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The Solicitor General of Missouri is the top appellate lawyer for the State of Missouri. It is an appointed position in the Office of the Missouri Attorney General , with supervision over all of the office's major appellate cases and amicus briefs.
Some states codify what constitutes slander and libel together into the same set of laws. Some states have criminal libel laws on the books, though these are old laws which are very infrequently prosecuted. Washington State has held its criminal libel statute unconstitutional applying the state and federal constitutions to the question. [16]
The Missouri Attorney General is the attorney for the state, representing the legal interests of Missouri and its state agencies. As the state's chief legal officer, the attorney general must prosecute or defend all appeals to which the state is a party, including every felony criminal case appealed to the Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Court of Appeals.
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem fined the Missouri Attorney General’s Office $12,000 for violating the Sunshine Law.
The acronym was coined in the 1980s by University of Denver professors Penelope Canan and George W. Pring. [13] The term was originally defined as "a lawsuit involving communications made to influence a governmental action or outcome, which resulted in a civil complaint or counterclaim filed against nongovernment individuals or organizations on a substantive issue of some public interest or ...
2024 Missouri Attorney General candidates Andrew Bailey, Will Scharf, Elad Gross and Sarah Unsicker share their visions for the office, if elected.
Name Party Term 1 Edward Bates: Democratic-Republican: 1820–1821 2 Rufus Easton: Democratic-Republican: 1821–1826 3 Robert W. Wells: Democratic: 1826–1836
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