Legal Opinion
State v. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 10, 1955No. 44550PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*5HYDE, J.
[228] Quo warranto against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and its trustees on the ground that it is operating under an invalid and unconstitutional plan. There is no dispute about the facts. The issue to be decided is whether the Plan under which the District is organized and operating attempts to confer *6powers in excess of the constitutional authority under which the District was formed.
See. 30(a), Art. VI (all constitutional references are to the Constitution of 1945) authorizes the people of St. Louis City and St. Louis County “to establish a metropolitan district or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Township of Hillsborough v. CromwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Road Improvement District Number 6 of Little RiverSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Automobile Gasoline Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- School District of Oakland v. School District of JoplinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Department of Revenue v. HoppeWashington Supreme Court · 1973
- Brown v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- State Ex Rel. Askew v. KoppSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
- Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District v. ZykanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- Planned Parenthood Ass'n of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc. v. AshcroftDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1980
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