{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"sarah-steelman-and-eric-schmitt","displayName":"Sarah Steelman and Eric Schmitt","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc97983:2021-06-15","opinionId":"abb3baa7-df12-5af9-b682-2e8faf6dab25","slug":"michael-holmes-respondent-v-sarah-steelman-and-eric-schmitt-appellants-c97983","caseName":"Michael Holmes, Respondent, vs. Sarah Steelman and Eric Schmitt, Appellants.","caseNumber":"SC97983","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2021-06-15","year":2021,"display_summary":"Michael Holmes sued the Commissioner of the Office of Administration and the Attorney General, seeking payment from the State Legal Expense Fund (SLEF) for a $2.5 million judgment against two former police officers who fabricated evidence leading to his wrongful conviction. The circuit court granted summary judgment for Holmes, declaring SLEF obligated to pay. On appeal, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed, holding that the right to payment from SLEF arises when a claim is made, not when the underlying conduct occurred. Since Holmes's claim was made in 2012, the 2013 version of the statute, which prohibits SLEF from paying claims against police officers, applied, and its application was not an unconstitutional retrospective law.","primaryTopic":"governmental-immunity","topicSlugs":["governmental-immunity","civil-procedure","summary-judgment","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=178035","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/michael-holmes-respondent-v-sarah-steelman-and-eric-schmitt-appellants-c97983","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: criminal-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: summary-judgment","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}