Frech v. City of Columbia

BILLINGS, Judge.

Plaintiffs 1 sought declaratory and in-junctive relief from the operation of Columbia’s Rental Unit Conservation Law in the Circuit Court of Boone County. Following a bench trial, the court entered judgment in favor of the City of Columbia. Plaintiffs appealed to the court of appeals but we ordered the case transferred prior to opinion because of its general importance and interest. Mo. Const, art. Y, § 10. We affirm.

The central question in this case is whether the City of Columbia’s Rental Unit Conservation Law 2 — which authorizes the Municipal Judge of Boone County to issue…