LACLEDE COUNTY. v. DOUGLASS

No. SC 83050.

43 S.W.3d 826 (2001)

LACLEDE COUNTY, Missouri, Appellant, v. Lowell DOUGLASS, Commissioner, Eastern District, and Rick Wolken, Commissioner, Western District, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Schnake, Springfield, Jon A. Morris, Laclede County Pros. Atty., Lebanon, for Appellant.

Darrell Deputy, Jr., Lebanon, for Respondents.


STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, Jr., Judge.

Laclede County appeals from a judgment of the circuit court upholding the constitutionality of section 50.333.13, RSMo Supp.1999, which purports to authorize a midterm increase in salaries of county commissioners, including respondents, who were elected to four-year terms in 1996. Appellant contends that section 50.333.13 violates the Missouri Constitution article VII, section 13, which prohibits...

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