007 activist Jim Roos painted a mural on the side of a building with the message: "End Eminent Domain Abuse." At the time, the buildin ... More >>

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    Law and Anarchy

    St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and his officers may stand trial for violating the civil rights of “anarchists” in 2003.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    Broad Strokes for Lead Paint Folks

    St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and his officers may stand trial for violating the civil rights of “anarchists” in 2003.

  • News

    October 25, 2006

    Grand Debate

    Can a Catholic university like SLU chow down at the municipal trough?

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Suit Monger

    Will Lonnie Snelling's civil war ever end?

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Ain't No Sunshine

    When is a public record not a public record? Ask St. Louis police.

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    A Shot in the Arm

    A federal appeals court says Darryl Burton might very well be innocent of the 1984 murder of Donald Ball. But there's nothing they can do about it.

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    The Case of the Vanishing Videotape

    A workhouse inmate claims he was wrongly beaten, and city officials scramble to get their stories straight

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Angel's Wings

    Only Jay Nixon stands in the way of Angela Coffel's freedom

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001
  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Lawsuit

    Deuschle v. Jobe

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    DON'T STOP — GET STARTED

    Former Aldermanic President Francis Slay lays the blame for his mayoral candidacy at incumbent Clarence Harmon's door

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