Smith v. City of St. Louis

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment that voided ordinances authorizing a tax increment financing (TIF) plan to redevelop approximately 1500 acres in the City of St. Louis. The judgment declared that the ordinances are void because they did not include “defined redevelopment projects and cost-benefit analysis of such projects as required by [sections] 99.820.1(3), 99.820.1(5) and 99.845.1.” The trial court also overruled a motion for attorney fees filed by the plaintiffs and inter-venors. The judgment is reversed to the extent it declares the…