Scheble v. Missouri Clean Water Commission

SIMON, Judge.

Appellants, the Missouri Clean Water Commission (Commission) and Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), appeal from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, vacating an administrative order issued by the Commission on January 24, 1984. Respondents, John and Mary Scheble, did not see fit to file a brief in this court, even though the record on appeal is voluminous. The legal file alone exceeds 1300 pages and the transcript of the hearing before the Commission exceeds 1250 pages. It is the policy of Missouri appellate courts to encourage briefs and oral…