STATE EX REL. ST. LOUIS COUNTY v. EDWARDS

No. 60914.

589 S.W.2d 283 (1979)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri, et al., Relators, v. Ninian M. EDWARDS et al., Circuit Judges of the 21st Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Wehrle, George W. Lang, II, Clayton, for relators.

Shulamith Simon, Mark G. Arnold, St. Louis, for respondents.


WELLIVER, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in the nature of quo warranto instituted by the St. Louis County Supervisor and the acting Director of Welfare of St. Louis County, Missouri, against the circuit judges of the 21st Judicial Circuit. Relators seek to oust respondents from usurping relators' alleged authority to control "all children's buildings, all places of detention and correction for children, and other County child welfare institutions," and to ...

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