State ex rel. Mo. Auto. Dealers Ass'n v. Mo. Dep't of Revenue & Its Dir.

The Department and Tesla each timely appealed, and this court ordered the cases consolidated.

Analysis

Point I-Standing

In the first point of the Department's and Tesla's briefs, they assert that the Plaintiffs lacked standing to bring this action as economic competitors of Tesla and as Missouri taxpayers.3 In response, Plaintiffs argue that they have competitor, taxpayer, and ministerial standing. Our ruling on Point I is dispositive of the appeal.4

"Standing is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo." Manzara v. State , 343 S.W.3d 656, 659 (Mo. banc 2011). "Regardless of an action's…