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Missouri Appellate Judge

The Honorable S. Cotton Walker

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

Trial Court Opinions
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Trial Court Opinions

13 opinions

Louis Jones, et al. vs. Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, et al.(2025)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictAugust 5, 2025#WD87295

affirmed
personal-injurymajority13,413 words

Vernell Beach, By and Through His Natural Mother and Legal Guardian, Yolanda Walton, Respondent, v. Kenneth Zellers, Commissioner, Office of Administration State of Missouri and Andrew Bailey, Attorney General, State of Missouri, Appellants.(2024)

Supreme Court of MissouriDecember 23, 2024#SC100455

affirmed
employmentmajority2,615 words

Dana Casnocha-Jones vs. State Board of Nursing(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictMarch 12, 2024#WD86087

affirmed
employmentmajority6,302 words

Johnathan Byrd, et al., The Gathering Tree D/B/A Eden Village v. State of MO, et al.(2023)

Supreme Court of MissouriDecember 19, 2023#SC100045

reversed
criminal-lawmajority2,702 words

Professional Fire Fighters of Eastern Missouri, International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 2665 vs. City of Richmond Heights(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictNovember 28, 2023#WD86174

affirmed
employmentmemorandum4,447 words

Conservation Commission and Missouri Department of Conservation, Respondents, vs. Andrew Bailey, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General of Missouri, and Ken Zellers, in his Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Office of Administration, Appellants.(2023)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 13, 2023#SC99092

affirmed
family-lawper_curiam7,426 words

Integra Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a Integrity Home Care, et al. vs. Missouri State Board of Mediation, et al.(2022)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictNovember 15, 2022#WD84919

affirmed
employmentmajority6,049 words

City of Maryland Heights, et al., Respondents, vs. State of Missouri, Appellant.(2022)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 15, 2022#SC99098

remanded
constitutionalmajority2,216 words

Eric Qualls vs. Missouri House of Representatives and Daniel Adam Crumbliss(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District#WD85799

affirmed
employmentmajority6,498 words

State of Missouri vs. Theresa O'Connor(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District#WD85820

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority10,673 words

William H. Drewel vs. Missouri State Highway Patrol and Cole County Sheriff John P. Wheeler(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District#WD85246

reversed
criminal-lawmajority2,118 words

Vernell Beach, by and through his Natural Mother and Legal Guardian, Yolanda Walton vs. Kenneth Zeller, Commissioner, Office of Administration State of Missouri and Andrew Bailey, Attorney General, State of Missouri(2023)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District#WD86029

affirmed
personal-injurymajority5,861 words

Dale R. Ludwig vs. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, Missouri Soybean Association, and Foundation for Soy Innovation(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District#WD86326

affirmed
personal-injurymajority4,052 words

Archive Note

This is a summary of public court records compiled from Missouri appellate slip opinions. This archive contains Missouri appellate slip opinions reproduced for research convenience, not the final official reporter version. Official source links remain authoritative where provided. Joseph Ott, Attorney 67889, Ott Law Firm - Constant Victory - Personal Injury and Litigation maintains these public legal archives to support Missouri case research and to help prospective clients connect that research to the firm's courtroom practice.