Subject: Missouri Supreme Court

• Broad Strokes for Lead Paint Folks

  January 9, 2007

• The Legacy of Creg Williams

  October 24, 2006

• Memo Time

  May 29, 2007

• Dirty Little Secrets Redux

  July 20, 2007

• The Tax Man Calleth

  September 6, 2007

• Latest Score In World Series Ticket Scandal: Public 1, Cops 0

  John Chasnoff has won a small but significant victory in his spat with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over the World Series ticket scandal. Chasnoff got word Tuesday that St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Philip Heagney has ordered police to make public the report that initiated investigations into officers' misuse of baseball tickets seized from scalpers during the 2006 baseball championship. "I'm happy with this first step and optimistic about the next one," says Chasnoff, a St. Loui

  January 8, 2009

• Washington University Latest Local School Found Guilty of Age Discrimination

  St. Louis attorney Jerome Dobson won an age-discrimination lawsuit yesterday against Washington University. The suit, heard before a jury in St. Louis Circuit Court, claimed that the university forced renowned lung surgeon Joel Cooper out of his job as he approached age 65. Cooper, now with the University of Pennsylvania, was the first surgeon to perform a successful lung transplant.The St. Louis Business Journal reports that Washington University must pay Cooper $325,000 in actual damages and $

  February 4, 2009

• Bench Press

  February 10, 1999

• Cock-and-Bull Story

  February 24, 1999

• IS JOHN ASHCROFT A RACIST, OR DOES HE JUST PLAY ONE ON TV?

  October 13, 1999

• ALL GOD'S CHILDREN, IT APPEARS, DON'T LISTEN TO ALL THAT JAZZ

  January 5, 2000

• It's No Country for Old Bail Bondsmen. Just ask Jerry Cox

  December 10, 2008

• Certified professional midwife: Coming to a yellow pages directory near you

  July 30, 2008

• Bad Buzz: King Bee building residents have turned on downtown St. Louis developers Sam Glasser and Dave Jump

  May 14, 2008

• Red Alert: Everything they really don't want you to know about those pesky traffic-light cameras

  March 5, 2008

• Guilt-Edged

  Pugnacious defense attorney Frank "Tony" Fabbri never backed away from a fight. Then the lawyer ran afoul of the law.

  December 5, 2007

• Applied Pressure

  Should St. Louis County grant tax breaks to Scientology-linked tutoring programs?

  December 7, 2005

• Suit Monger

  Will Lonnie Snelling's civil war ever end?

  November 30, 2005

• Numb and Number

  Legal challenges shed light on Missouri's lethal-injection protocols

  October 12, 2005

• Grand Debate

  October 25, 2006

• Peace and Punishment

  St. Louis judges turn to Transcendental Meditation to rehab convicted felons

  March 8, 2006

• Trick or Treatment

  Court-ordered classes for two-bit crooks: Are they a waste of time and money?

  January 25, 2006

• The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit

  South St. Louis police say they've finally cracked it

  April 27, 2005

• Road Rules

  When a checkpoint isn't really a checkpoint, the constitutional forecast is cloudy

  June 16, 2004

• Cop Secret

  Good luck finding out what St. Louis cops get in exchange for public money

  March 3, 2004

• Dirty Little Secrets

  The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department keeps a tight lid on internal affairs. Even if it means breaking the law.

  February 11, 2004

• Making the List

  What does the National Rifle Association have against the St. Louis Cardinals?

  January 14, 2004

• Two-Steppin'

  The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a Missouri cop could justifiably dance around Miranda

  October 29, 2003

• Gone A-Courtin'

  Enterprise Rent-A-Car, recovering from one legal loss, looks to the next lawsuit

  May 7, 2003

• You Don't Know Dick

  He's for tort reform but takes trial lawyers' money and sues docs

  February 12, 2003

• Left Behind

  Bellefontaine Neighbors residents have lived -- and died -- with asbestos for years. The problem's an open secret, but little has been done.

  January 8, 2003

• Venue's on the Menu

  April 10, 2002

• Shifting Ground

  February 13, 2002

• Wrecking Brawl

  June 13, 2001

• The Boys from Boonville

  March 15, 2000

• The Dogs Bark, The Caravan Moves On

  December 29, 1999

• MORE DEATHLY POLITICS FROM JOHN ASHCROFT

  August 11, 1999

• Missouri's Eminent Domain Battles Caught on Film in "Begging for Billionaires"

  www.ij.orgJim RoosBegging for Billionaires, a documentary feature examining eminent domain "abuse" in Missouri, makes its initial screening next month in (of all places) Minnesota.  The film -- nine years in the making -- debuts May 2 as a "Best of Fest" selection at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. Telling the story of land owners fighting to keep their properties from private developers, the movie spends much of its time in St. Louis with subjects such as Jim Roos. A

  April 20, 2009

• Photo ID Voting Requirement Rears Its Partisan Head -- Again

  flickr.com/photos/christhedunn Robin Carnahan says a photo ID requirement will disenfranchise thousands of votersIf there is but one issue Secretary of State Robin Carnahan would like to take off the table and wish into the cornfield, it is the requirement that voters show photo identification before they are allowed to cast a ballot. When the U.S. Supreme Court last year upheld a tough Indiana law that mandates government-issued ID's, cries rang out that the decision could keep

