LABOR'S EDUCATIONAL & POLITICAL CLUB-INDEPENDENT v. DANFORTH

No. 59806.

561 S.W.2d 339 (1977)

LABOR'S EDUCATIONAL AND POLITICAL CLUB-INDEPENDENT et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. John C. DANFORTH, Missouri Elections Commission et al., Appellants-Respondents, James C. Kirkpatrick et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Dissenting Opinion February 1, 1978.

Rehearings Denied February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Inglish, Robert M. Heller, Missouri Elections Commission, John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for defendants-appellants-respondents.

Harold L. Fridkin, Richard Rhyne, Albert J. Yonke, Kansas City, for plaintiffs-respondents-appellants.


BARDGETT, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, which declared the Missouri Campaign Finance and Disclosure Act (hereinafter Act), sections 130.010 et seq., RSMo Supp.1975, unconstitutional. The various parties, being aggrieved in varying respects, appealed. Jurisdiction is in this court because this case involves the construction of the constitution of Missouri. Art. V, sec. 3, Mo.Const.

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