AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS v. ST. LOUIS POLICE COM'RS

No. 93-3438.

24 F.3d 1052 (1994)

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS FOR CHANGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS; and James F. Conway; Charles Mischeaux; Matthew Padberg; Anne Marie Clarke; Freeman Bosley, Jr., as members of the Board of Police Commissioners for the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Vickers, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellant.

Adrian Sulser, St. Louis, MO, argued (Henry Menghini, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Chapter 84 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri grants control over the St. Louis Police Department to the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. The five-member Board consists of the Mayor of St. Louis and four members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the state Senate. See Mo.Rev.Stat. §§ 84.020; 84.030. This statutory structure has existed since 1861. See...

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