Carrothers v. Beal

HOGAN, Judge.

Alleging themselves to be “members of a class known as the interested public, [a class] so numerous and widespread that it is impossible and impracticable to make all members a named party hereto” and further averring that they adequately represented “the interested public,” plaintiffs brought this injunction proceeding under the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, §§ 610.010-610.030, RSMo Supp.1975, also known as the “Sunshine Law.”

The cause was tried to the court, sitting without the aid of a jury, on July 17, 1975. Plaintiff Roseanne Helton Carrothers appeared and testified…