Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from December 2004

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from December 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 31, 2004.
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Bankruptcy; jurisdiction; mining company; sale of assets; Taconite Production Tax Even though the Bankruptcy Court had jurisdiction to approve the Sale Order, selling a...

DWI court to open for treatment of third offenders.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Cathy Kingsley A DWI court set to begin in February 2005 will give some offenders the option of doing time in the program instead of in prison. Pat Riehl, drug court commissioner, and her team put together a policy and...

St. Louis-area attorneys weigh in on important cases of 2004.
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff One way to mark the end of a year is to reflect on its happenings and their meanings. To do that, we've asked area attorneys to tell us what they think were the most significant decisions handed down by...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of Charles A. Weiss, Bryan Cave L.L.C.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Charles A. Weiss Missouri Supreme Court holds that the joining of equitable claims with claims at law cannot be a basis for denying a jury trial State ex rel. Leonardi vs. Hon. Thea A. Sherry, 137 S.W.3d 462, Missouri Supreme...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of W. Dudley McCarter, Behr, McCarter & Potter.
December 31, 2004... Byline: W. Dudley McCarter Equitable clean up doctrine does not bar jury trial State of Missouri ex rel. Leonardi vs. Sherry, 137 S.W.3d 462, Missouri Supreme Court, No. SC85520, handed down July 1, 2004. Craig Leonardi signed a...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of Erwin Switzer, MO Attorney General counsel.(Public Notice)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Erwin O. Switzer III State ex rel. Doe Run Resources Corp. vs. Neill, 128 S.W.3d 502, Missouri Supreme Court, No. SC85451, handed down Feb. 10, 2004. The Missouri Supreme Court addressed the issue of "pretensive joinder" for venue...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of Elizabeth C. Carver, Bryan Cave L.L.C.(Public Notice)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Elizabeth C. Carver Aaron vs. Target Corp. and the city of St. Louis, 357 F.3d 768, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Nos. 03-2825/2827, handed down Feb. 3, 2004. District court erroneously enjoined state-court condemnation...

Three notable cases in employment law from 2004.
December 31, 2004... Byline: John Finerty Each year we find a few employment cases that go beyond interesting. Colleagues of mine often send me copies of cases with the comment: "Only in employment law." Here are three from 2004 that caught our attention. ...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of Megan Phillips, corporate lawyer.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Megan Phillips State ex rel. Hope House Inc. vs. Commissioner Molly M. Merrigan, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Family Court Division, Missouri Supreme Court, No. SC85638, handed down April 13, 2004. In this case, the...

Top Missouri Court Opinions of 2004, in the opinion of Lori W. Jones, Thompson Coburn L.L.P.(Public Notice)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Lori W. Jones Vieth vs. Jubelirer, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 02-1580, handed down April 28, 2004. Court upholds redistricting plan of Republican controlled legislature that eliminated seats held by Democratic incumbents. Aetna...

HUD, IRS join efforts to cut taxes.(Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Internal Revenue Service)(Column)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Internal Revenue Service have established an agreement that could help millions of low-income working families who are currently living in either government-funded...

Reports find MO real estate, lending holding steady at the year's end.(Missouri)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess As another year comes to a close, the nation is holding its breath, waiting for interest rates and economic factors to play out, while house prices remained the bright spot, according to information released by the 8th...

Delinquencies on mortgage payments drop as year ends.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The third-quarter 2004 National Delinquency Survey, released by the Mortgage Bankers Association, showed a decline in the seasonally adjusted delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential...

Survey shows communication high priority when firms award contracts.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman (This article originally ran in The Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO, another Dolan Media publication). Price is not the No. 1 priority when U.S. firms are awarding $1 million or more in...

No room left in The Shoppes at Lake St. Louis retail center.(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Shoppes at Lake Saint Louis, a 22-acre retail center developed by The DESCO Group, is 100 percent leased. The 76,000-square-foot retail enclave is located in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., and is the first...

