CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. CERNICEK

No. ED 83830.

145 S.W.3d 37 (2004)

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Appellant, v. Henry CERNICEK, et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied September 9, 2004.

Application for Transfer Denied October 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Hageman, City Counselor, Edward J. Hanlon, Deputy City Counselor, Carl W. Yates III, Associate City Counselor, St. Louis, MO, Dennis J. Henigan, Jonathan E. Lowy, Elizabeth S. Haile, Legal Action Project, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Jack J. Cavanagh, Paul J. Vaporean, Cavanagh & Hartweger, LLC, Alan C. Kohn, Jennifer S. Forsythe, Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP, Terese A. Drew, Daniel T. Rabbitt, Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C., Thomas E. Wack, John W. Rogers, Bryan Cave LLP, G. Keith Phoenix, Kenneth J. Brennan, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C., Gregory J. Minana, Carrie J. Bechtold, Blackwell, Sanders, Peper, Martin LLP, Gerard T. Noce, Noce & Buckley, L.L.C., Lawrence S. Denk, Foley & Mansfield, P.L.L.P., St. Louis, MO; James P. Dorr, Lisa S. Simmons, Sarah L. Olson, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP, Chicago, IL; Timothy A. Bumann, Budd Larner, P.C., Atlanta, GA; Thomas E. Fennell, Michael L. Rice, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX; Lawrence S. Greenwald, Lawrence Fletcher-Hill, Catherine A. Bledsoe, Gordon, Fleinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Baltimore, MD; John F. Renzulli, Leonard S. Rosenbaum, Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, Robert L. Joyce, Wilson, Elser, Mosokowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Anne Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY; William M. Griffin, Jonann Coniglio, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR; Robert C. Tarics, Michael Branisa, Michael Zomcik, Tarics & Carrington, Houston, TX; Jeffrey S. Nelson, Shook Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for Respondents.

Before GARY M. GAERTNER, Sr., P.J., MARY R. RUSSELL, J. and SHERRI B. SULLIVAN, J.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied September 9, 2004.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, the City of St. Louis ("the City"), appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County granting the motion to dismiss of respondents, Henry Cernicek, et al ("Defendants"). We affirm.

The City originally filed this suit in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on May 24, 1999. On August 15, 2000, the City filed its first amended...

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