Weinstock v. Holden

Article XIII, section 3 of the Missouri Constitution was adopted by the voters of Missouri as a part of their Constitution in 1994. The article establishes a Citizen’s Commission to review, study, and fix the relationship of compensation to the duties of all elected state officials, legislators, and judges. The schedule of compensation established by the Citizen’s Commission is “effective” if not disapproved by the general assembly, but “subject to appropriations”. Kenneth Weinstock brought this lawsuit to challenge the legislature’s disapproval of the Citizen’s Commission’s 1996 schedule of…