Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Wendy Kasten successfully represented a Missouri school district against a lawsuit requesting a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief preventing the school district from declaring two students to be ineligible to participate in sports for 365 days. Prior to an evidentiary hearing on the temporary restraining order, the Mickes [...]
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Hoernschemeyer and Kasten Successfully Defend Lawsuit: No Constitutional Right to Play Sports
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012Rubenstein Wins St. Louis County Judgment in Favor of Landlord
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Sarah Rubenstein recently won a judgment in a rent and possession action brought on behalf of Walmar Investment Company. Walmar brought suit in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County to regain possession of its property from a holdover tenant, Don DeFoe Flowers, Inc., and to collect several months in back rent. The tenant moved [...]
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Attorneys Prevail in Class Action Lawsuit
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Christi Flaherty recently defeated a class action lawsuit against Moberly Area Community College. The College was among several Missouri colleges sued by their students, inter alia, the Missouri Returning Heroes Act (a statute that caps the tuition for veterans returning from combat at $50.00 per credit hour). The students alleged that the [...]
Eighth Circuit Affirms Decision in District’s Favor
Monday, August 1st, 2011The Mickes Goldman O’Toole law firm is proud to announce the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recent decision in the D.J.M., et al v. Hannibal Public School District #60, et al. The case concerned a student’s claim that his long term discipline for making death threats against specific students was protected by the First Amendment’s [...]
Mickes and Helfrich Successfully Defend Southwest Missouri School District in Missouri Court of Appeals
Monday, May 9th, 2011Tom Mickes and Betsey Helfrich successfully represented the Carthage R-IX School District in an appeal of a teacher termination proceeding before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District. After a hearing before the District’s Board of Education, the Board terminated the Director its Parents as Teachers Program for immoral conduct. The evidence at the hearing [...]
Hoernschemeyer and Helfrich Defeat $76 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011After a hearing before the School District’s Board of Education, the Board of a Mid-Missouri School District terminated three tenured teachers for immoral conduct. The teachers appealed the matter to circuit court and concurrently filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri asserting various tort and constitutionally based claims [...]
Missouri Court of Appeals upholds Board of Education’s Decision to Terminate Three Tenured Teachers
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Natalie Hoernschemeyer and Betsey Helfrich of the firm’s education department successfully represented a Missouri school district before the Missouri Court of Appeals. After a hearing before the district’s Board of Education, the Board terminated three tenured teachers for immoral conduct. The teachers appealed to circuit court and then eventually brought their cases before the Missouri [...]
Trial Court Grants District’s Motion to Dismiss
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Natalie Hoernschemeyer successfully represented a Missouri school district in a breach of contract lawsuit brought by the unsuccessful bidders for a construction contract with the district. The lawsuit demanded $275,814.00 in alleged damages. On July 27, 2010, the trial court granted the district’s motion to dismiss the unsuccessful bidders’ amended lawsuit with prejudice. Natalie Hoernschemeyer [...]
Mickes Goldman O’Toole Secures Spectacular Special Education Victory for School District Client
Monday, July 26th, 2010On July 2nd, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in Lathrop R-II Sch. Dist. v. Gray affirming the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lathrop R-II School District. The three judge appellate panel was unanimous in [...]
Mickes and Hoernschemeyer Grab MO Supreme Court Victory
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Thomas Mickes and Natalie Hoernschemeyer obtained a victory from the Missouri Supreme Court this term in one of the few school cases that came before the high court. Tom and Natalie successfully represented Central R-3 School District regarding a legal dispute over the determination of the territorial boundaries of a tract of land located within [...]