Johnson v. State

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Bob Johnson and other Missouri citizens and qualified voters (Plaintiffs) appeal the trial court’s judgment on their declaratory judgment action in favor of the State of Missouri and Robin Carnahan, the secretary of state (Defendants). On appeal, Plaintiffs claim that the trial court erred in finding that Plaintiffs failed to prove that the redistricting plan for the Missouri House of Representatives filed by the nonpartisan reapportionment commission does not meet the constitutional requirements for population, contiguity, and compactness. Plaintiffs further…