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Missouri Appellate Judge

The Honorable Stith

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

Concurring Opinions
61
Dissenting Opinions
41
Opinions Authored
1

Opinions Authored

1 opinion

Concurring Opinions

61 opinions

In re: Circuit Attorney, 22nd Judicial Circuit ex rel. Christopher Dunn, Respondent.(2025)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 15, 2025#SC100878

reversed
criminal-lawmemorandum6,328 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. James D. Cummings, Appellant.(2024)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMarch 19, 2024#ED111089

reversed
criminal-lawmajority4,382 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Lamar Johnson, Appellant.(2021)

Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 2, 2021#SC98303

affirmed
criminal-lawmemorandum6,275 words

Missouri State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al., Appellants, vs. State of Missouri, et al., Respondents.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriOctober 9, 2020#SC98744

affirmed
employmentper_curiam9,462 words

Dwight Tuttle, Appellant, vs. Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers, Inc., David Dobbs, and Dustin Dobbs, Respondents.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriDecember 24, 2019#SC97721

affirmed
employmentmemorandum3,747 words

State ex rel. Cedar Crest Apartments, LLC and Peterson Properties, Inc. d/b/a The Peterson Companies, Relators, vs. The Honorable Jack Grate, Respondent.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 16, 2019#SC96977

dismissed
personal-injurymajority3,475 words

Douglas Cosby, Appellant, vs. Treasurer of the State of Missouri as Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Respondent.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 25, 2019#SC97317

affirmed
employmentmajority4,572 words

Lewis Soars, Respondent, vs. Easter Seals Midwest and Charity Twine, Appellants.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriDecember 18, 2018#SC97018

affirmed
employmentmajority3,888 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Robert E. Stewart, Appellant.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriNovember 20, 2018#SC97070

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority4,382 words

Kohner Properties, Inc., Respondent, vs. Latasha Johnson, Appellant.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 3, 2018#SC95944

affirmed
real-estateper_curiam4,740 words

Sherry Spence, Respondent, vs. BNSF Railway Company, Appellant.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriMay 22, 2018#SC96195

affirmed
personal-injurymajority6,272 words

Susan Gall, et al., Respondents, vs. Russell E. Steele, Appellant, Kristie H. Swaim, Respondent.(2018)

Supreme Court of MissouriMay 22, 2018#SC96188

reversed
constitutionalmemorandum4,151 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Christopher M. Sanders, Appellant.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 11, 2017#SC94865

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority4,451 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. James Calvin Smith, Appellant.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 11, 2017#SC95461

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority8,832 words

State ex rel. Christine Delf, Relator, vs. The Honorable Darrell E. Missey, Respondent.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriMay 30, 2017#SC95800

modified
criminal-lawmajority5,846 words

Brentwood Glass Company, Inc., Appellant, vs. Pal's Glass Service, Inc., Defendant, Clayco, Inc., Cornerstone VI, LLC, St. Louis County, National City Bank of the Midwest, N.A., Paul M. Macon, UMB Bank, N.A., and Victor Zarilli, Respondents.(2016)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 23, 2016#SC94038

affirmed
administrativemajority5,915 words

State of Missouri, Appellant vs. Pierre Clay, Respondent.(2016)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 9, 2016#SC94954

reversed
criminal-lawmajority5,432 words

City of St. Peters, Missouri, Appellant vs. Bonnie A. Roeder, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 18, 2015#SC94379

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority12,127 words

State of Missouri, Appellant vs. Marcus Merritt, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 18, 2015#SC94096

affirmed
criminal-lawper_curiam4,651 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Santonio L. McCoy, Appellant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 18, 2015#SC94564

affirmed
criminal-lawper_curiam4,482 words

Sarah Tupper, et al., Respondents/Cross-Appellants vs. City of St. Louis, et al., Appellants/Cross-Respondents.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 18, 2015#SC94212

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority7,658 words

D. Samuel Dotson III and Rebecca Morgan, Plaintiffs, vs. Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, Defendant, Tom Dempsey, Timothy Jones, Ron Richard, Kurt Schaefer, and Missourians Protecting the 2nd Amendment, Intervenors.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 30, 2015#SC94482

modified
real-estateper_curiam17,093 words

Wes Shoemyer, Darvin Bentlage, and Richard Oswald, Plaintiffs, vs. Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, Defendant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 30, 2015#SC94516

criminal-lawper_curiam2,379 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Gary Leland Coleman, Appellant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 16, 2015#SC94554

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority2,196 words

State ex rel. Todd Hewitt, Relator vs. Honorable Kristine Kerr, Judge, Circuit Court for St. Louis County, Missouri, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 28, 2015#SC93846

affirmed
employmentper_curiam15,716 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Jesse Driskill, Appellant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 31, 2015#SC93882

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority11,292 words

Deborah Barkley, Appellant, vs. McKeever Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Price Chopper, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 24, 2015#SC94253

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority10,308 words

Eric Williams, Appellant vs. William L. Hubbard, Limited Administrator ad litem of the Estate of Betty Margaret Reynolds and Kenneth Nelson and Sandra K. Nelson, Husband and Wife, Respondents.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 3, 2015#SC93853

affirmed
real-estatemajority7,985 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Denford Jackson, Appellant.(2014)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 24, 2014#SC93108

