Missouri Civil Rights Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Vinol Wilson </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting animals for use in a dog fighting venture and unlawful transportation of a firearm. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Vinol Wilson, age 52, ran a dog fighting operation. He invited several others t... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> David Matusik v. Lake Ozark Fire Protection District </h2> </center>
Jefferson City, Missouri, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an employment case. A disciplinary proceeding was initiated against David Matusik, an employee of the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District (the District). Following a hearing, the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District Board of Directors (the Board) terminated Matusik’s employment. Matusik filed a petition for judicial ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Stephen Andrew Eagleton </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree assault. After a verbal altercation with the victim (Victim) at a restaurant and bar, Eagleton struck him in the face, resulting in serious injuries. Eagleton was subsequently charged with second-degree assault * * * In point one on appeal, Eagleton alleges the trial court erred in denying h... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<H2> Daniel Green v. Robert Steele, et al.
Springfield, Missouri, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - MO)<H2> Artrelle Fowler v. DoorDash Essentials, LLC d/b/a DoorDash
St. Louis, Missouri, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination civil rights violation theory. AI Overview U.S. civil rights job discrimination laws, primarily Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, make it illegal for employers (with 15+ employees) to discriminate in hiring, firing, pay, promotions, or any job aspect based on race, color, religio... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - MO)Denali Summit, LLC v. Union Electric Company, d/b/a Ameren Missouri
Jefferson City, Missouri, commercial civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an easement dispute.<br> <br> In 1926, the FERC issued a license to Walter Cravens to construct a dam across<br> Missouri's Osage River and to generate hydroelectric power from the resulting<br> reservoir. Ameren acquired rights to the Osage Project in 1929, while the dam<br> remained under construction. As pa... More...
$0 (10-27-2025 - MO)Raymond Thompson v. Joshua Cockrell and Robert Gerholdt
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> On March 30, 2020, Thompson purchased a 100-year anniversary edition<br> custom 2003 Harley Davidson trike motorcycle ("motorcycleâ€) from Nathan Rench<br> for $5,000. Thompson paid off the two lienholders and gave Rench the remainder.<br> The parties signe... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis Adlai Hernandez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Independence Elementary School Teacher Charged With Child Pornography Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> ... More...
$0 (09-10-2025 - MO)Patricia Conway v. Mercy Hospital St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> During the COVID-19 pandemic, Patricia Conway, a registered nurse, was terminated from Mercy Hospital St. Louis ("Mercy Hospitalâ€)—a non-profit healthcare facility owned and operated by Mercy Health Ministries—after she refused to comply with the hospital's vaccinati... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - MO)Torey Phelps v. City of St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - MO)R.A. v. Mercy Hospitals East Communities, d/b/a Mercy Hospitals, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury medical malpractice lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> COMES NOW Plaintiff R.A., a minor, by and through his Next Friends and Natural<br> Parents Sarah Anyan and Blake Anyan, by and through his attorneys of record and for his Second<br> Amended Petition against Mercy Hospitals East Communities d/b/a Mercy Hospital St. Louis,<br> Mercy Clinic East Communi... More...
$1 (04-21-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Badetito O. Obafem </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $300,000 Romance Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgia Man Sentenced for $300,000 Romance Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Geo... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MO)Milton Green v. City of St. Louis and Office Christopher Tanner
St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed his civil rights were violated under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> St. Louis Police Officer Christopher Tanner, in pursuit of a fleeing suspect who had fired at police officers, mistakenly shot off-duty Officer Milton Green. Officer Green filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Officer Tanner and the City of St... More...
$0 (04-08-2025 - MO)Jeremiah Parker, et al. v. Kearney School District
Kansas City, Missouri civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued racial discrimination.<br> <br> Plaintiffs Tiffaney Whitt, on behalf of her minor children, and Jeremiah Parker, Whitt's adult son, filed this action against Kearney School District (Kearney) and Durham School Services, L.P., (Durham) stemming from racial harassment that<br> Parker and his siblings experienced on a school... More...
