Schweig v. City of St. Louis

WEIER, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed suit for declaratory judgment to contest the validity and enjoin the enforcement of two ordinances of the City of St. Louis. One ordinance declared a certain area of the city “blighted” and the other approved a redevelopment plan for the area. These ordinances were passed pursuant to the “Urban Redevelopment Corporations Law,” Chapter 353 RSMo. 1969. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs’ second amended petition on the grounds that plaintiffs had no standing to challenge the ordinances and that the petition failed to state a claim upon which relief could be…