by admin | Sep 4, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A battle between the state and Premium Standard Farms would remain a battle only between those two under a legal action filed by the Attorney General. Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed legal papers objecting to the Sierra Club’s attempts to intervene in his...
by admin | Aug 27, 2002 | Politics / Govt
A lawsuit that has kept state family planning money out of the hands of Planned Parenthood has been dismissed, but the issue is far from resolved. Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder complied with a State Supreme Court order to dismiss the lawsuit after the court...
by admin | Aug 23, 2002 | News
An environmental group wants to get involved in a lawsuit the state is bringing against a major Missouri hog producer, but the Attorney General does not want the help. In June, Attorney General Jay Nixon filed suit against Premium Standard Farms for hog waste spills...
by admin | Aug 23, 2002 | Crime / Courts
A review by lawyers in the Attorney General’s office concludes a US Supreme Court ruling greatly restricting judge-imposed death sentences does not apply to Missouri. In the Ring case, the US Supreme Court found unconstitutional Arizona’s practice of...
by admin | Jul 23, 2002 | Politics / Govt
A State Supreme Court ruling directs a circuit judge inJefferson City to allow Attorney General Jay Nixon to dismiss a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit sought to keep Planned Parenthood from receiving statefamily planning money. The Supreme Court had...
