Supreme Court of Missouri Decisions 2022
Date: December 20, 2022
Docket Number: SC99273
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court awarding $8 million in punitive damages against the board of trustees (the board) of the petroleum storage tank insurance fund (the fund) on the City of…
Date: December 20, 2022
Docket Number: SC99619
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court and quashed an order of mandamus requiring the City of Creve Coeur to issue a conditional use permit (CUP), holding that the circuit court erroneously applied…
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: SC99626
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court made permanent a preliminary writ of prohibition it issued directing the circuit court to vacate its order denying Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Mayela Barron's motion for summary judgment and sustain…
Date: November 28, 2022
Docket Numbers: SC89168, SC99873
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court overruled two motions in this case where Kevin Johnson was scheduled for execution on November 29, 2022, holding that the two motions to stay Johnson's execution did not show a likelihood of…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC99512
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court entering summary judgment for Employer and dismissing Employee's class action claiming that Employer violated the Missouri Prevailing Wage Act by failing to…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC99522
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender and sentencing him to four years' imprisonment, suspended in favor of supervised…
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC99238
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the administrative hearing commission (AHC) denying the complaint brought by Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of James Townsend, that the director of the…
Date: November 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC99453
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Administrative Hearing Commission that Saddle and Sirloin Club of Kansas City was not entitled to a refund of sales tax on monthly membership dues paid by Club members…
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC99179
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court in favor of several unions (Unions) and issuing a permanent injunction enjoining the State from altering existing collective bargaining agreements with the…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: SC99051
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the administrative hearing commission (AHC) finding beyond Housing, Inc. and Pagedale Town Center II, LLC (PTC II) qualify for sales and use tax exemptions as charitable…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: SC99297
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court in favor of Barbara and Alexis Branch on the Central Trust Bank's petition for a deficiency judgment in relation to a promissory note and security agreement…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: SC99367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decision of the Administrative Hearing Commission (AHC) that the purchases by Carfax, Inc. of certain equipment used to create vehicle history reports (VHRs) were exempt from sales and use…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC99000
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court issuing a permanent writ of mandamus in favor of Jim Swoboda, holding that the circuit court's decision was erroneous because Swoboda failed to establish that…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC99441
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court that the solar energy system owned by Springfield Solar 1, LLC was tax-exempt as a "solar energy system not held for resale" pursuant to Mo. Rev. Stat.…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99358
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Son's action alleging that Daughter engaged in an abuse of process by filing a suit to invalidate portions of the Phyllis Schlafly Revocable Trust,…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99381
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying Claimant's claim for permanent total disability (PTD) benefits from the Second Injury Fund, holding that the Commission…
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Numbers: SC99269, SC99270
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the rulings of the circuit court denying Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation's motions to dismiss or stay the counterclaims against it and to compel the matters to arbitration pursuant to an…
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: SC99384
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint against Independence School District alleging that he had been fired in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim,…
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: SC99249
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's medical malpractice case without prejudice for failure to file an affidavit of merit within 180 days pursuant to Mo. Rev. Stat. 538.225,…
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: SC99469
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and three counts of incest and sentencing him to a total of eighty-seven years'…
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: SC99211
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of tampering with a judicial officer and second-degree harassment of his probation officer, holding that Defendant was not entitled to…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC98904
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment on one of Respondent's three claims, holding that the circuit court's judgment was not a "final judgment" for…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC98998
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court granting the State's Rule 74.06(b)(5) motion for relief from its 2016 judgment permanently enjoining the State from enforcing Mo. Rev. Stat. 67.287 and Mo. Rev.…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99081
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant for driving while intoxicated and sentencing him as a habitual offender, holding that the circuit court erred in sentencing Defendant as a…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99170
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of assault and armed criminal action following a jury trial, holding that the circuit court prejudicially erred in failing to give the…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99279
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court entering summary judgment in favor of Alexis Still in this dispute over whether there was a settlement agreement between the parties, holding that there was no…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99280
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission reversing the administrative law judge's (ALJ) award of permanent and total disability (PTD) benefits against the Second Injury…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99290
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court sustaining the State's motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing Plaintiffs' action seeking a declaration that the Second Amendment Protection Act…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition for a writ of prohibition requesting that the circuit court prohibit Respondent from determining that he must register as a sex…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99332
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of fifteen counts of unlawful possession of a firearm following a jury trial, holding that the circuit court committed reversible error by…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC99335
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court confirming an arbitration award in favor of Car Credit, Inc., holding that the arbitration agreement was valid and that the circuit court did not err. Cathy…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC99007
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court reducing the jury's punitive damages award against HALO Branded Solutions, Inc., holding that the circuit court's application of the punitive damages cap in…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC99317
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court finding Defendant to be a dangerous offender and remanded the case for resentencing, holding that the State failed to plead all essential facts and introduce…
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC98909
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court determining that Mo. Rev. Stat. 595.201, as applied to defense attorneys, is constitutionally invalid and that the passage of Senate Bill 569 (SB 569) was…
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC99063
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court sustaining Defendant's motion to dismiss one count of possession of a controlled substance, holding that the circuit court's decision to dismiss the possession…
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC99199
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) reversing the administrative law judge's award and denying Claimant permanent total disability…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC99024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a preliminary writ of prohibition to Kimberly Barks preventing the disclosure of her medical records, holding that Barks did not waive the physician-patient privilege by pleading the affirmative…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC99098
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court entering a declaratory judgment that Mo. Rev. Stat. 115.646 violated public officials' right to free speech and was void for vagueness, holding that the circuit…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC98879
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court issuing a declaratory judgment invalidating Mo. Rev. Stat. 116.180 and 116.334.2, which prohibit the collection of referendum petition signatures before the…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC99205
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying the petition for a permanent writ of prohibition filed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, holding that the circuit court did not…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC98856
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court finding Defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, holding that the circuit court erred in refusing to give a self-defense…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC98929
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated in part and affirmed in part the judgment of the circuit court in this case brought by Pamela and Kelly Allen after Pamela fell down a flight of stairs in the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC98959
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court reversing the decision of the Board of Education of the Jefferson City Public School District to terminate Tammy Ferry's contract with the District, holding…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC99086
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of two counts of statutory rape in the second degree, holding that the circuit court erred in permitting witness testimony via two-way…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC99231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court finding that Juvenile committed acts that would constituted first-degree statutory sodomy if committed by an adult, holding that the circuit court erroneously…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC99251
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the circuit court finding that J.A.T. committed acts that would constitute first-degree assault and armed criminal action if committed by an adult, holding that requiring J.A.T.…
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