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority19,790 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Bruce Pierce, Appellant.(2014)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 24, 2014#SC93321

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority13,514 words

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Dissenting Opinions

41 opinions

State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Kavion Thomas, Appellant.(2021)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 11, 2021#ED108921

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,650 words

Emily Riegel, et al., vs. Nicole Forsythe(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictSeptember 1, 2020#WD83131

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,189 words

Stanley Barber vs. State of Missouri(2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictJuly 14, 2020#WD82714

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority9,084 words

Dimetrious Woods, Respondent, vs. Missouri Department of Corrections, Appellant.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 4, 2020#SC97633

reversed
criminal-lawmajority754 words

Gary L. Mitchell, Appellant, vs. Don Phillips, Respondent.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriFebruary 4, 2020#SC97631

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,622 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Anthony James Smith, Appellant.(2020)

Supreme Court of MissouriJanuary 14, 2020#SC97811

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority7,136 words

Ronald Johnson, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 16, 2019#SC97330

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority17,648 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Craig Michael Wood, Appellant.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 16, 2019#SC96924

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority16,613 words

Neil Desai, M.D., et al., Respondents, vs. Seneca Specialty Insurance Company, Appellant.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 25, 2019#SC97361

affirmed
personal-injurymemorandum6,264 words

Lance C. Shockley, Appellant, vs. State of Missouri, Respondent.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 16, 2019#SC96633

affirmed
criminal-lawmemorandum19,893 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Danielle Ann Zuroweste, Appellant.(2019)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 2, 2019#SC97229

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority12,913 words

In the Interest of Z.L.G., A.L.A.G., Appellant, vs. GREENE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICE, Respondent.(2017)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictNovember 16, 2017#SD34959

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority3,212 words

State ex rel. Steven Pinkerton, Relator, vs. The Honorable Joel P. Fahnestock, Respondent.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriOctober 31, 2017#SC94822

affirmed
personal-injurymajority14,871 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Angelo Johnson, Appellant.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 22, 2017#SC95481

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority9,651 words

Timothy S. Willbanks, Appellant, vs. Missouri Department of Corrections, Respondent.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 11, 2017#SC95395

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority18,272 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Ledale Nathan, Appellant.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 11, 2017#SC95473

affirmed
criminal-lawmemorandum17,363 words

Carl Eisenmann, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Richard Podhorn, et al., Defendants, Beris Construction, L.L.C., Respondent/Cross-Appellant, and C.B. Engineering, Inc., Appellant/Cross-Respondent.(2017)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern DistrictMay 9, 2017#ED103171

affirmed
personal-injurymajority7,807 words

Otis Cornelious vs. State of Missouri(2017)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western DistrictFebruary 7, 2017#WD79204

affirmed
criminal-lawmemorandum4,005 words

In the Interest of: J.P.B. M.R.S., Appellant, vs. Greene County Juvenile Office, Respondent.(2017)

Supreme Court of MissouriJanuary 5, 2017#SC95602

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority12,290 words

Joshua Peters, Respondent, The Missouri Attorney General, Intervenor/Respondent, vs. Rachel M. Johns, Appellant.(2016)

Supreme Court of MissouriMay 20, 2016#SC95678

affirmed
constitutionalmajority13,123 words

IBM Corporation, Respondent/Cross-Appellant vs. Director of Revenue, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.(2016)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 5, 2016#SC94999

reversed
real-estatemajority3,346 words

WAYMAN BRYANT, Plaintiff-Respondent, vs. DALTON LEE ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.(2016)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern DistrictFebruary 3, 2016#SD33568

affirmed
personal-injurymajority1,943 words

In re the Marriage of: John William McNeal, Appellant vs. Sylvia Ruth McNeal-Sydnor, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriSeptember 8, 2015#SC94435

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority4,453 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Demetrick Taylor, Appellant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriAugust 4, 2015#SC94503

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority7,677 words

State ex rel. Andre Cole, Petitioner, vs. Cindy Griffith, Warden, Potosi Correctional Center, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriApril 9, 2015#SC94880

affirmed
criminal-lawmemorandum11,201 words

State ex rel. Cecil Clayton, Petitioner, vs. Cindy Griffith, in her capacity as Warden, Potosi Correctional Center, Respondent.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 14, 2015#SC94841

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority13,575 words

State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Sylvester R. Sisco II, Appellant.(2015)

Supreme Court of MissouriMarch 10, 2015#SC93785

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority7,467 words

PF Golf, L.L.C., Respondent vs. Director of Revenue, Appellant.(2013)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 16, 2013#SC92663

affirmed
personal-injurymajority4,014 words

State of Missouri, Respondent vs. Gene Morris Jeffrey, Appellant.(2013)

Supreme Court of MissouriJune 25, 2013#SC93172

affirmed
criminal-lawmajority6,024 words

Ruth Mendenhall, Appellant, vs. Property and Casualty Insurance Company of Hartford, Respondent, and Jay Walker, Defendant.(2012)

Supreme Court of MissouriJuly 31, 2012#SC92202

affirmed
insurancemajority4,405 words

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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.