Rule 83.03.Transfer on Dissent of Participating Judge.

Rule 83.03 covers one narrow but automatic trigger for transfer: a dissent grounded in a claimed conflict with existing appellate law. If a judge who took part in a court of appeals case disagrees with the majority opinion and certifies that the judge believes the majority's opinion is contrary to a previous appellate decision in Missouri, the case goes to the Supreme Court. No application from a party is needed, and no vote of the majority is required — the dissenting judge's certification does the work.

This stands apart from the discretionary transfers available under Rules 83.01, 83.02, and 83.04, all of which depend on a party asking or a court deciding to act. Rule 83.03 exists to catch a specific problem: when the panel deciding a case cannot agree on whether the outcome squares with prior appellate precedent, the disagreement itself is treated as enough reason for the Supreme Court to take a look, without anyone needing to file paperwork or wait on a deadline.

Because the rule is triggered by the dissent's own certification, its scope is fixed by what the dissenting judge writes. The certification has to reflect the judge's own view that the majority's holding is contrary to a previous appellate decision — a plain disagreement with the outcome or the reasoning, without that certification, does not by itself trigger this rule.