Missouri Laws 386.540 – Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over ..
1. The commission and any party, including the public counsel, who has participated in the court of appeals proceeding and is aggrieved by the opinion of the court may seek rehearing or transfer to the Missouri supreme court under rules established by the court. The original transcript of the record and testimony and exhibits, certified to by the commission and filed with the court of appeals shall constitute the record on appeal to the supreme court.
2. Where an appeal is taken to the supreme court, the cause shall, on the return of the papers to the supreme court, be immediately placed on the docket of the then-pending term by the clerk of the court and shall be assigned and brought to a hearing in the same manner as other causes on the then-pending term docket, but shall have precedence over all civil causes of a different nature pending in the court.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 386.540
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Commission: the "Public Service Commission" hereby created. See Missouri Laws 386.020
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
3. The general laws relating to appeals to the supreme court and the court of appeals in this state shall, so far as applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, apply to appeals taken under the provisions of this chapter.