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concurrent jurisdiction doctrine in Missouri

6 Missouri opinions name it 1 courts 2004–2013 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Missouri courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Kelly v. Kellygreen
moctapp · 2008 · cited in 2 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2009–2013
2 sentences

2013The Western District subsequently discussed Moreau’s holding in Kelly v. Kelly, 245 S.W.3d 308, 313 (Mo.App.2008), and concluded that it was “in some sense a misnomer to describe the concurrent jurisdiction doctrine as depriving one court of jurisdiction.” Instead, “ ‘[concurrent jurisdiction’ is simply a phrase describing the legal reality that more than one court has the legal authority to decide a matter.” Id. 3 We explained that, because both the circuit court and probate court had subject matter and personal jurisdiction, the real issue in Moreau was not whether the circuit court lacked j

2013The Western District subsequently discussed Moreau’s holding in Kelly v. Kelly, 245 S.W.3d 308, 313 (Mo.App.2008), and concluded that it was “in some sense a misnomer to describe the concurrent jurisdiction doctrine as depriving one court of jurisdiction.” Instead, “ ‘[concurrent jurisdiction’ is simply a phrase describing the legal reality that more than one court has the legal authority to decide a matter.” Id. 3 We explained that, because both the circuit court and probate court had subject matter and personal jurisdiction, the real issue in Moreau was not whether the circuit court lacked j

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Burleson v. DIRECTOR OF REVENUE, STATE OF MOgreen
moctapp · 2002 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004Burleson v. Director of Revenue, 92 S.W.3d 218, 220 (Mo.App.

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Murphy v. Carrongreen
mo · 1976 · cited in 1 Missouri opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004Appellant claims that to do so was a violation of his right to due process because he was already committed to DMH as a CSP, a commitment which was in “full force and effect until terminated by a court” and that “the concurrent jurisdiction doctrine confers jurisdiction [of] a matter [on] the first court to act, and denies jurisdiction to a subsequent court over the same matter.” The standard of review in court-tried cases is established law: the judgment of the trial court is to be affirmed unless “there is no substantial evidence to support it, unless it is against the weight of the evidence

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Missouri. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
In Re Moreau green
moctapp · 2005
2 sentences

2013The court explained that the circuit court “ran afoul of the concurrent jurisdiction doctrine,” which provides that, “ ‘if two courts can exercise jurisdiction over a particular person and subject, the court that first exercises such jurisdiction does so to the exclusion of subsequent intervention by the second court.’” Id. (citation omitted).

2008Id. at 405-06 .

22008–2013
Care & Treatment of Barlow v. State green
moctapp · 2003
2 sentences

2008Id.

2004According to Appellant, “[t]hese are the sorts of conflicts between courts of equal stature that the concurrent jurisdiction doctrine is intended [sic] to avoid.” The western district of this court, in Barlow v. State, 114 S.W.3d 328 (Mo.App.

22004–2008
In Re the Care & Treatment of Lieurance green
moctapp · 2004
1 sentence

2005In the Matter of Lieurance, 130 S.W.3d 693 (MoApp.

12005–2005
State Ex Rel. Standefer v. England green
moctapp · 1959
1 sentence

2004Id.

12004–2004

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 632.480 (3) MO § Mo. Rev. Stat. § 632.483 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 18 (1956–2025) MO 6 (2004–2013) AR 3 (2009–2016) VA 2 (2004–2004) DE 2 (1961–1961) WI 2 (2012–2024)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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