KANSAS CITY STAR CO. v. SHIELDS

No. WD 40940.

771 S.W.2d 101 (1989)

The KANSAS CITY STAR COMPANY, Respondent, v. Katheryn SHIELDS, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Cardarella, Kansas City, for appellant.

W.H. Bates, Timothy K. McNamara, Jonathan R. Haden, Kansas City, for respondent.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Deborah L. Ground, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for amicus curiae.

Before LOWENSTEIN, P.J., and NUGENT and FENNER, JJ.


LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

Facing a crisis involving a $15 million budget deficit and with the date for mandatory budget approval by the Kansas City Council fast approaching, the finance committee of the council met for lunch on April 14, 1988, in the back room of Fedora's Bar & Grill on the Country Club Plaza. Present were three of the four committee members—the chairman, the appellant and one other council member along with the city manager and the...

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