City of Olivette, Missouri v. St. Louis County, Missouri

ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., Judge

St. Louis County and Steve Stenger, County Executive, (collectively “the County”) appeal from the summary judgment finding that the County did not have authority to enact an ordinance imposing countywide minimum standards for police. We affirm.

In December of 2015, the St. Louis County County Council adopted and approved an ordinance authorizing the County Executive to issue minimum police standards that would apply to the police departments of cities wholly or partly located in St. Louis County (“the Ordinance”).1 The Ordinance begins with the following recitals:…