Legal Opinion
Melahn v. Otto
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 1, 1992No. WD 45856PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANNA, Judge.
A preliminary writ was granted by the circuit court upon motion of appellant, Lewis E. Melahn, Director of the Missouri Department of Insurance (“Director”) against the respondent, Paul A. Otto, Commissioner of the Administrative Hearing Commission (“AHC”). The preliminary writ prohibited the AHC from hearing a claim for attorney fees. This is an appeal from the circuit court’s order quashing the preliminary writ of prohibition which allowed the AHC to rule on a claim for attorney fees.
The Director filed a complaint with the AHC alleging that John R. Hutchings refused to allow…
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