State ex rel. Referendum Committee Regarding Ordinance 4639 v. Lasky

The Relator seeks to prohibit the enforcement of an order of Respondent to the board of election commissioners of St. Louis County to include on the November 5, 1996, ballot a referendum question regarding a city ordinance. Relator has no adequate remedy by way of appeal to challenge Respondent’s order. The Court has received and considered the petition, suggestions in opposition to the petition, Respondent’s motion to quash the preliminary order, Respondent’s answer and return to the preliminary order, and the parties’ suggestions for expediting resolution of the matter. The Court, being…