$0 (03-07-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Tiffany Anne Lukasiewicz
Joplin, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Defendant resided with her stepmother (Stepmother) and father (Father). On December 3, 2020, after seeing Father with a cut on his face, Defendant accused Stepmother of beating Father. Defendant then called the police, who spoke with all three individuals and subsequently left without m... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MO)Dale R. Ludwig v. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, et al.
Jefferson City, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy theories.... More...
$0 (06-04-2024 - MO)United States of America v. Brandon Phillips
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Phillips agreed to plead guilty to a felon-in-possession charge. See 18 U.S.C.<br> § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the presentence investigation report recommended a<br> range that was driven, in large part, by his prior convictions. See U.S.S.G.<br> § 4A1.1(a); see also Mo. Rev. Stat. �... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - MO)In the Matter of: G.L.
<h2><br> Cape Girardeau, Missouri family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> Child was born to Mother and Father in 2021. At the time of Child's birth, Mother and Father were unmarried. In 2022, Child was removed from Mother's custody by Children's Division due to Mother and Child testing positive for drugs, and a juvenile court case was initiat... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MO)Kenya Walzer v. Missouri Board of Nursing
<h2><br> Jefferson City, Missouri civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an administrative law appeal.<br> </h2><br> Walzer has a long history and repeated pattern of nursing license discipline by the Board, receiving disciplinary probation with specific terms from the Board and then violating those terms.<br> <br> Walzer was originally licensed as a licensed practical nurs... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MO)Millstone Property Owners Association v. Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam of St. Louis
<h2><br> Hillsboro, Missouri real property lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to eliminate restrictive covenants.<br> </h2><br> <br> In May 2004, Essex Development Inc. executed and recorded restrictions for a tract of land in Jefferson County known as Millstone Subdivision ("the subdivision"). The stated purpose of the restrictions was to preserve the land "as a respectable and attractive... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Johnny O. Morrow </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southeast Missouri Man Sentenced to 152 months in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In February of 2023, Southeast Missouri D... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MO)Robert Bingham v. National Liability & Fire Co.
Springfield, Missouri insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> <br> On December 1, 2011, Bingham was travelling to a jobsite in a van owned by his employer, Recovery Chapel, Inc. ("Recovery Chapel"), as part of Recovery Chapel's "Honest Days Work" program.[2] The van and its occupants were involved in a single vehicle roll-over accident. National was ... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - MO)Denny Labantschnig v. Royal Gate, et al.
St. Louis, Missouri civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of guaranty action<br> <br> <br> Royal Gate owned and operated two automobile dealerships. Robert Kelly (Kelly) and Alizadeh were the shareholders and owners of Royal Gate through Royal Gate Holding Company. Kelly was the president and majority shareholder of Royal Gate and ran the day-today operations. Alizadeh was t... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Isaiah M. Lane
Cape Girardeau, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with delivery of a drug.<br> <br> On July 26, 2022, a Cape Girardeau officer heard a dispatch reporting "shots fired" at Hanover and William Streets and identifying the suspect vehicle as a black Tahoe. The officer responded immediately, and on his way to the scene, he observed a black Tahoe near the area where the ... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)In the Interest of A.D.G. and R-J.J.
Montgomery City, Missouri family law lawyer represented the mother in a parental rights termination case.<br> <br> <br> Daughter was born on September 6, 2017. Son was born on November 21, 2018. Mother has had repeated contact with the Children's Division ("Division") before this proceeding. In September 2017, Division received two newborn crisis referrals for Daughter. In May 2018, it received a ... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Jessica Ann Young </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of Two Child Victims </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> KC Woman Sentenced to 45 Years for Sexual Exploitation of Two Child Victims</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas City, Mo., woman was se... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - MO)Christopher Ryan Kuone v. Marti O'Malley
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri prisoner civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Prisoners have a number of civil rights protections, including:<br> <br> Eighth Amendment: Protection from cruel and unusual punishment, and a minimum standard of living<br> Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection Clause protects against discrimination based on race, sex, or creed<br> ... More...
$0 (10-17-2024 - MO)Clara Roberts v. BJC Missouri Baptist Medical Center
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - MO)Prosecuting Attorney, 21st Judicial Circuit re rel. Marcelus Williams v. State of Missouri, et al.
