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Cole County judge considers dismissal of e-mail lawsuit

A Cole County judge was urged Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit over the state e-mail retention policy of Gov. Matt Blunt's office.

Blunt's lawyer, John Holstein, a former state Supreme Court judge who is now in private practice, argued that there was no provision in state law for the lawsuit brought in the case. The suit was filed in May by Mel Fisher, a former superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol who was appointed as an independent investigator in the matter.

A lawsuit filed by Fisher accuses Blunt's office of violating the state Sunshine Law. The suit stemmed from the firing last year of a Blunt attorney named Scott Eckersley.

Eckersley contends in a separate defamation ...

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