The key to resolving a trash-collection dispute in Kansas City, according to the Missouri Supreme Court, is an English legal doctrine dating back to 1606. A unanimous bench on Oct. 15 ruled against a group of owners and managers of ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court is probing a $10.2 million judgment against the city of Kansas City stemming from the city’s decision to end a trash-rebate program that had been in place since the 1970s. The case raises questions of whether ...

Tagged with: Missouri Supreme Court Sophian Plaza Association Stadium View Apartments Third-Party Beneficiary Townsend Place Condominium Trash Rebate Program

(1)Where a city paid trash-rebate payments to the owners and managers of multi-unit buildings and trailer parks for more than 30 years, and these plaintiffs challenged the elimination of the rebate program from the city’s budget, the plaintiffs had standing ...

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