Legal Opinion
Lett v. City of St. Louis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 25, 2000No. ED 76879PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, Jr., Judge.
Defendants, the City of St. Louis, et al., appeal from the judgment of the trial court awarding attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiffs, members of a class of taxpayers, and directing the City of St. Louis and its Collector of Revenue to identify the class members and to assess and collect the attorney’s fees proportionately from each class member. We reverse.
FACTS
Plaintiffs, Cynthia M. Lett, Robert P. Fortman, William Kelleher, Thomas W. McDonough, and James E. Hanselman, as representatives of the class (hereinafter taxpayers), brought an action against the…
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