John E. Bell, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. The May Department Stores Company, d/b/a Famous-Barr Company, a corporation, Defendant/Respondent.(1999)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
majority8,869 words
Read opinionMissouri Appellate Judge
The Honorable James R
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McCormack Baron Management Services, Inc., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company, Defendant/Respondent.(1998)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
Wilhelmina Robinson, Appellant v. Sidney and Flora Arnold, Respondents(1998)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
majority2,870 words
Read opinionTrial Court Opinions
59 opinionsSTATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent v. JORDAN K. WOODS, Appellant(2025)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictFebruary 21, 2025#SD38325
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent vs. DAVID JOE VANLUE, Appellant(2019)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictJune 10, 2019#SD35330
Vivian R. Hall, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2017)
Supreme Court of MissouriSeptember 12, 2017#SC96079
KEITH ALVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STACY MORRIS and GERALD MORRIS, Defendants-Respondents.(2017)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictMay 30, 2017#SD34609
memorandum1,693 words
Read opinionSarah Channel and Mary Channel vs. Cintas Corporation NO.2, et al(2017)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictMarch 28, 2017#WD79673
majority1,681 words
Read opinionVIVIAN R. HALL, Appellant, vs. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent.(2016)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictNovember 10, 2016#SD34385
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent, vs. JACKIE L. DICKERSON, Defendant-Appellant.(2016)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictSeptember 14, 2016#SD34155
In re the Adoption of L.A.M.K., C.M.J. and J.A.J., Respondents, vs. B.G.R., Appellant.(2016)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictJuly 5, 2016#SD33912
Paula McCullough vs. State of Missouri(2016)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictJanuary 26, 2016#WD78344
majority1,233 words
Read opinionCHARLES LAUB, Movant-Appellant vs. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent(2015)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictDecember 22, 2015#SD33759
FOWLER LAND COMPANY, INC., and MARGARET LEIST REVOCABLE TRUST, SANDY RUNNELS and LINDA HENDERSON, Trustees, Petitioners-Appellants vs. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MISSOURI LAND RECLAMATION PROGRAM, ALTERNATE FUELS, INC., CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Respondents-Respondents(2015)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictMay 6, 2015#SD33166
majority5,290 words
Read opinionWALTER DEAN WARING, Appellant, vs. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent.(2015)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictApril 7, 2015#SD33507
STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. SKYLER DEWAYNE DOZLER, Defendant-Respondent.(2015)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictFebruary 10, 2015#SD33333
ANGELA MARIE WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. JEFFREY EUGENE COPELAND, Defendant-Respondent.(2014)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictOctober 1, 2014#SD33073
majority1,591 words
Read opinionRonald Brehm, Appellant vs. Bacon Township, et al., Respondents.(2014)
Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 25, 2014#SC93511
SHERI STEPHENS, Plaintiff/Appellant, vs. SHERIFF W. ARCHIE DUNN, SHERIFF JACK L. MERRITT, RETIRED, C.E. WELLS, JOHN DOE I, JOHN DOE III, and JOHN DOE IV, Defendants/Respondents, and GERALD TUCK, JOHN DOE II, JOHN DOE V, and JOHN B. FREITAS, DO, Defendants.(2014)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictJanuary 14, 2014#SD32563
majority6,523 words
Read opinionSHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, vs. RANDALL MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.(2013)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictNovember 7, 2013#SD32536
memorandum2,613 words
Read opinionRichard Hoover, Individually, and as Class Representative, Appellant vs. Mercy Health d/b/a Mercy Health System; Mercy Hospitals East Communities, d/b/a St. John's Mercy Medical Center and/or St. John's Mercy Health System; and St. John's Mercy Medical Center, d/b/a Mercy Hospitals East Communities and/or St. John's Mercy Health System, Respondents.(2013)
Supreme Court of MissouriSeptember 10, 2013#SC92788
State of Missouri vs. Jimmy Joe Crews, Sr.(2013)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictAugust 20, 2013#WD75505
STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent, vs. TRAVIS J. MATZKE, Appellant.(2013)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictMarch 27, 2013#SD32059
Leonard S. Taylor, Appellant vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2012)
Supreme Court of MissouriOctober 30, 2012#SC92166
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Mark Starkey, Appellant.(2012)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 2, 2012#ED97352
Codey L. Smith, Respondent vs. State of Missouri, Appellant.(2012)
Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 3, 2012#SC92127
American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Respondent, vs. Ray Vinson, Jr., Defendant, and Vinson Mortgage Services, Inc., Appellant.(2012)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 24, 2012#ED97103
majority1,617 words
Read opinionJanet Chochorowski, individually and as the Representative of a class of similarly-situated persons, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Home Depot U.S.A., d/b/a The Home Depot, Defendant/Respondent.(2012)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 10, 2012#ED97339
majority2,409 words
Read opinionJason D. Morgan, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., Defendant/Respondent.(2012)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 13, 2012#ED97130
majority2,264 words
Read opinionState of Missouri, ex rel., Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Appellant, vs. Westgrove Corporation, et al., Respondents.(2012)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 6, 2012#ED95960
Chavez Foster, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2011)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 20, 2011#ED95607
Stephen Comens, M.D., Appellant, v. SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group, Inc., Respondent.(2011)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 8, 2011#ED94793
majority2,567 words
Read opinionAntoine Smith, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2010)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictNovember 9, 2010#ED94582
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