In re 1983 Budget for The Circuit Court of St. Louis County

WELLIVER, Judge.

Petitioner, St. Louis County, seeks review of a decision of the Judicial Finance Commission (Commission) finding petitioner legally obligated to appropriate funds for the purchase of professional liability insurance for respondents, the judges of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit. We have jurisdiction under Mo. Const, art. V, § 4, and § 477.600.7, RSMo Cum.Supp.1983. In accordance with § 477.600.7, we review the decision of the Commission de novo. We reverse.

We adopt the Commission’s findings of fact, summarized herein:

The Twenty-First Judicial Circuit is composed of twenty…