City of St. Louis v. State

Docket NumberSC92159
Decision Date13 November 2012

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  • City of Aurora v. Spectra Commc'ns Grp., LLC
    • United States
    • Missouri Supreme Court
    • December 24, 2019
    ...a closed-ended class based on an immutable, historical fact and, thereby is, an unconstitutional special law. See City of St. Louis v. State , 382 S.W.3d 905, 914 (Mo. banc 2012). The Cities argue section 67.1846.1 is not a special law and, even if it is, the grandfathered political subdivi......
  • Kan. City Area Transp. Auth. v. Donovan
    • United States
    • Missouri Court of Appeals
    • February 4, 2020
    ..."The right to summary judgment is solely an issue of law that does not require any deference to the trial court." City of St. Louis v. State , 382 S.W.3d 905, 910 (Mo. banc 2012) (citing ITT Commercial Fin. Corp. v. Mid-Am. Marine Supply Corp. , 854 S.W.2d 371, 376 (Mo. banc 1993) ). "Accor......
  • City of Normandy v. Greitens
    • United States
    • Missouri Supreme Court
    • May 16, 2017
    ...Whether a statute is presumed general or special determines the standard used when judging its constitutional validity. City of St. Louis v. State, 382 S.W.3d 905, 915 (Mo. banc 2012). If a statute is held to be a general law, courts use the rational-basis test and the burden is on the part......
  • Trophy Room v. City of St. Louis, ED 104714
    • United States
    • Missouri Court of Appeals
    • September 19, 2017
    ...to demonstrate the statutory classification is arbitrary and without a rational relationship to a legislative purpose. City of St. Louis v. State , 382 S.W.3d 905, 915 (Mo. banc 2012). To the contrary, a "law based on closed-ended (non-changing) characteristics, such as historical or physic......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Unconstitutional State Special Laws: Is Rational Basis Review the Rational Solution?
    • United States
    • Missouri Law Review Vol. 87 No. 2, March 2022
    • March 22, 2022
    ...Id. The court found there was a rational basis for the statute in question in Blaske. Id. at 831. (105) See City of Saint Louis v. State, 382 S.W.3d 905, 915 (Mo. 2012) (en banc). Rational basis review was not completely abandoned by the court and was used in Blaske. Blaske, 821 S.W.2d at 8......
  • Section 2.8 General Qualifications of Municipal Office—A Framework (Citizenship, Residency, and Age)
    • United States
    • The Missouri Bar Practice Books Local Government Deskbook Chapter 2 Duties, Obligations, and Rights of Municipal Officers and Employees
    • Invalid date
    ...“broad measure of complete freedom from State legislative control over municipal employment decisions.” City of St. Louis v. State, 382 S.W.3d 905, 910 (Mo. banc 2012) (quoting Goff, 918 S.W.2d at 789, and Mo. Const. art. VI, § 22) (a statute exempting certain veteran firefighters from bein......
  • Section 1.3 Authority to Provide for City Officers
    • United States
    • The Missouri Bar Practice Books Local Government Deskbook Chapter 1 Constitutional and Statutory Sources of Local Government Authority
    • Invalid date
    ...residency requirements, since such are not the “powers, duties or compensation” of municipal employees. City of St. Louis v. State, 382 S.W.3d 905, 910 (Mo. banc 2012). While article VI, § 22, of the Missouri Constitution largely frees charter cities from legislative interference with its o......