11 April 2023

ST. LOUIS – Students and faculty are expected to attend the court sessions of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, when it convenes to hear a case for a special Northern Division docket at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Hannibal Senior High School, 4500 McMasters Avenue, in Hannibal. The court sessions are open to the public. The court regularly conducts hearings at various locations, including high schools, throughout the Eastern District.

Three judges from the court of appeals will be participating in the docket: Chief Judge Michael E. Gardner, Judge Robert Clayton III and Judge Lisa Page. The judges will sit as a panel of three to hear oral arguments in an appeal from the Marion County circuit court. After the court session, judges will participate in a question and answer session with audience members and students regarding courts, the role of judges and the judicial system. 

Gardner was appointed to the court of appeals in 2020 after serving as a circuit judge for the 32nd Judicial Circuit for five years and practicing law in Cape Girardeau. Clayton was appointed to the court of appeals in 2011. He previously served as chairman of the Public Service Commission and as a Missouri state representative, and was also in the private practice of law in Hannibal. Page was appointed to the court of appeals in 2015 after serving as a circuit judge, a family court commissioner and a municipal judge.

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, is the state’s largest appellate court, with offices in the historic Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis.  The court regularly hears cases in St. Louis, Hannibal, Cape Girardeau and other locations in the Eastern District.

Contact: Laura Thielmeier Roy

(314) 539-4300