Legal Opinion
Quinn v. Millsap
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1989No. 88-1048PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
The Constitution of the State of Missouri provides that the governments of the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County may be reorganized by a vote of the electorate of the city and county upon a plan of reorganization drafted by a “board of freeholders.” Appellants contend that this provision violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it requires that every member of this official board own real property. The Supreme Court of Missouri, without disputing appellants’ premise that ownership of real property is a prerequisite for…
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