Jul 22, 2019 
James R. Layton
Types of cases decided by the Court: The majority of the cases decided by the Missouri Supreme Court in the second quarter of 2019 were civil cases: In 21 opinions, the Court decided appeals in 8 criminal and 14 civil cases. Routes to the Court: 5 of the cases decided...
Jul 10, 2019 James R. Layton
During the second quarter of 2019, April-June, the Missouri Supreme Court handed down 21 opinions, deciding 22 cases"”about the same as the first quarter. This first part of my quarterly report details who wrote the Court's opinions, and how long the Court took to...
Apr 25, 2019 James R. Layton
Types of cases decided by the Court. The majority of the cases decided by the Missouri Supreme Court in the first quarter of 2019 were civil cases: The Court decided 3 criminal cases and 1 discipline matter; the other 20 cases were civil. Routes to the Court. 6 of the...
Apr 11, 2019 James R. Layton
During the first quarter of 2019, January-March the Missouri Supreme Court handed down 21 opinions, deciding 24 cases. This first part of my quarterly report details who wrote the most opinions, and how long the Court took to issue opinions. Who: Judge Powell was the...
Apr 5, 2019 
Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper was a featured speaker at the meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, in Seattle Washington, on April 5, 2019. Ian discussed the constitutional framework for evaluating employee political speech on college and university...
Mar 20, 2019 James R. Layton
In a decision handed down March 19, 2019, a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court clarified and applied the doctrine of "judicial estoppel." "Judicial estoppel is invoked to protect the dignity of the judicial proceedings and to prevent parties from playing fast and loose...
The Women's Foundation of Greater St. Louis recently announced its 2018 Honorees in their annual Women in the Workplace Employment Scorecard for the best places to work for women. The honorees were selected through a double-blind review process based on data...
Mar 1, 2019 James R. Layton
Michelle H. Basi
Mollie G. Mohan
In two decisions handed down on February 26, 2019, the Missouri Supreme Court waded into two questions under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA): whether sex stereotyping is enough to constitute a claim under the MHRA, and whether a student transitioning from female...
Feb 20, 2019 Ian P. CooperMollie G. Mohan
Ian Cooper and Mollie Mohan won a Judgment for the City of Columbia, Missouri, on December 31, 2018, in Boone County Circuit Court. The case, Sanders v. City of Columbia, involved a former Police Officer for the City who was dismissed following his use of force...
Feb 15, 2019 James R. Layton
On February 13, 2019 the Missouri Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering a circuit judge in Boone County, Missouri to finally act in a case briefed and argued by Jim Layton, who leads Tueth Keeney's appellate practice. The argument last September was Jim's...
Jan 24, 2019 
Kate L. Nash
Veronica E. Potter
The deadline to submit comments on the proposed Title IX regulations is quickly approaching. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Title IX was released by the Department of Education on November 16, 2018, and was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2018,...
Jan 17, 2019 James R. Layton
Five areas in which Tueth Keeney attorneys have particular expertise"”employment, higher education, and immigration, as well as trial and appellate litigation"”intersected in an unusual set of facts addressed by the Missouri Supreme Court on January 15, 2019. The case...