St. Louis-based The Mullenix Cos. names new corporate controller.(Tanya Kloppe )(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Mullenix Cos. has promoted Tanya Kloppe to corporate controller. Making the announcement was Michael Mullenix, president of the diversified real estate development and management concern. In her...

St. Louis office of Clayco Construction hires conceptual estimator.(Craig Todd)(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Construction Co. has hired Craig Todd as a conceptual estimator. In his new position, Todd provides cost estimates to the marketing team. With more than 20 years of experience, Todd most...

St. Louis office of Brinkmann Constructors names director of development.(Ryan Barr)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ryan Barr has been promoted to director of development for Brinkmann Constructors, one of the nation's top 100 design/build contractors. The announcement was made by Robert G. Brinkmann, president. ...

St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. adds senior property manager to staff.(Jaimison L. Lance )(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. has added Jaimison L. Lance as a senior property manager. Lance brings more than 15 years of real estate experience in asset, facility and property management...

MO Dept. of Natural Resources seeking input for Deutscheim State Historic Site.(Missouri. Department of Natural Resources )(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is seeking input for future plans at Deutschheim State Historic Site in Hermann, Mo. An online survey will let the public provide comments on the site's...

Mediation increasingly used to settle construction disputes.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Brian Johnson, Finance and Commerce (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). In the world of professional football, a disputed call is often cleared up with the use...

New playhouse opens in Westport Plaza.(Column)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Live theater is back at West Port Plaza with the opening of the new Playhouse at Westport Plaza. Located in West Port Pavilion, in the space formerly known as Keys piano bar, the Playhouse debuted Oct....

More opportunities have arisen for women in the construction industry.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Brian Johnson, Finance and Commerce (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Donna Blasig's interest in construction was piqued at an early age, when her father took...

Survey: Team-oriented, family-friendly top list of law firm cultures.
December 31, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess With another year come and gone, and the economy on an upswing, many law firms are reassessing their corporate culture and how they can keep their best and brightest from leaving for greener pastures. Local law firms may...

MO Court of Appeals finds no error in breach of contract case.(Missouri)
December 31, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, found no error in a breach of contract case that awarded more than $1.8 million to the construction company hired to renovate the 18th and Vine neighborhood...

MO AG says slamming, cramming top list of consumer complaints.(Missouri, Attorney General)(Brief Article)
December 31, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff For the second year in a row, unauthorized charges to phone bills and switching long-distance providers without the consumer's consent topped the list of consumer complaints in Missouri, Attorney...

Midwest Law and Technology Conference group discusses growth of Google.
December 30, 2004... Byline: Tony Anderson (This article originally ran in The Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, another Dolan Media publication). When it comes to technology tips, Google rises to the top of the list, offering a variety of tools...

MO Court of Appeals says hotel's new owner must indemnify former owner's debts.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright Despite all of the expenses one businessman incurred as a result of an indemnity agreement, at least he can say he got his $100,000 back, as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, sent a tedious, three-way...

MO Court of Appeals says settlement was binding agreement.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Even though attorneys couldn't agree to the specific wording of a settlement agreement, the agreement was valid and enforceable, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled in a reversed and...

Commentary: How to use a calendar system to get the work done.(Column)
December 29, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken We have two topics to talk about with regard to the area of "getting the work done." Then we will be finished with this section. You will remember that "getting the work done" is one of the five things that makes up...

Excluded testimony readmitted for persuasive value by Appellate Court of Illinois.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A Sangamon County trial court should not have excluded portions of an expert's testimony stating he would have done things differently because it added persuasive value and credibility, the Appellate Court of...

Insurance company will not defend unsolicited fax.
December 29, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A company that sent out an unsolicited fax cannot hide behind its insurance company for defense and indemnity, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday, reversing a decision dismissed without prejudice by...

Use of certified mail leaves court without jurisdiction for dissolution.
December 28, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess Every action surrounding one couple's divorce is now void after the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, found the wife failed to give her husband the divorce papers via personal service; the wife had used...

