CARROTHERS v. BEAL

No. 10138.

565 S.W.2d 807 (1978)

Roseanne Helton CARROTHERS, Helen Perry, and Emma Jean Turner, Individually and as members of the Class of the Interested Public, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Lena G. BEAL, Jan Tupper, Richard Craig, Dr. Donald E. Clark, Joe Tichota, Bill Mauldin, George Kriekhaus, Jack Belden, and Carl Boyington, Individually and as Councilmen of the City of Joplin, Missouri, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

May 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Baldridge, City Atty., Joplin, for defendants-appellants.

Donald E. Sotta, Carver & Sotta, Joplin, David T. Greis, Kansas City, for plaintiffs-respondents.

Before STONE, P. J., and HOGAN and FLANIGAN, JJ.


HOGAN, Judge.

Alleging themselves to be "members of a class known as the interested public, [a class] so numerous and widespread that it is impossible and impracticable to make all members a named party hereto" and further averring that they adequately represented "the interested public," plaintiffs brought this injunction proceeding under the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, §§ 610.010-610.030, RSMo Supp.1975, also known as the "Sunshine Law."

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