Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Smith
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 7, 2009No. WD 69547PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.
The State of Missouri, through the Attorney General, appeals the judgment granting Ronald Smith’s motion to dismiss its petition under the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act. The trial court determined that the Attorney General lacked good cause to file the petition because the State could not reasonably have believed that it could recover at least $3,000 from Smith within five years of filing. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded.
Facts
This matter was before the trial court under the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (“MIRA”). 2 The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Citizens Electric Corp. v. Director of Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
- Wilson v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Nixon v. PetersonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008
- State ex rel. Nixon v. KoonceMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Berra v. DanterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
- Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, P.C. v. MasonMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
- Richard Brown v. Susan Brown-ThillMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
- Spencer v. ZobristMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
- Schnell v. ZobristMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010
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