Washington University School of Law

The Discography: A One-Stop Website for All of Your Music Lawsuit Needs

image via​If you have any interest at all in the music business, be sure to bookmark The Discography, a new website developed by a recent graduate at the Washington University School of Law that catalogs more than 2,400 music-related court cases dating back to 1833. Loren Wells, the site's cr ... More >>

R.I.P. Whitney Harris; St. Louisan Was Last Surviving Prosecutor of WWII Nazis

Harris at the Nuremberg Trials.​Whitney Harris passed away yesterday at the age of 97 at his Frontenac home. Harris was a 33-year-old Navy attorney when he got the job that would define the rest of his life: prosecuting German Nazis for war crimes following the end of World War II. Harris opened t ... More >>

Jerry Berger gets the boot, Gant Bloom gets a green light, and Sammy Sosa's in a whiteout

Meet the Man Who Won His Trial vs. Red-Light Cameras in St. Louis

Gant Bloom​A Daily RFT post last week about a St. Louis judge fighting his ticket from a red-light camera generated a great response from reader Gant Bloom. His comment? "I won my red light ticket."  Yes, earlier this year the 38-year-old Bloom -- an IT professional at the Washington Universi ... More >>

Guilt-Edged

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

Not for Attribution

A name-calling, race-baiting word war between two anonymous columnists? Unreal demands to mediate! Plus: Russ Carnahan goes to camp, a local blogger talks politics, and we try on a Beer Bra.

Mysterious Departure

Why did the ACLU's legal director hit the road?

Gerbergate

Jennifer Joyce contest results, a psychic porn star and perhaps the only Provel-related legal battle in history: Who could ask for anything more? (We've got dirt on Gephardt and the Cards, too, just in case you're greedy.)

The Worm Turns

In the '50s, St. Louis took over maintenance of state roads in the city. Now, the city can't give back that responsibility.

Letters

Week of November 29, 2000

True Believer

Craig Heller sees the future of downtown -- and it works