CURES WITHOUT CLONING v. PUND

Nos. WD 69376, WD 69390, WD 69391.

259 S.W.3d 76 (2008)

CURES WITHOUT CLONING, Lori Buffa, M.D. and Chelsea Zimmerman, Appellant-Respondents, v. Robert E. PUND and Susan Baier, Respondent-Appellants; Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State, Respondent-Appellant; and Susan Montee, State Auditor, Defendant; Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute Association and Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Amicus Curiae; Robert P. George, D.Phil, J.D. and Maureen L. Condic, PH.D, Amicus Curiae.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied May 29, 2008.

Application for Transfer Denied August 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Greim, Kansas City, Randall M. England, Jefferson City, for Appellant/Respondent.

Ann K. Covington, George Bartlett, Karen K. Mitchell, James McAdams, Heidi Vollett, Jefferson City, David Welte, Kansas City, Kenneth Marshall, St. Louis, for Respondent/Appellant.

Joselyn Verschelden, Kansas City, for amicus curiae.

Before HOWARD, C.J., SMART and HARDWICK, JJ.


LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judge.

This case arises from a ballot initiative petition to amend the stem cell research provisions in the Missouri Constitution, as approved by Missouri voters in 2006. The proponents of the petition — Cures Without Cloning, Lori Buffa, and Chelsea Zimmerman (collectively "Plaintiffs") — appeal from the circuit court's dismissal of their constitutional claims against Robin Carnahan, in her official capacity as the Missouri Secretary...

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