IN RE ELECTION CANDIDACY OF FLETCHER

No. WD 73609.

337 S.W.3d 137 (2011)

In the Matter of the CONTEST OF the PRIMARY ELECTION CANDIDACY OF Michael FLETCHER for the Office of City Council for the City of Kansas, City District No. 3, Sharon Sanders Brooks, Respondent, v. Michael Robert Fletcher, Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Application for Transfer Denied March 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Yonke , Hans H. van Zanten and Thomas R. Onik , Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Philip O. Willoughby, Jr. , Arnold Robert Day, Jr. , and Clinton Adams, Jr. , Kansas City, MO, for respondent.

Before Special Division: JAMES E. WELSH, Presiding Judge, MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge and GARY D. WITT, Judge.


GARY D. WITT, Judge.

This is an election contest that arises out of the 2011 Election for the Office of City Council for the City of Kansas City, District Number Three (the "Office"). Sharon Sanders Brooks ("Brooks"), a candidate for the Office, sued Michael Robert Fletcher ("Fletcher"), who is also a candidate for the Office, claiming that Fletcher failed to meet the residency requirements for this Office. After a trial on the merits of Brooks's claims, the trial...

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