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri Prosecuting attorney represented the Plaintiff seeking dismissal of the charges filed against him and exoneration.<br> </h2><br> <br> Despite nearly a quarter century of litigation in both state and federal courts, there<br> is no credible evidence of actual innocence or any showing of a constitutional error<br> undermining confidence in the original judgment. Like eve... More...
$0 (09-26-2024 - MO)Latetia Nunley, et al. v. Blayne Newton
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> Officer Blayne Newton of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department shot and killed Donnie Sanders during a traffic stop. Sanders's children, Latetia Nunley and Zahleyiah Fielder (collectively, "Nunleyâ€) filed suit against Officer Newton pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating Sanders... More...
$0 (09-25-2024 - MO)In the Interest of: P.S.A.
<h2><br> Springfield, Missouri family law lawyer represented the defendant in a parental termination rights case.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Following a trial, the trial court entered a judgment terminating parental rights of C.R.A. ("Father") to his child, P.S.A. ("Child"), on the grounds of parental unfitness, neglect, and failure to rectify, and determined termination was in Child's best interest.... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - MO)Bryant Holms v. Missouri Department of Corrections
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri civil rights employment discrimination lawyer reprsented the Plaintiff who sued on a hostile work environment theory under the Missouri Human Rights Act.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Bryant Holmes began his employment with the DOC in 1993 as a correctional officer. He was promoted to chief of custody at a probation and parole center in 2008 and became deputy warden in 201... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - MO)Anita Martin v. Christopher Martin
<h2><br> Kansas City, Missouri divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> <br> On February 2023, Anita Martin ("Appellant") filed a petition in the Jackson County Circuit Court against Christopher Martin ("Respondent") and Yolanda Martin ("New Wife"). The petition alleged the following: Appellant and Respondent used to be married. Their divorce was fina... More...
$0 (04-02-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Robert William Sheilds
<h2><br> Carthage, Missouri child molestation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Robert William Shields's <br> convictions are based on acts he committed against his step-daughter, C.P. ("Victim"), from the time Victim was approximately five years old until she was approximately 14 years of age. At age 14, Victim told her mother about the acts Shields committed a... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - MO)Devon Arseneau v. Eliane Pudlowski, et al.
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri civil rights violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 legal theories.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Arseneau and her ex-husband litigated custody of their child in the St. Louis County Circuit Court. The state court appointed Elaine Pudlowski, an attorney with Frankel, Ruben, Klein, Payne &Pudlowski, P.C., and Brian Dunlop, an attorney with Dunlo... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - MO)Kallash Revocable Inter Vivos Trust v. Sean T. Fitzsimmons </center
<h2><br> Troy, Missouri real property lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a real property easement rights case.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case highlights the tension between the property rights of parties who hold easements entitling them to particular uses of land they do not own, and the rights of the owners of such land encumbered by such easements. Specifically, this dispute conce... More...
$0 (04-12-2022 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Christopher S. Wilson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Missouri Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Child While in Vernon County Jail</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Missouri m... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - MO)Dawnette Geen v. Missouri Department of Mental Health </center
<h2><br> Fredericktown, Missouri civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of <br> of committing three separate acts of physical abuse involving Consumer in February 2022. The first incident on February 4, 2022, was ultimately unsubstantiated. The same day, Plaintiff's co-worker (Co-Worker 1) reported a second instance of alleged abuse, claiming she observed Consumer on the floor w... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - MO)D.K.R. v. Missouri State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice Information service, et al. </center
<h2><br> Springfield, Missouri civil lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking the expungement of a felony assault conviction.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> On May 12, 2006, Respondent D.K.R. pleaded guilty to the Class D felony of assault while on school property, in violation of § 565.075.[1] D.K.R. received a suspended imposition of sentence and was placed on probation for five years. The trial co... More...
$0 (07-25-2024 - MO)Theresa Hammer v. The Post 4, L.L.C.
St. Louis, Missouri civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> It is unlawful employment practice for an employer—<br> (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such... More...
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