Miller v. City of Manchester

STEPHAN, Judge.

Daniel Miller (“Miller”) and Arlan Held (“Held”), fur trappers, filed a petition for declaratory judgment against the City of Manchester, Missouri (“the City”), challenging the validity of an ordinance which reads:... It shall be unlawful for any person to employ a steel trap or similar device, the purpose of which is to harm, mutilate or kill an animal, with the exception of mouse traps, rat traps, mole traps, or gopher traps.

Manchester, Mo., Ordinance 89-404 (May 15, 1989). The trial court upheld the ordinance. It further determined that neither Miller nor Held had standing…