Recently added articles from St. Louis Daily Record:
20 years later: Teachers reflect on Supreme Court's Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier ruling
Oct 06, 2008; Angela Riley ... It's not every day that a U.S. Supreme Court decision arising outof your own backyard has resounding implications 20 years later. Today marks the start of the new Supreme Court term, and thisyear is the 20th anniversary of that court's decision in HazelwoodSchool District v ....
CEO of St. Louis-based Engineered Support Systems sentenced for backdating stock options
Oct 06, 2008; Donna Walter ... Michael Shanahan Sr. was sentenced to three years of probationand ordered to pay $7.8 million in restitution for backdating stockoptions at Engineered Support Systems. He was also ordered to pay a$40,000 fine. Backdating stock options is not illegal as long as it isdisclosed ....
Commentary: Going easy on Palin? Say it ain't so Joe
Oct 06, 2008; Craig Napier ... Like many of us Americans I tuned in last Thursday night to watchthe debate between vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and JoeBiden. I have been watching more of the talking-head-24-hours-a-day newslately because of the presidential race and economic crisis, whichhave ...
Harassment suit against Kansas City Wizards dismissed
Oct 06, 2008; Charles Emerick ... A woman who claimed she was regularly sexually harassed byemployees of the Kansas City Wizards soccer team dismissed herlawsuit last week. Kathryn Carver filed the suit three months ago against the team'sownership group, OnGoal; Greg Cotton, executive vice president andgeneral ...
Alleged conflict spawns filing of lawsuit in St. Louis County Circuit Court
Oct 03, 2008; Angela Riley ... A former director with St. John's Mercy Health System is suingthe Lowenbaum Partnership for failing to provide adequate legalcounsel when the law firm represented both the employee and employerin a sexual harassment lawsuit. Bill Ross, the former administrative director of Imaging ...
Man wants Mo. Supreme Court to overturn his conviction over out-of- court statements
Oct 03, 2008; Kelly Wiese ... Supreme Court judges reacted with skepticism to a man's argumentthat his conviction for child molestation should be tossed becausethe child's out-of-court statements were allowed. The man argued that a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court decision madeunconstitutional a pre-existing state law ...
U.S. Attorney's Office in Missouri indicts three for mortgage fraud
Oct 03, 2008; Donna Walter ... The U.S. Attorney's Office indicted three people for mortgagefraud, including a father and son, involving the multimillion salesof 12 local properties. U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway made the announcement Thursdayafternoon. Hanaway said the scheme represented "easy money" ...
James E. Darst remembered as exceptional Missouri lawyer, judge
Oct 03, 2008; Donna Walter ... James E. Darst Sr., a Social Security administrative law judgefor many years, will be remembered as a brilliant man by the lawyersthat knew him. Darst died Sept. 30. He was 78. Judge Joseph Simeone taught Darst at Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Law and later worked under him as an ...
Alleged conflict spawns lawsuit
Oct 03, 2008; Angela Riley ... A former director with St. John's Mercy Health System is suingthe Lowenbaum Partnership for failing to provide adequate legalcounsel when the law firm represented both the employee and employerin a sexual harassment lawsuit. Bill Ross, the former administrative director of Imaging ...
Eastern District Court of Appeals rules DOC violated its own policies when it fired employee
Oct 02, 2008; Angela Riley ... The Eastern District Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court'sdecision that determined the Department of Corrections' dismissal ofan employee for failure to take a drug test was not supported bysubstantial evidence. Brian Pogue was an employee at the Farmington Correctional ...
Independence law firm representing popcorn consumers suing for injuries
Oct 02, 2008; Charles Emerick ... A disease once thought to have only sickened workers at popcornfactories is now becoming the subject of lawsuits filed by consumersof the buttery snack. Bronchiolitis obliterans, or "popcorn lung," is being claimed inthe only two known lawsuits filed by consumers, who say fumes ...
St. Charles judge fined by Missouri Supreme Court for role in alleged bribe
Oct 02, 2008; Allison Retka ... A former assistant prosecutor investigated for an alleged bribeinvolving an autographed baseball has been reprimanded by theMissouri Supreme Court and ordered to pay a $750 fine. A state disciplinary panel found that Matthew Thornhill, now anassociate circuit judge in St. Charles, ...
Cyberbullying suit filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court
Oct 02, 2008; Angela Riley ... Another case of cyberbullying has arisen out of St. Louis. A West County father alleges in a petition filed in St. LouisCounty Circuit Court that someone used a Facebook account to harasshis daughter who struggles with mental illness to the point that shewas psychiatrically ...
St. Louis Rams sued by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Oct 02, 2008; Donna Walter ... When the St. Louis Rams fired a long-time employee with a seizuredisorder, it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act'sprohibition of disability discrimination, the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission said in a federal lawsuit against the team. Ron DuBuque was an assistant ...
Missouri expecting large voter turnout for November election
Oct 01, 2008; Donna Walter ... Expecting an 80 percent voter turnout for the November election,Missouri officials say they've been working long hours to ensurethat the election runs smoothly. The hotly contested presidential race between Republican JohnMcCain and Democrat Barack Obama is likely to spawn charges ...
Missouri Court of Appeals Western District sides with city in contract dispute
Oct 01, 2008; Charles Emerick ... A panel of appellate judges affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuitchallenging last year's employment contract to Kansas City's CityManager Wayne Cauthen. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District agreed with aJackson County trial judge, who granted summary judgment in ...
Missouri Supreme Court orders quick trial for St. Louis man
Oct 01, 2008; Kelly Wiese ... The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered the St. Louis CircuitCourt to give a man his trial within 30 days, or show a reason whyhe should not be released. The court on Tuesday ordered the lower court to proceed quicklyin the case of William Stanford. The St. Louis man faces charges ...