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28 F. Supp. 804 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Aug 25, 1939
The evidence at the trial might show the “dark colored” cars were black or so deeply blue as to be almost black or a deep brown closely akin to black. … Elliott v. Mo. P. R. Co., 227 Mo.App. 225 , 52 S.W. 2d 448 . State ex rel. v. Shain Distinguished Defendant’s learned counsel rely on State ex rel. Kansas City So. Ry. v. Shain, 340 Mo. 1195 , 105 S.W.2d 915 .
Cited 4 timesPublished80 F. Supp. 865 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Dec 1, 1948
Co. v. … See also Brown v. Canadian Pacific Ry. Co., D.C., 25 F.Supp. 566 , loc. cit. 568. The case of Davis v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., D.C., 256 F. 407 is helpful by analogy of reasoning.
Cited 11 timesPublishedUS Partners Financial Corp. v. KANSAS CITY, MO.
707 F. Supp. 1090 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Jan 19, 1989
This Court will not assume the role of a “super zoning board” and reverse the Council simply because a contrary result would have been permissible. Burns v. … Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 577 , 92 S.Ct. 2701, 2709 , 33 L.Ed. 2d 548 (1977).
Cited 1 timesPublished706 F. Supp. 2d 952 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Mar 2, 2010
A suggestion that compliance is likely appears in Brown v. … Food & Drug Admin. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 133 , 120 S.Ct. 1291 , 146 L.Ed.2d 121 (2000).
Cited 5 timesPublished873 F. Supp. 229 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Dec 4, 1994
See Daniel R.R. v. … Dist. v.
Cited 4 timesPublishedVetsch v. City of Kansas City, Missouri
District Court, W.D. Missouri · Sep 25, 2025
In so arguing they cite Edwards v. Baer, 863 F.2d 606, 609 (8th Cir. 1988) and several orders from this District that find that the Boards of the Police Commissioners for St. … Neither cited case, however, supports Plaintiffs’ position as neither case finds that the Board is a suable entity. In English et al. v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownFederal Trade Commission v. Bramman
54 F.R.D. 364 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Mar 20, 1972
Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States, 38 F.R.D. 57 (N.D.Ohio 1954); Freeman v. Seligson, 132 U.S. App.D.C. 56, 405 F.2d 1326 (1968); Rosee v. Board of Trade of City of Chicago, 36 F.R.D. 684 (N.D.Ill.1965). … .); Carr v. Monroe Mfg. Co., 431 F.2d 384 (5th Cir. 1970), cert. den. Aldridge v. Carr, 400 U.S. 1000 , 91 S.Ct. 456 , 27 L.Ed.2d 451 ; United States v.
Cited 7 timesPublishedStanley v. COMMISSIONERS, US CIVIL SERV. COM'N
505 F. Supp. 63 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Dec 8, 1980
The plaintiff appealed this decision to the Commission’s Appeals Review Board, which on October 4,1977 denied his request to reopen the case. … In support of their argument, defendants cite Polos v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedUnited States v. National Dairy Products Corp.
313 F. Supp. 534 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · May 12, 1970
at 1592 ). 2 Indeed, the Court was dealing with every Jehovah’s Witness in the United States who had been convicted of violation of the Selective Service Act over a seven year period in which judicial attack on a Local Board … In Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443, 503 , 73 S.Ct. 437 , 444, 97 L.Ed. 469 (1953), in which the death knell was sounded for the highly restrictive rule of Darr v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · Oct 23, 2025
Zutz v. Nelson, 601 F.3d 842, 848 (8th Cir. 2010) (citing Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009)). … Schmidt v. City of Bella Villa, 557 F.3d 564, 571 (8th Cir. 2009) (citing DuBose v. Kelly, 187 F.3d 999, 1002 (8th Cir. 1999)). Only persons acting under color of state law can be held liable under § 1983. Magee v.
Cited 0 timesUnknown288 F. Supp. 1 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Jul 16, 1968
If the caseworker is unable to resolve the problem he thinks need further attention, he shall refer it to proper higher official, Board or Committee for further consideration. … Edwards v.
Cited 8 timesPublishedDoleata Johnson v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
District Court, W.D. Missouri · Mar 5, 2026
Brown v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 2023 WL 5599630, at *6 (W.D. Mo. Aug. 29, 2023). There appears to be some tension between Plaintiff’s reliance on § 508.010.17 and § 375.1803.1 and her reliance on Mo. Rev. Stat. … Brown, 2023 WL 5599630 at *9. IV.
Cited 0 timesUnknown540 F. Supp. 396 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · May 11, 1982
The principle is the same regardless of whether the employee must turn to the National Labor Relations Board or the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Cf. United States v. … Dept. of Defense v. FLRA, 659 F.2d 1140 , 1144 (D.C.Cir.1981); National Federation of Federal Employees v. Defense Language Institute, 493 F.Supp. 675, 677 (N.D.Cal.1980); Clark v.
Cited 4 timesPublished211 F. Supp. 504 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Dec 5, 1962
Edwards and Blackwell v. Ragan, supra, and Bates v. Wilkinson, supra. We think Bates and the cases upon which it relies are correctly decided. … Blackwell v. Edwards, and Blackwell v.
Cited 2 timesPublished749 F. Supp. 987 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Oct 8, 1990
Roberts v. Browning, 610 F.2d 528, 531 (8th Cir.1979); United States v. Porter, 581 F.2d 698, 703 (8th Cir.1978). The summary judgment procedure is not a “disfavored procedural shortcut.” … In Gertz v.
Cited 2 timesPublished378 F. Supp. 1305 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Jul 16, 1974
Thus, Chief Judge Harris in Davis v. Board of Trustees of Arkansas A & M College, (E.D.Ark.1967) 270 F.Supp. 528, 531 , held that a § 1983 action “sounds in tort and exemplary or punitive damages may be awarded.” … V.
Cited 7 timesPublishedHoeflicker v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Health & Welfare Fund
644 F. Supp. 195 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Sep 16, 1986
Review of the denial was had by the Appeals Board and Board of Trustees of defendant Fund, which also denied plaintiff the accidental death benefits. … See Powell v.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · Apr 30, 2026
P. 56(a); Reich v. ConAgra, Inc., 987 F.2d 1357, 1359 (8th Cir. 1993). … (Molina v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, 766 F. Supp. 3d 857, 866 (E.D. Mo. 2025) (citing Corwin v.
Cited 0 timesUnknown123 F. Supp. 835 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · Sep 18, 1954
Coal & Sprinkling Co. v. City of St. Louis, 145 Mo. 651 , 47 S.W. 563 ; Atterbury v. Binford, 154 Mo.App. 538 , 136 S.W. 717 ; St. Joseph School Board v. Hull, 72 Mo.App. 403 , and Lightfoot & Son v. … Priest, supra, Rhodus v. Geatley, 347 Mo. 397 , 147 S.W.2d 631, 638 , Chapman v. Adams, 204 Mo.App. 659 , 219 S.W. 132 , Western Military Academy v.
Cited 6 timesPublishedEqual Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hickman Mills Consolidated School District No. 1
99 F. Supp. 2d 1070 · District Court, W.D. Missouri · May 24, 2000
The Board of Education of the Harborfields Central School District of Greenlawn, 136 F.3d 104, 112-113 (2nd Cir.1998); EEOC v. Crown Point Community School Corp., 1997 WL 54747 *6-7 (N.D.Ind.1997). … The Eighth Circuit has ruled that school boards are not entitled to the immunity provided by the eleventh amendment. Miener v. State of Missouri, 673 F.2d 969, 980 (8th Cir.1982).
Cited 7 timesPublished
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