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46 opinions on record in the Ott Law Missouri courts archive across authorship, concurrence, dissenting, and trial-court roles.

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Trial Court Opinions

46 opinions

Michael J. Holmes, Appellant, vs. Kenneth Zellers, Andrew Bailey, Mayor Tishaura Jones, Bettye Battle-Turner, Richard Gray, Thomas Irwin, Erwin Switzer, Francis Slay, and City of St. Louis, Respondents.(2025)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 29, 2025#ED112676

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority4,015 words

Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region & Southwest Missouri, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, vs. Andrew Bailey, Attorney General, State of Missouri, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.(2025)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 6, 2025#ED112842

affirmed
personal-injurymajority11,720 words

City of St. Louis, Respondent, and Joseph Brauer and Chris Pappas, Plaintiffs, vs. State of Missouri, and Andrew Bailey, Missouri Attorney General, Appellants.(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 3, 2024#ED112349

affirmed
personal-injurymajority1,321 words

Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, Respondent, vs. Stephanie Rice, Appellant.(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictAugust 13, 2024#ED112211

affirmed
personal-injurymemorandum7,055 words

JWSTL, LLC, Appellant, vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Respondent.(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 12, 2024#ED110101

dismissed
family-lawmemorandum3,091 words

State ex rel. Sedrick Phillip-Smith, Relator, vs. The Honorable Michael F. Stelzer, Circuit Judge, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 12, 2023#ED111912

personal-injurymajority1,679 words

James J. Wilson, et al., Respondents/Cross-Appellants, vs. City of St. Louis, et al., Respondents, and Adam Layne, Appellant/Cross-Respondent. City of St. Louis, Respondent, vs. State of Missouri, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.(2023)

Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 7, 2023#SC98907

affirmed
personal-injurymajority5,462 words

Dwight Moore, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJanuary 31, 2023#ED110189

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority2,000 words

In the Estate of: Marshall O. Buder, Sr., Deceased.(2022)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictNovember 22, 2022#ED110349

affirmed
real-estatemajority4,369 words

State of Missouri, el rel. Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2022)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJanuary 4, 2022#ED108130

remanded
criminal-lawmajority2,145 words

Kristine Hendrix, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, et al., Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictNovember 9, 2021#ED108858

affirmed
personal-injurymajority5,831 words

Jerry A. Harley, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 19, 2021#ED109228

reversed
criminal-lawmajority2,803 words

William Donnell Edwards, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJune 8, 2021#ED108864

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority1,342 words

Steven Earl, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 18, 2021#ED109213

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority2,520 words

Pivot Holdings, LLC and DH Advisors, Appellants, v. The Daniel and Henry Company, Defendant, and Devereaux Murphy LLC, Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 20, 2021#ED108856

affirmed
corporatemajority6,328 words

Karen Coburn, Appellant, vs. Kramer & Frank, P.C., Respondent.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 9, 2021#ED108948

affirmed
administrativememorandum8,936 words

Myron Phillips Williams, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictDecember 8, 2020#ED108531

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority1,748 words

Charles Carmen, Appellant, vs. Col. Eric T. Olsen, et al., Respondents.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 20, 2020#ED108505

reversed
criminal-lawmajority1,605 words

Ross Randolph, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 15, 2020#ED108150

remanded
criminal-lawmajority918 words

John H. Bonds, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictSeptember 15, 2020#ED108654

reversed
criminal-lawmajority678 words

Public School Retirement System of the City of St. Louis, et al., Appellants, vs. State of Missouri, et al., Respondents.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictAugust 11, 2020#ED108450

affirmed
employmentmajority3,859 words

Mary Callanan, et al., Appellant, vs. A.W. Chesterton, et al., Respondent.(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 31, 2020#ED108140

affirmed
personal-injurymemorandum3,711 words

James J. Wilson, et al., Respondents, vs. City of St. Louis, et al., Respondents, and Tishaura O. Jones, Appellant. City of St. Louis, Respondent, vs. State of Missouri, Appellant.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriJanuary 14, 2020#SC97544

dismissed
criminal-lawmajority5,301 words

Twestly Emsweller, Appellant, vs. Bi-State Development Agency of Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District, Respondent.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictOctober 22, 2019#ED107651

affirmed
employmentmajority2,012 words

William Smith, Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Respondent.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictApril 23, 2019#ED106751

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority5,148 words

State of Missouri, ex rel., Kimberly M. Gardner, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, Relator, vs. Honorable Michael F. Stelzer, Circuit Judge, Division Six, Twenty-Second Circuit, Respondent.(2019)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictFebruary 13, 2019#ED107482

dismissed
personal-injurymemorandum1,935 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Alok Kumar Rohra, Appellant.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriMay 1, 2018#SC96796

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority1,264 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, v. David Hygrade, Appellant.(2018)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJanuary 9, 2018#ED105145

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,159 words

Jean-Robert Nast by and through his guardian Jan Freeman, Plaintiff/Respondent, vs. Gateway Ambulance Service, LLC, et al., Defendants/Respondents. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, et al., Proposed Intervenor/Appellant.(2016)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictJuly 26, 2016#ED103102

affirmed
insurancemajority1,883 words

Nathan T. Cooling, Respondent, vs. Department of Social Services, Family Support Division, Appellant.(2016)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 15, 2016#ED102627

affirmed
family-lawmajority5,440 words

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