Pioneer Military Lending, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Earl L. Manning, Commissioner, Division of Finance, Appellant/cross-Appellee

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

This case involves the attempt by the Missouri Commissioner of Finance, Earl L. Manning, to impose certain laws for small loan companies upon Pioneer Military Lending, Inc. (Pioneer), a Nebraska corporation. The district court ruled that application of the Missouri regulatory scheme to Pioneer would place an undue burden on interstate commerce in violation of the Constitution, and the Commissioner appealed. Pioneer in turn appeals from that part of the judgment which dismissed its claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1

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The district court based its findings on a…