SAINT LOUIS UNIV. v. MASONIC TEMPLE ASS'N OF ST. LOUIS

No. SC 88075.

220 S.W.3d 721 (2007)

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, Respondent, v. The MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Stemmler, St. Louis, for Appellants.

Richard B. Walsh, Jr., Winthrop B. Reed, III, Stephen M. Durbin, Mark E. Lawson, Associate City Counselor, St. Louis, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Alana M. Barragan-Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Respondent.

Anthony E. Rothert, St. Louis, Amicus Curiae for American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri.

Lauren R. Rexroat, Proskauer Rose LLP, Ayesha N. Kahan, Alex J. Luchenister, Heather L. Weaver, Washington, D.C., Amicus Curiae for Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Timothy Belz, St. Louis, Carl H. Esbeck, University of Missouri-School of Law, Columbia, Amicus Curiae for Center for Law & Religious Freedom.


MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

The Masonic Temple Association1 appeals after the trial court found three City of St. Louis tax increment financing ("TIF") ordinances constitutional.2 The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Saint Louis University ("SLU") and the City of St. Louis, ultimately finding that SLU was eligible for TIF monies. The trial court did not...

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