STATE EX REL. ASHCROFT v. BLUNT

Nos. 72494, 73339.

813 S.W.2d 849 (1991)

STATE ex rel. John D. ASHCROFT, Governor, Relator, v. Roy D. BLUNT, Secretary of State, Respondent, Mel Carnahan, Lieutenant Governor, Intervenor. James L. MATHEWSON, President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, et al., Appellants, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Governor, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., James B. Deutsch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kevin L. King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for relator.

William Newcomb, Jefferson City, for respondents.

Alex Bartlett, Marshall Wilson, Jefferson City, for amicus Lt. Governor.

Cary Hammond, Greg A. Campbell, Richard P. Perkins, St. Louis, for President Pro. Tem. and Speaker.


PER CURIAM:

John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, petitioned for writ of mandamus, seeking an order directing Roy D. Blunt, Secretary of State, to accept, authenticate and attest various warrants, appointments, commissions, proclamations and other documents submitted to him by the Governor while absent from the state on February 26, 1990. The resolution of this cause requires construction of Missouri Constitution Article...

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