May Department Stores Co. v. County of St. Louis

KELLY, Chief Judge.

The appellants, the County of St. Louis, the St. Louis County Council and its members at the time, Donald L. Bond, Carl W. Breihan, James R. Butler, Brainerd W. La-Tourette, Jr., Maurice L. Stewart, Elizabeth Van Uum, and Harry Van Romer and Robert J. Hagel, Director of Public Works of St. Louis County, appeal from a judgment of the St. Louis County Circuit Court in an action for declaratory judgment and injunction instituted by the respondents, The May Department Stores Company, Woodcrest Development Company, Inc., and Linclay Corporation. 1

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