Zweig v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MLW No. 65730/Case No. SD92851 – 52 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Russell, C.J., Breckenridge, Fischer and Teitelman, JJ., concur; Stith, J., concurs in result. Draper, J., not participating)

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Zweig, et al. v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MLW No. 63478/Case No. ED96110 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Romines, J.)

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Grace v. St. Louis County, et al. (MLW No. 62735/Case No. ED94746-01 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, per curiam)

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Rates imposed by the city of Hermann for electricity, natural gas and other utilities are fees, not taxes, and the city did not violate Missouri’s Hancock Amendment by raising rates without voter approval, the state Supreme Court said.

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Adams, et al. v. Friganza, et al. (MLW No. 62148/Case No. ED95374 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)

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St. Louis County’s fees for trash and recycling pick up are not taxes and do not violate Missouri’s Hancock Amendment, a state appeals court said today.

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A fourth lawsuit concerning St. Louis County’s trash districts has been filed. The potential class action filed by plaintiffs Paul Marquis and Cathy Armbruster alleges that the county violated its own county charter by not having citizens vote on the ...

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Prosecutors and counties faced off against each other in front of the Missouri Supreme Court Wednesday morning over counties’ responsibility to pay retirement benefits. The lawsuit in question, Missouri Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys Retirement System v. Barton County et ...

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The city of St. Joseph won’t go forward with a lawsuit aimed at stopping enforcement of a property tax law watched by cities across the state. In 2008, the legislature passed a bill stating that property tax levies couldn’t go ...

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