Subject: Missouri Court of Appeals

• Daily Briefs: The Grandest Juries of Them All; Well-Furnished Teens

  March 4, 2008

• Downtown wig shop loses court appeal

  Luke EchterlingThe owners of Gigi's Wigs and Beauty Supplies -- one of the few small businesses in downtown Kansas City's South Loop to avoid the wrecking ball -- have lost an appeal of the city's decision to condemn their building. The Kansas City Tax-Increment Financing Commission offered the shop's owners, Chung Hoe Ku and his wife, Myong Suk Ku, $335,000 for their land in 2004. The TIF Commission sought the property in order to accommodate Copaken White & Blitt, a company that manages To

  February 20, 2009

• Hispanic contractors lose appeal

  Photo by Jaimie WarrenArmando DiazArmando Diaz, a Latino stone mason, found damning evidence that J.E. Dunn Construction Co. made a sham of minority-hiring goals when it subcontracted work on the H&R Block headquarters. But an appeals court says Diaz has no recourse.In an opinion filed yesterday, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling against Diaz Construction Co. and the Kansas City Hispanic Association Contractors Enterprise. Diaz and KCHACE had sued the city, J.E. Dunn

  March 25, 2009

• Pitch Wins Court Battle

  March 8, 2007

• Drunken Pushing: It seems like you don't have to actually be driving to get a DUI

  August 21, 2008

• Double Trouble

  December 8, 2005

• Out of the Fire

  A fire investigator failed to notice a faulty wire — and a young woman paid dearly for it.

  March 24, 2005

• Unreasonable Doubt

  One jury found Ted White guilty of child molestation. A second jury says White is the one who got hurt.

  August 19, 2004

• Horror Story

  October 30, 2003

• Repo Men

  July 3, 2003

• Home Wrecker

  Brent Barber lives in a million-dollar mansion in Loch Lloyd, while people who invested in his real estate deals are trapped in financial hell.

  May 22, 2003

• A Fines Mess

  A state court says an owner can let his downtown building rot.

  February 20, 2003

• Little Blight Lies

  Seeking tax kickbacks, developers trash the city with blight studies.

  July 11, 2002

• No Cussing, No Drinking

  The Missouri gambling commission runs a tight ship.

  September 27, 2001

• The Chips Are In

  Dan Harper's former colleague John E. Robinson Sr. also was a bad Guy's.

  August 24, 2000

• The Men to Call

  Charged with a serious crime? Low on funds? Kent Gipson and Sean O'Brien are the guys to call.

  April 27, 2000

• KC can keep banning smoking in bars and restaurants

  The Missouri Court of Appeals gave Kansas City the "OK" to keep banning smoking in bars and restaurants. On Tuesday, the court upheld the smoking ban, which voters passed in April 2008. But the fight's not over, yet. This morning's Kansas City Star story says opponents, namely Bill Nigro of the Kansas City Business Rights Coalition, plan to appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. So it'll be a a while before Buzzard Beach can reclaim its title of "Smokiest Bar in Kansas City." (photo by Jay S

  June 24, 2009