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The following is a list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Missouri or which came to the Supreme Court of the United States from the Supreme Court of Missouri. Since 1973, the Supreme Court of Missouri has heard all cases en banc (before all seven judges). Before that many cases were heard by panels of three judges.
Any circuit or associate circuit judge may temporarily sit in any other circuit at the request of a judge thereof. In circuits having more than one judge, the court may sit in general term or in divisions. The circuit judges of the circuit may make rules for the circuit not inconsistent with the rules of the supreme court. 2.
Missouri Court of Appeals (3 districts) [2] Missouri Circuit Courts (46 circuits) [3] Federal courts located in Missouri. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (headquartered in St. Louis, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
The appellate court ruled that Torch Electronics can't use a lawsuit to interfere with law enforcement. Appeals court rules Torch Electronics had no grounds to sue over MO gambling enforcement ...
Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Missouri's trigger law banning abortion went into effect. [4] Following this, in 2024, the group Missourians for Constitutional Freedom launched Amendment 3, and gathered the necessary signatures to place the amendment on the ballot in November. [5]
In 2021, Missouri lawmakers passed and Gov. Mike Parson signed into law the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” sponsored by now U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, which attempts to bar federal gun ...
A wide-ranging bill passed by the state legislature last year banning sleeping on public land was struck down Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court for violating the constitution’s single ...
Circuit Court judges have terms of six years and Associate Circuit Court judges have terms of four years. There are no term limits for judges, though there is a mandatory retirement age of 70 years. Missouri pioneered a unique way of selecting judges for its state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals in an effort to remove some of the partisan ...