Legal Opinion
Clark Oil & Refining Corp. v. Ashcroft
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided August 31, 1982No. 63935PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEILER, Judge.
The attorney general appeals from a declaratory judgment entered in Cole County Circuit Court March 11, 1982, ruling that the Missouri attorney general had no power under Missouri law to maintain parens pat-riae damage actions pursuant to § 4C of the Clayton Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15c (1976). 1 We reverse and remand.
Appellants base jurisdiction on the validity of the statutory and title-to-state office construction portions of Art. V, § 3, Mo. Const., as amended 1976, and in the alternative on Art. V, § 10, because of the importance of an issue of statewide concern.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Georgia v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Louisiana v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Foremost-McKesson, Inc. v. DavisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- State Highway Commission of Missouri v. SpainhowerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- State ex rel. Webster ex rel. Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards v. City of CamdentonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
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- The State of Texas, as Parens Patriae on Behalf of Natural Persons Residing in Texas v. The Scott & Fetzer Company and the Kirby Sales Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mid-Atlantic Toyota Distributors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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