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STATE EX REL. ST. LOUIS F. F. ASS'N LOC. NO. 73 v. STEMMLER

No. 57072.

479 S.W.2d 456 (1972)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. ST. LOUIS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL NO. 73, AFL-CIO, an Unincorporated Association, et al., Respondents, v. George STEMMLER et al. (Respondents in Mandamus), Appellants, R. Elliott Scearce (Respondent in Mandamus), and The City of St. Louis (Defendant), Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Motions for Rehearing and Clarification Denied May 8, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bartley, Goffstein, Marshall & Bollato, William H. Bartley, John H. Goffstein, Clayton, for respondents.

Thompson, Walther, Shewmaker & Gaebe, Richard D. Shewmaker, St. Louis, for appellants Stemmler, Cummings and Gould and the City of St. Louis.

Aaron A. Wilson, City Counselor, Salmon B. Mumma, Associate City Counselor, amicus curiae.

FINCH, Chief Justice.

This case, written on recent reassignment, involves the question of whether a home rule charter amendment providing that salaries for St. Louis firemen shall be not less than those of corresponding ranks of St. Louis police officers (whose pay is fixed by the Missouri General Assembly) is constitutional. We hold that it is.

St. Louis is a constitutional charter city operating pursuant to Art. VI, §§ 31, 32(a) and 32(b), of the...

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