Legal Opinion
Hill v. Ashcroft
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 27, 2017No. WD 80613 Consolidated with WD 80614, WD 80615, WD 80616, WD 80617, WD 80618, WD 80619, WD 80620, WD 80621, WD 80622, WD 80623, WD 80627, WD 80631, WD 80632, WD 80633, WD 80634, WD 80635, WD 80636, WD 80637, WD 80638, WD 80639 and WD 80641PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGary D. Witt, Judge
This appeal raised issues regarding the summary statements of ten ballot initiative petitions filed with the Missouri Secretary of State (“Secretary of State”). The initiatives all seek to amend the Missouri Constitution to modify the collective bargaining rights between employees and employers. Mary Hill, Michael J. Briggs, and Roger Bruce Stickler (collectively, the “Hill Plaintiffs”), along with John Paul Evans (“Plaintiff Evans”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought suit in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, claiming that the ten ballot summaries drafted for the initiatives were…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Goerlitz v. City of MaryvilleSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
- Missouri Soybean Ass'n v. Missouri Clean Water CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 2003
- Missourians to Protect the Initiative Process v. BluntSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- Buchanan v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- Schweich v. NixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Stickler v. AshcroftMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
- Barbara Pippens, John Bohney, Cheryl Hibbeler, Rebecca Shaw, Bob Minor, James Harmon, Gene Davison, and Pat McBride v. John R.Ashcroft, in his official capacity as Missouri Secretary of State, Dave Schatz, in his official capacity as State Senator and President Pro Tem of the Senate, Elijah Haahr, in his official capacity as State Representative and Speaker of the House, and Daniel Hegeman, in his official capacity as State Senator and sponsor of Senate Resolution 38Missouri Court of Appeals · 2020
- In Re the Marriage of KAREN BLANCHARD and LESTER BLANCHARD KAREN BLANCHARD v. LESTER BLANCHARD, Respondent-RespondentMissouri Court of Appeals · 2020
- Jacob Hummel v. John R. AshcroftMissouri Court of Appeals · 2022
- Karla K. Allsberry, Individually and in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Lincoln County, Missouri v. The Honorable Steven R. OhmerMissouri Court of Appeals · 2022
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