Article: Groups urge businesses to support Missouri court plan

Businesses depend on an impartial court system and should work against efforts to overhaul Missouri's method of judicial appointments, a business lawyer told a group gathered Tuesday to discuss attacks on the court plan. The meeting was organized in downtown St. Louis by the Committee for Economic Development, a national business group, and included former Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronnie White, former Democratic Gov. Bob Holden and other dignitaries in a panel discussion. Wayne Withers, special legal adviser to Emerson Electric, spoke about what businesses expect from the court system and why it's important to Missouri's economy to maintain a judicial system that limits political ...

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