State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Telco Directory Publishing

ROBERTSON, Judge.

In State v. Shaw, 847 S.W.2d 768 (Mo. banc 1993), this Court upheld the constitutionality of the criminal penalties imposed by Section 407.020.3, RSMo 1986, for a violation of Section 407.020.1, RSMo 1986, against a vagueness challenge. In this case, we consider a similar constitutional challenge to Section 407.100.6, RSMo 1986. That statute permits a trial court to impose civil penalties for a violation of Section 407.020.1.

The trial court found that appellants had violated Section 407.020.1, enjoined appellants from further use of a particular advertising device, and…