MO Court of Appeals rules mechanic's lien invalid.(Missouri)
December 28, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A trial court erred in enforcing a mechanic's lien on a couple's property because it was filed against the wrong party, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled in an affirmed in part,...

U.S. Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 24, 2004.
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Arbitration; employment contract Where plaintiff's counsel admitted at oral argument that the arbitrator did not prevent him from presenting any of his evidence in this wrongful...

St. Louis firefighter reinstated in dispute over drug testing procedures.
December 24, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess When dealing with the future of someone's career, employers are responsible for following the law, which includes keeping the chain of evidence and quantifying test results, when drug testing employees, reaffirmed the...

Bryan Cave L.L.P. to remain in downtown St. Louis.(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bryan Cave L.L.P. announced Wednesday that its St. Louis office and world headquarters will remain in downtown St. Louis in the Metropolitan Square Building through 2022. Bryan Cave has entered into a...

Plaintiffs in child support collection dispute fail to prove case.
December 24, 2004... Byline: Donna Walter A class of custodial parents in Arkansas failed to show they have a constitutional right to collect child support from the state Office of Child Support Enforcement in the precise manner outlined in Title IV-D of the...

Commission selects panel for St. Louis Circuit Court vacancy.
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis City Judicial Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Gov. Bob Holden to fill the vacancy on the St. Louis Circuit Court created by the appointment Judge...

Kirkwood loses St. Joseph Hospital in move to Fenton.(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess SSM Health Care-St. Louis announced plans to replace SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood with a "hospital of the future" in southwest St. Louis County. The 158-bed hospital, to be located at Highway 141 and Bowles Ave....

Remodeling market ending '04 strong.(survey of remodeling market)
December 24, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Third-quarter results for the remodeling market moved one point ahead of the seasonally adjusted second quarter of 2004. Continued low interest rates and stable consumer confidence are attributed as key elements,...

Mortgage retirement views vary.(debts to be payed before retirement)
December 24, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon As a new wave of homeowners begin approaching retirement age, they are faced with deciding whether their financial obligations and debts should be retired first. At one time, it was considered fiscally sound to owe...

BBB launches warnings against St. Louis businesses.(Better Business Bureau of St. Louis)(Bushers Property Services L.L.C.)(American Vinyl Touch)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Better Business Bureau urges consumers in need of gutter cleaning or other home maintenance services to use extreme caution when dealing with Bushers Property Services L.L.C., located at 12545 Olive...

Clayco Construction's St. Louis office building biotech corridor.(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Construction Co. broke ground on Dec. 16 on the first building for CORTEX - the Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial Expertise - a research laboratory building in midtown St. Louis....

St. Louis-based Government e-Management Solutions Inc. adds biz analyst to staff.(business analyst )(Brief Article)(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David J. Segasture has been appointed a business analyst for the human resource management software team at Government e-Management Solutions Inc. GEMS provides financial, human resource and property...

MO's Ascent Corp. hires critical systems engineer.(Missouri)(Brief Article)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael Carter has joined Ascent Corp. in the position of critical systems engineer. Ascent designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical facilities and building technology infrastructure....

Clayco Construction's St. Louis office adds regional director of construction.(Brief Article)(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Construction Co. has added Richard M. Chludzinski as regional director of construction. Based in Clayco's Chicago office, Chludzinski brings more than nine years of experience in architecture...

MO's Leonard Masonry president named 2004 Industry Leader of the Year.(Leonard Masonry Inc.)(Missouri)(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jeff Leonard, president of Leonard Masonry Inc., has been selected as Masonry Construction magazine's 2004 Industry Leader of the Year. This prestigious award is presented to a national leader in...

Red Moon offers unique dining in St. Louis.(Column)
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff On Nov. 17, St. Louis diners were introduced to a new dining experience: Red Moon. Created with an Asian/French influence, the restaurant combines the best of traditional and contemporary Asian culture....

St. Louis-based Murphy Co. honored for restoration work.
December 24, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis organization representing major buyers of construction has honored Murphy Co. for its innovation to reduce costs and accelerate completion of a historic building restoration project for...

Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 23, 2004.
December 23, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Criminal Law Murder; procedure Darius Nicholson was convicted of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree robbery and as sentenced to concurrent terms of life in prison on...

MO Court of Appeals says no probable cause found in search and seizure case.
December 23, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A warrantless search that turned up drugs and paraphernalia and led to the arrest of a Ralls County man was illegal, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, ruled Tuesday, finding that an affidavit did not...

Drafting ordinance is first valid step in annexation, MO Court of Appeals finds.(Missouri)
December 23, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy There is only one first valid step toward annexing an area of land, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled in an affirmed decision. The city of St. Joseph appealed a circuit court's...

Award for breach of warranty was too high, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A breach of warranty award erroneously put a couple in a better position than they would have been if the warranty hadn't been breached, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District found in a...

Defendant cannot be forced to take antipsychotic drugs, appellate court rules.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess Courts cannot force medication on the delusional when the treatment has little probability of success, ruled the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of...

Commentary: 'Tis the season to be wary - of drinking too much at the company holiday party.
December 22, 2004... Byline: John Finerty (This article originally ran in The Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., another Dolan Media publication). Every year at this time, I get questions from employers about potential liability that may arise from...

Commentary: Thank you letters help your firm get the work done.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Jim Wirken Thank you letters help your firm get the work done This week we are still talking about the various rules that we have in our firm that enable us to "get the work done." You will remember that "getting the work done"...

Jury not obliged to fully rely on expert testimony, Illinois court finds.(Heritage Enterprises Inc.)(Michael B. Myers)
December 22, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A Brown County trial court should have issued jury instructions requiring a decision based on how carefully a person would have acted under the circumstance, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, found...

Actuarial risk assessment of sexually violent predators meets Frye test, MO Supreme Court says.
December 22, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright An actuarial risk assessment of a sexually violent offender meets the Frye general acceptance test and is now admissible evidence in an Illinois court of law, the state's Supreme Court held last Thursday, reinstating...

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals remands securities case.
December 22, 2004... Byline: David Ziemer (This article originally ran in The Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, Wisc., another Dolan Media publication). The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held on Dec. 2 that although it can review a trial judge's...

MO Court of Appeals rules railway presented irrelevant testimony in FELA lawsuit.(Federal Employer's Liability Act )
December 21, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy An injured railroad worker will get another chance to try his case for damages after the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, found the Kansas City Southern Railway Co. tried to defer the blame for...

American Bar Association committee seeks to improve juror service with new principles.
December 21, 2004... Byline: Dolan Media Staff Writer At a news conference last week, American Bar Association President Robert J. Grey Jr. presented Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor with the ABA American Jury Project's "Principles for Juries and Jury...

Juror coordinator's comments warrant mistrial, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 18, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess Hopefully the fourth time at trial will be the last for a woman suing her health care providers, as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, overturned the jury verdict for the defendants after deeming credible...

ABA launches a consumer Web site.(American Bar Association)
December 18, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Practically every store has one, and for those looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop-for recipient, gift cards can be a godsend. But not reading the fine print that comes along with...

Housing authority exempt from assessment foreclosure, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 18, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy In two separate cases grouped into one opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, found Kansas City, Mo., could not foreclose on Housing Authority property for failure to pay tax assessments....

Leisure Hotels teams with African-American church on MO hotel.(Missouri)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Leisure Group of Cos. President and CEO Steve Olson joined other VIPs in donning hard hats and digging with shovels to break ground Nov. 9 for the new Wingate Inn[R]) hotel in Weldon Springs, Mo., a...

MO appeals court upholds Arnold's sewer tax ordinance.(Missouri)(Special tax bill)(Golden Delta Enterprises)
December 17, 2004... Byline: Donna Walter A real estate foreclosure did not eliminate a special tax bill issued by the city of Arnold three years before the foreclosure took place, said a Missouri appeals court in what the Arnold city attorney described as a...

