Keller v. Marion County Ambulance District

820 S.W.2d 301 (1991)

George KELLER, et al., Respondents,

v.

MARION COUNTY AMBULANCE DISTRICT, et al., Appellant.

No. 72979.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 17, 1991.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1992.

John Morthland, Hannibal, for appellant.

John E. Bardgett, Charles S. Kramer, St. Louis, for amicus curiae Mo. Assn. of Comm. Jr. Coll. & Jr. Coll. Districts.

Brandon L. Wood, Harry J. Mitchell, Palmyra, for respondents.

BENTON, Judge.

On November 4, 1980, the people of Missouri adopted an amendment, popularly known as the Hancock Amendment, to the Missouri Constitution.[1] With the passage of…