Blue Cross Hospital Service, Inc. of Missouri v. Frappier

I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the judgment of the circuit court on the ground that the legislation challenged in this proceeding violated the prohibitions of Sections 21 and 23, Mo. Const, art. Ill, thereby making it unnecessary to reach the questions of due process, equal protection and impairment of contract.1

The practice of taking a bill that appears doubtful of passage and combining it with a bill or bills reasonably assured of passage and passing the resulting bill under a broad and general amended title is one of the most expeditious and effective legislative *933strategies. It is…