Mar 18, 2020 | 
Aigner S. Carr
Celynda L. Brasher
Elizabeth J. Mooney
James R. Layton
Kate L. Nash
Kylie S. Piatt
Laura E. Hemmer
Lisa J. Berns
Mandi D. Moutray
Margaret A. Hesse
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi
Veronica E. Potter
Frequently Asked Questions Coronavirus Pandemic Planning: Holding Legally Compliant Board Meetings During this Time of Uncertainty Below, we are listing answers or guidance we are providing in response to questions we have received relating to holding board meetings...
Feb 18, 2020 | James R. Layton
Today Jim Layton of Tueth Keeney filed a brief for the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MoDL) as amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) in the Missouri Supreme Court in Moore v. Bi-State. The question before the Court is whether caps on damages...
Jan 23, 2020 | James R. Layton
by Jim Layton On average, the Court handed down its opinion 146 days after oral argument, consistent with the figures for the first and third quarters. But that average was measurably affected by two cases: City of Chesterfield v. State was handed down 468 days after...
Jan 21, 2020 | James R. Layton
by Jim Layton “Most prolific” during the fourth quarter were three judges who each wrote five opinions. Judge Fischer wrote five opinions for the majority. Judge Wilson wrote four for the majority and one dissent. And Chief Justice Draper wrote just two...
Jan 16, 2020 | James R. Layton
by Jim Layton The 4th quarter of 2019 saw the handing down of 19 opinions (excluding attorney discipline cases). That compares with 21 opinions in each of the 1st and 2nd quarter, and 13 in the 3rd quarter. Of the 19 opinions, just 2 were in criminal cases. Seven of...
