234 ABA Journal 8th Circuit Court articles.
Courts say part of embattled bankruptcy law violates First Amendment
Jan 1, 2009 6:40 AM CST
The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who regularly make headlines and anger grieving families by showing up and…
Nov 3, 2008 5:13 PM CST
A federal appeals court is permitting enforcement of a Missouri law that restricts sex offenders from contact with children on Halloween.
The law requires sex offenders to stay at home…
Oct 31, 2008 12:00 PM CDT
A kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa has been hit with not quite $10 million in fines by the state labor commission for alleged violation of wage laws after a May…
Oct 29, 2008 6:58 PM CDT
A Minnesota tax protester who tried to haul the federal judge assigned to his case into “common law court” now has an extra conviction on his record as a result.
…Oct 28, 2008 3:14 PM CDT
Saying that they expect their client may be charged in other jurisdictions, lawyers for non-attorney Howard Kieffer are seeking a trial delay in in a fraud case related to his…
Oct 13, 2008 6:39 PM CDT
For the past decade or so, Howard Kieffer has reportedly represented clients in federal cases in 10 states. The problem is, he reportedly wasn’t properly licensed to practice law in…
Sep 16, 2008 9:14 PM CDT
A former southern Illinois lawyer and Democratic power broker has accepted a plea deal in a cocaine case that calls for a six-year federal prison sentence and $525,000 in financial…
Sep 10, 2008 8:40 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has struck down a provision in the 2005 federal bankruptcy law that bars lawyers from advising clients to take on more debt before filing for bankruptcy.
…Sep 5, 2008 11:00 AM CDT
In another signpost of stepped-up immigration enforcement, federal agents raided a Mississippi factory yesterday, detaining at least 350 workers who allegedly are in the country illegally.
“The raid follows a…
Aug 26, 2008 5:34 PM CDT
A non-lawyer who apparently tricked a federal court in North Dakota into admitting him to practice there, by claiming to be licensed in California, has been disbarred.
Howard Kieffer now…
Aug 18, 2008 9:56 PM CDT
A study of sanctions against attorneys in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that frivolous claims were the biggest source of penalties.
Failure to comply with…
Aug 18, 2008 7:33 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled a man who organized his own militia did not have a Second Amendment right to possess a machine gun.
Hollis Wayne Fincher had argued…
Aug 14, 2008 10:50 AM CDT
Asking a Missouri judge “Are you a pedophile?” was but one of the “rude and angry” comments that reportedly helped persuade the jurist to slap a 120-day contempt sentence on…
Jul 31, 2008 7:50 PM CDT
Updated: In a small Missouri town, a bizarre case is still unraveling: A fake undercover cop conducted raids and made arrests for weeks, with the help of local police, before…
Jun 24, 2008 9:09 PM CDT
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