Legal Opinion
Ferguson Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Ferguson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 1984No. 46696PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAROHL, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Ferguson Police Officer’s Association (hereinafter FPOA), a not-for-profit corporation, sought a declaratory judgment that Article IV, § 29 of defendant-respondent City of Ferguson’s Charter was unconstitutional in that it violated the resident members’ freedom of speech and association guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the Missouri Constitution. 1 The FPOA also asked for an injunction preventing enforcement of § 29. Section 29 severely restricted Ferguson employees’ political…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Mo. State Bd. v. SouthworthSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- Duncan v. Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers & Land SurveyorsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
- City of Cincinnati v. Ohio Council 8, American Federation of State, County & Municipal EmployeesOhio Supreme Court · 1991
- Northgate Apartments v. City of North Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 2001
- Bauers v. CornettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
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