Blunt JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline) - Zel Fischer will replace Steven Limbaugh on the Missouri Supreme Court, having been appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt Wednesday.
Kenny Hulshof (R) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Attorneys should be taken off a panel that nominates candidates for the Missouri Supreme Court and be replaced by retired judges, the Republican candidate for governor says.
Mark Behrens JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Missouri's already mediocre legal and business climates could be further threatened by a recent state Supreme Court decision, a leading court observer told Legal Newsline.
Matt Blunt (R) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-Two state appeals court judges and one county judge were nominated Thursday to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Supreme Court.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-A jury erred in awarding a $20 million judgment against cigarette maker Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., the Missouri Supreme Court has signaled by remanding the case back to a lower court.
Stephen Limbaugh Jr. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)-A divided Missouri state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a provision of a health care insurance law that allows midwives to deliver babies in the Show Me State.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Legal Newsline)--The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected class action certification for a lawsuit claiming consumers were deceived about the sweeteners used in some Coke products.
Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith wants to change parts of the selection process for Supreme Court Justices that critics claim are too secretive.
Missouri Supreme Court JEFFERSON CITY -- Activists in favor of maintaining the so-called Missouri Plan for selecting the state's Supreme Court say a strong majority of Missourians agree with them.
Jay Nixon JEFFERSON CITY -- The campaign-finance gap between GOP Gov. Matt Blunt and Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon for next year's gubernatorial ballot has now all but vanished. But perhaps not for long.
Deborah Neal JEFFERSON CITY -- Four Kansas City-area lawyers who lent money to a gambling-addicted municipal judge have been reprimanded by the Missouri Supreme Court.
Missouri Supreme Court JEFFERSON CITY -- The internal process for filling vacancies on the Missouri Supreme Court should be replaced with a popular election, according to a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece today.
Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith JEFFERSON CITY -- The increasingly-embattled committee that short-lists nominees for Missouri Supreme Court vacancies has finally come out swinging at conservative critics.
Former Supreme Court Justice Ronnie L. White (center) ST. LOUIS -- Recently retired Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie L. White could soon be eyeballing his ex-colleagues from the opposite side of the bench in big civil suits.
Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Supreme Court Justice Laura Denvir Stith's honeymoon as the state's newest Chief Justice was short and swift.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled today that evidence of social liability was not sufficient in a developer's attempt to seize "blighted" properties in a wealthy St. Louis area.
The Missouri Supreme Court has narrowly rejected an appeal from the city of St. Louis over its public nuisance suit against former manufacturers of lead based paint.
Chief Justice Michael A. Wolff JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned a 60-year precedent that had prevented public employees from collectively bargaining with the state.