State Ex Rel. St. Louis Fire Fighters Ass'n Local No. 73 v. Stemmler

FINCH, Chief Justice.

This case, written on recent reassignment, involves the question of whether a home rule charter amendment providing that salaries for St. Louis firemen shall be not less than those of corresponding ranks of St. Louis police officers (whose pay is fixed by the Missouri General Assembly) is constitutional. We hold that it is.

St. Louis is a constitutional charter city operating pursuant to Art. VI, §§ 31, 32(a) and 32(b), of the Constitution of Missouri.1 Those provisions authorize the city to amend or revise its charter, subject only to the requirement that such charter be…