CITY OF KANSAS CITY v. CHASTAIN

No. SC 93195.

420 S.W.3d 550 (2014)

CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, Respondent, v. Karen CHASTAIN, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Jay Carey , Carey Law Firm, Lee's Summit , Sarah Baxter , City Attorney's Office, Kansas City, for Respondent.

Joseph D. "Chip" Sheppard III , Christiaan D. Horton , Austin J. Preston , Carnahan, Evans, Cantwell & Brown PC, Springfield, for Maranda Reynolds d/b/a/ Springfield Cannabis Regulation, Show-Me Cannabis Regulation Inc. and American Victory Coalition Inc., which filed a brief as friends of the Court.


RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Karen Chastain and additional members of a "Committee of Petitioners" (collectively, "Chastain") appeal a judgment declaring that a proposed ordinance initiative petition violates article III, section 51 of the Missouri Constitution because the initiative was used for the appropriation of money. Chastain also appeals the dismissal of her counterclaim for mandamus.

The proposed ordinance does not appropriate money and, therefore...

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