MO Court of Appeals allows divorce case proceeding despite husband's absence.(Missouri)
December 17, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A trial court was not wrong to go ahead with a marriage dissolution, even though the husband requested a continuance due to his poor health. The husband appealed the court's order, claiming it erred by...

Downtown St. Louis Partnership news.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The A.D. Brown Building at the southeast corner of Tucker and Washington has been sold. The new owner, California-based Heisman Properties, plans residential with ground-floor retail. Revitalization of...

Chuck Schoene joins Dominion Hospitality Group as general manager of hotel in St. Charles.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Chuck Schoene has joined Dominion Hospitality Group as general manager of the TownePlace Suites hotel located at 1800 Zumbehl Road in the Zumbehl Commons Shopping Center in St. Charles. Making the...

Fred Goebel joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as vice president.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Fred Goebel has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as a vice president in the firm's Science + Technology Group. In his new position, Goebel is providing project...

St. Louis-based Lawrence Group honored with 2004 Crown Community Award.
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Springfield, Ohio's Regional Cancer Center, designed by St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm The Lawrence Group, has received a 2004 Crown Community Award and is featured in the...

U.S. Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions.
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Bankruptcy; automatic stay; 'payday loan' Where plaintiff obtained four loans for a total of $200 from defendant Money Mart and gave defendant four postdated checks to a month later...

Mullenix Cos. and Marriott International team up to build first extended-stay hotel in St. Louis.
December 17, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess The Mullenix Cos. and Marriott International set the stage for people ready to visit St. Louis, who want to stay near where they will play, when they unveiled the plans for building the first extended-stay hotel ever...

Federal and state officials increase efforts to stop mortgage elimination scammers.
December 17, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Federal and state officials have confirmed increased activity in their efforts to stop unscrupulous lending agents who claim to be able to erase homeowners' mortgage debt with a little "creative paperwork" that only...

Builders confirm shortage of affordable housing in America.
December 17, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Residential construction industry officials did last week what housing advocates had been calling on them to do during the past five years: They gave official group acknowledgment that affordable housing is in short...

Union Pacific Building in downtown St. Louis sold, set for redevelopment plans.(Parkside Tower L.L.C.)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The landmark Union Pacific Building in downtown St. Louis has been purchased by an investor group that is now refining its redevelopment plans. Parkside Tower L.L.C., an entity headed by native St....

St. Louis-based HOK creates green space in its new downtown headquarters.(Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Inc.)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff By embracing a pilot program that seeks to create green space one floor at a time in high-rise office buildings, HOK is keen on showing that the beauty of its new St. Louis headquarters will be more than...

Baebler joins Investor Services located at First National Bank of St. Louis.(Mike Baebler)(Brief Article)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Mike Baebler has joined Investor Services located at First National Bank of St. Louis as a registered representative. Baebler assumes his new responsibilities in the Des Peres offices effective...

Horner & Shifrin growing, being recognized by American Council of Engineering Companies.(Kregg M. Kraus, James E. McCleish promoted)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James E. McCleish, P.E., has been promoted to manager of water resources engineering at Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners. He is an environmental engineer who has specialized in the...

Nonprofits team up with St. Louis charities.(Missouri Association of Mortgage Brokers)(National Association of Professional Mortgage Women)
December 17, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Association of Mortgage Brokers and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women teamed up to provide holiday cheer for two local charities by hosting a holiday party for their...

Marriage dissolution hearing by drug court commissioner not valid, MO Court of Appeals says.(Missouri)
December 16, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright Given that no evidence entered the proceedings, a Stoddard County circuit judge must dismiss a dissolution of marriage case at one of the party's request, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, ordered...

MO court says attorney had right to report non-lawyer to Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel.(Missouri)
December 16, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication). When an attorney sent a letter to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel about a nonattorney...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: December 16, 2004.(Golden Delta Enterprises)(Oswego Coal Company Inc.)
December 16, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Municipal; sewer lien Golden Delta Enterprises appeals from the court's judgment denying its petition seeking a declaratory judgment regarding the non-existence of a sewer lien on...