Legal Opinion

Arbogast v. City of St. Louis

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 19, 2009No. ED 90137Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

The City of St. Louis appeals the judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding Millard Arbogast and Zoie Helms (“Plaintiffs”) $65,000.00 on their wrongful demolition claim. The City asserts that the trial court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claim because Plaintiffs failed to exhaust them administrative remedies before filing suit. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Relevant Facts

In June 2000, Plaintiffs purchased and moved into property which was located at 210-212 Quincy Street in the City’s 11th Ward. A fire caused substantial damage to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jones v. FlowersSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  2. Greene v. LindseySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Robinson v. HanrahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Covey v. Town of SomersSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Josephine Weigner v. The City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988

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