Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Chastain v. City of Kansas City
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1998No. WD 53460PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMART, Judge.
Before this Court is the consolidated appeal of the City of Kansas City and the Union Station Assistance Corporation, both of whom appeal the trial court’s issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus on October 13, 1996. In the writ order, the court directed the City to take the steps necessary to cause the initiative proposed by Respondents to be placed on the November 5, 1996 ballot. Finding that the controversy is moot and does not fall within the recognized exceptions to the rule demanding dismissal of moot cases, we dismiss the consolidated appeal of City and USAC and vacate…
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