Tillis v. City of Branson

PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

All parties appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, and the appeals were subsequently transferred to this Court. The appeals arose after the circuit court entered judgment following a mandate issued by the Supreme Court of Missouri. See Tillis v. City of Branson, 945 S.W.2d 447 (Mo.banc 1997). Appellants Judy Tillis and Sharon Klein challenged the constitutionality of the “municipal tourism tax” assessed by the City of Branson. In this opinion, they and others in their stead are referred to as “Appellants.” The City of Branson is referred to here as “the City.”

In…