Missouri Supreme Court

Mo. Supreme Court Hears MSD Storm Water Case

Bill Raack and Marshall Griffin — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:27 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday for and against the constitutionality of a Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District storm water fee.

Science Incentive Fund Law Struck Down By Mo. Supreme Court

The Associated Press and St. Louis Public Radio — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:37:58 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a decision striking down a 2011 law that created an incentive fund for science and technology-based businesses.

Mo. Supreme Court To Hear Arguments Over Nixon's Power To Cut Spending

The Associated Press — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:39:14 +0000

Lawyers for Missouri's governor and auditor are battling before the state Supreme Court over the governor's power to make spending cuts.

The Supreme Court was to hear arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of about $170 million of budget cuts announced by Gov. Jay Nixon in June 2011 and challenged by Auditor Tom Schweich.

The case is an appeal of a July decision by a Cole County judge, who ruled that Nixon had a legal right to cut spending but also said that Nixon should not have been able to transfer money among various budgeted purposes.

Animal Shelter Fees Lawsuit Heard By Mo. Supreme Court

The Associated Press — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:38:18 +0000

An attorney for nonprofit animal shelters is trying to persuade the Missouri Supreme Court to strike down a law that he says was originally enacted through "legislative shenanigans."

Attorney David Cosgrove argued Tuesday to the Supreme Court that lawmakers violated the state constitution by including the animal shelter fee in a 2010 bill that originally dealt with dynamite.

But some Supreme Court judges seemed skeptical of

Mo. Supreme Court Considering The Link Between Benefits And Marriage

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:20:36 +0000

Should certain state benefits be limited only to married couples, even though that could discriminate against gays and lesbians in Missouri?

That's one of the questions the Missouri Supreme Court will be considering after hearing arguments today in the case of Kelly Glossip, whose partner, Cpl. Dennis Englehard, was killed in the line of duty as a state trooper.