  April 30, 2009

• We try to calculate the Rams' worth, catch up with Kenny Hulshof and remember the good old days of air travel

  June 10, 2009

• The Verdict on Kansas City's Smoking Ban: Put Out Your Butts, People

  Wikimedia CommonsKansas City is free to enforce its indoor smoking ban, per an order issued yesterday by the Missouri Court of Appeals-Western District. According to a story today in the Kansas City Star, "Enforcement of the Kansas City smoking ordinance plays an important part in protecting the health of our citizens and improving the quality of life in our city," said Assistant City Attorney Lowell Gard.KC back in April 2008 adopted a smoking ban for bars and restaurants. JC's Sports Bar chall

  June 24, 2009

• Did This Mother Poison her Son for Attention?

  August 5, 2009

• Münchausen, She Wrote: Mother Convicted of Killing Her Son and Poisoning Her Daughter Receives Pair of Life Sentences

  St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Jack Garvey this morning sent Judy Pickens away for two life sentences in prison, to run consecutively. Garvey also sentenced Pickens to an additional 157 years, to run consecutively after the two life sentences. St. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentJudy Pickens' booking photo upon her arrest for murder in February 2006​Pickens (the subject of a recent Riverfront Times feature story, "Münchausen, She Wrote") was convicted of second-degree murder and five other

  August 13, 2009

• Do They Have A Time Machine?

  Last time we checked in on the saga of the San Luis Apartments in the Central West End, a St. Louis circuit court judge had just ruled that the Archdiocese could demolish the building to construct a parking lot and that local preservationist groups had no right to stop them.Seems like a pretty clear cut case of game over, move on, time to pick a new building to save, right? Nope.The "Friends of the San Luis," led by Ecology of Absence blogger Michael Allen, are hosting a benefit concert at Off B

  August 18, 2009

• State Supreme Court Moves to Suspend Law License of Disgraced State Rep. Steve Brown

  The state's highest court today began formal disciplinary proceedings against former state representative Steve Brown. Brown, 42, stands to have his law license suspended following his guilty plea to a federal conspiracy charge.www.brownformissouri.comBrown may never campaign again - for himself or friends. ​   Alan Pratzel, Chief Disciplinary Counsel for the Missouri Supreme Court, filed paperwork with the court which asks Brown to "show cause" for why he should not be disciplined.

  September 11, 2009

• Local News Outlets Reporting Brown Surrendered His Law License...That Ain't So, Says the Supreme Court

  Both the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the St. Louis Business Journal reported today that former state rep Steve Brown, an attorney, surrendered his law license earlier this week.  Not so, says an e-update from a spokeswoman for the Supreme Court of Missouri. She says neither the court clerk, nor the lawyer in charge of suspensions and disbarments, Alan Pratzel, have heard from Brown or his attorney.Earlier today Pratzel began formal proceedings to suspend Brown.

  September 11, 2009

• Should Drunks Be Allowed to Carry Guns?

  danielhg.blogspot.comThe second amendment just as the founding fathers envisioned​That's the question that will soon be pondered by the Missouri Supreme Court.Missouri's highest court decided to hear the appeal of John L. Richard, a Mississippi County man who, after his wife left him in 2006, popped morphine and anti-depressants, guzzled booze, grabbed a loaded 9 mm Beretta pistol and spare clip, barricaded himself in his home and told the cops he was either going to shoot himself or make them

  October 1, 2009

• Woman Discovers Glass Ceiling is Big Ol' Bottle of Budweiser

  Not all ladies are so wild on about Budweiser.​Francine Katz thought her 2002 promotion to Vice President of Communications and Consumer Affairs at Anheuser-Busch was her ticket to untold riches as an executive of a major corporation. Instead, Katz claims she received compensation worth just a fraction of what A-B paid her predecessor. The pay disparity continued despite complaints she made to the brewer's top executives, including August Busch III and August Busch IV.In a discrimination laws

  October 27, 2009

• Missouri Public Defenders Fight for Right Not to Represent All Accused Criminals

  ​Any good cop TV show has the same line. Just as the criminal is being placed in shackles, the police officer states: "You have a right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, the state will provide you one." Did you know, though, that that line isn't necessarily true? At least not in Missouri where the state's overburdened public defenders have adopted rules allowing them to deny counsel to two types of criminals: Those who first hire a private attorney and then drop that initial la

  November 4, 2009

• St. Louis Judge Not Quitting His Challenge to Red-Light Cameras

  www.randomhouse.comJudge Robert Dierker​Last week St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Robert Dierker was denied a court motion to dismiss a red-light camera ticket issued against him, but the magistrate is undeterred. Dierker is convinced he'll win when the case when it finally goes to trial. On October 29 visiting judge Ralph Jaynes over-ruled Dierker's motion that the case be dismissed on constitutional grounds. Dierker contends that the red-light camera system violates due process of the law by p

  November 6, 2009