MISSOURI MUN. LEAGUE v. STATE

No. SC 95337.

489 S.W.3d 765 (2016)

MISSOURI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, City of Springfield, and Richard Sheets, Appellants, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued May 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The municipal league, city and Sheets were represented by Michael G. Berry and Marshall V. Wilson of Berry Wilson LLC in Jefferson City, (573) 638-7272; Marianne Landers Banks of the city attorney's office in Springfield, (417) 864-1645; and B. Allen Garner of Allen Garner Law LLC, in Independence, (816) 478-3848.

The state was represented by Solicitor General James R. Layton of the attorney general's office in Jefferson City, (573) 751-3321.

CTIA-The Wireless Association, which filed a brief as a friend of the Court, was represented by Harvey M. Tettlebaum , Lowell D. Pearson and R. Ryan Harding of Husch Blackwell LLP, in Jefferson City, (573) 635-9118.


The Missouri Municipal League, the City of Springfield, and Richard Sheets (collectively, "plaintiffs") appeal the circuit court's judgment for the State on the plaintiffs' challenge to the constitutional validity of two bills passed by the General Assembly. This Court has jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to article V,...

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