Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 23, 1991No. Nos. 72494, 73339PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
John D. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri, petitioned for writ of mandamus, seeking an order directing Roy D. Blunt, Secretary of State, to accept, authenticate and attest various warrants, appointments, commissions, proclamations and other documents submitted to him by the Governor while *851absent from the state on February 26, 1990. The resolution of this cause requires construction of Missouri Constitution Article IV, Section 11(a), which in pertinent part provides: “On the failure to qualify, absence from the state or other disability of the governor, the powers, duties and emoluments of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rathjen v. Reorganized School District R-IISupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Duncan v. Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers & Land SurveyorsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- Foremost Dairies, Inc. v. ThomasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- Montgomery v. ClevelandMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
- In Re the Alleged Nullity of "An Act Concerning Alcoholic Beverages, & Supplementing Chapter One of Title 33 of Revised Statutes,"Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1943
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