QUINN v. STATE OF MO.

No. 88-1146.

839 F.2d 425 (1988)

Robert J. QUINN, Jr., and Patricia J. Kampsen, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated non-freeholder electors of St. Louis County, Missouri and of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, v. The STATE OF MISSOURI; John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri; Gene McNary, County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri; Vincent C. Schoemehl, Jr., Mayor of the City of St. Louis, and Joseph S. Balcer, Robert L. Bannister, Sandra H. Bennett, Allen S. Boston, Claude Brown, William G. Cocos, Jr., Jo Curran; Thomas P. Dunne, C. Fran Emerson, Gretta Forrester, Albert H. Hamel, William J. Harrison, Wayne L. Millsap, Chairman, J.P. Morgan, Catherine Rea, Daniel Schlafly, Henry S. Stolar, Lucille Walton and Margaret Bush Wilson, Comprising the St. Louis City and County Board of Freeholders, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan Cherrick, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Kevin O'Keefe & Jess W. Ullom, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellee Robert J. Quinn, Jr. represents a class of persons who do not own real property in a class action suit alleging that Art. VI, § 30(a) and (b) of the Constitution of the State of Missouri violates various provisions of the United States Constitution because it prevents the members of the class from being eligible to serve on the St. Louis Board of Freeholders (the Board). Quinn filed his original complaint on November 10, 1987, seeking declaratory...

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