Millsap v. Quinn

RENDLEN, Judge.

This cause turns on the validity of Missouri constitutional provision art. VI, § 30, measured against the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Article VI, § 30(a), permits the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County to reorganize their governmental structure by vote of the electorate upon a plan drafted by a “board of freeholders,” “nine of whom shall be electors of the city and nine electors of the county and oneNan elector of some other county.” The section directs that such electors of the city and county be appointed by the Mayor and…