Zweig v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

PAUL C. WILSON, Judge.

William Zweig and the other named plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves' and a class of similarly situated ratepayers (“Ratepayers”), sued the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (“MSD”) seeking declaratory, injunctive, and monetary remedies on the ground that MSD violated article X, section 22(a) of the Missouri Constitution when it implemented its “stormwater user charge” without prior voter approval. The trial court declared MSD’s action unconstitutional, enjoined future collection of the charge, and ordered MSD to pay the Ratepayers’ attorneys’ fees and other…