Attorneys : Judicial Budget – Reasonableness – Attorney’s Fees Estimate

Where a judicial circuit challenged a determination by the Judicial Finance Committee that the circuit’s budget included an estimate for attorney’s fees that was speculative and unreasonable, the commission had statutory authority to make factual determinations regarding the circuit’s budget, and the record supported the finding of unreasonableness.

Judgment is affirmed.

Lincoln County Commission v. Forty-fifth Judicial Circuit (MLW No. 70702/Case No. SC95791 – 6 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Stith, Draper and Wilson, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating) Appealed from Judicial Finance Commission (Robert J. Guinness, St. Charles, for appellant) (Neil J. Bruntrager, St. Louis, for respondent).

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