Ring v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

ROBERTSON, Judge.

In Beatty v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, 867 S.W.2d 217 (Mo. banc 1993 (Beatty II), we held that the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (“MSD”) violated article X, section 22(a) of the Missouri Constitution when it increased wastewater fees for taxpayers connected to the sewer district by $4.00 per month without voter approval. In Beatty v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, 914 S.W.2d 791 (Mo. banc 1995) (Beatty III), this Court held that only persons who actually sued to recover the increase in wastewater fees held unconstitutional in Beatty II could…