Employment, Higher Education, and Immigration Law Intersect in Missouri Supreme Court Decision

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,...

Tueth Keeney’s Jim Layton Explains Changes in Missouri Appellate Rules

Oct 16, 2018 | James R. Layton

In the September-October issue of The Journal of the Missouri Bar, Jim Layton, who leads Tueth Keeney’s appellate practice, writes about changes in the rules regarding appeals in Missouri courts.   Jim serves on two of the groups that proposed the changes to the...

Missouri Supreme Court overrules PSC–and Court of Appeals, Western District

Jul 17, 2018 | James R. Layton

Today the Missouri Supreme Court overruled both the Missouri Public Service Commission and the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, in a victory for a company trying to build a transmission line to carry wind-generated energy from western Kansas to Missouri...

Jim Layton to Address U.S. Supreme Court Decision at Federal Bar Association Program

Jul 10, 2018 | James R. Layton

Jim Layton will join University of Missouri Professor Carl Esbeck on Thursday, July 12, in speaking about a religion case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 4, 2018: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The program is a sequel to one...

Jim Layton Speaks about Missouri Constitution and Appointment of a Lieutenant Governor

Jun 22, 2018 | James R. Layton

Jim Layton, leader of Tueth Keeney’s appellate practice group and former Missouri Solicitor General, was interviewed this week by reporters looking at the authority of Missouri Governor Mike Parson to appoint his successor as lieutenant governor. Jim taught...