Armco Steel v. City of Kansas City

LIMBAUGH, Judge.

Respondents, 1 all of which are natural gas consumers in Kansas City, Missouri, brought suit challenging the authority of the City of Kansas City (“the City”) 2 to impose a license fee on purchases of natural gas from sources other than KPL Gas Service (“KPL”), the City’s exclusive gas service franchisee. The trial court sustained Respondents’ motions for summary judgment, declared the ordinances on which the fee was based invalid, enjoined the City from further collection of the fee, and ordered refunds of those fees already collected. The City appealed directly to this…