Legal Opinion
Laura Reeves v. Jason Kander and John Watson and Returning Government to the People and Todd S. Jones
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2015No. WD78559PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaren King Mitchell, Presiding Judge
Intervenors, Todd S. Jones and Returning Government to the People (collectively “Jones”), appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County, which held that Initiative Petition 2016-007 (“the Initiative”) violated the Missouri Constitution and ordered that it not appear on the ballot. Because the claims were not ripe for review by the trial court, we reverse.
Facts
On December 2, 2014, Jones presented the Initiative, which contains proposed amendments to Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution related to campaign finance reform, to the Secretary of State. The Secretary certified the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Missourians to Protect the Initiative Process v. BluntSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- Buchanan v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Brown v. Missouri Secretary of StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
- State ex inf. Danforth v. CasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- United Gamefowl Breeders Ass'n of Missouri v. NixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2000
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