Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. City of Nevada v. Bickel

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 30, 2008No. WD 69491PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Chief Judge.

The City of Nevada petitioned this court for a Writ of Prohibition, asserting that the trial court should have granted its motion for summary judgment based on sovereign immunity. We issued a preliminary Writ and now make that Writ absolute.

Factual and Procedural Background

In September of 2005, Joshua McKinney of ABBA Electric installed a new electric meter pedestal at a mobile home park in Nevada, Missouri. Mr. McKinney also installed three wires connecting the pedestal to Paul and Connie Scott’s recently purchased mobile home. The City of Nevada (the City) had…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  2. State Ex Rel. Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Memorial Hospital v. RussellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. State Ex Rel. New Liberty Hospital District v. PrattSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
  4. Junior College District of St. Louis v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004
  5. State Ex Rel. Division of Motor Carrier & Railroad Safety v. RussellSupreme Court of Missouri · 2002

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gregg v. City of Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 2008
  2. Bennartz v. City of ColumbiaMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Diana Crouch v. City of Kansas City, MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
  4. State of Missouri ex rel City of Lee's Summit, Missouri v. Honorabel Kenneth R. Garrett, IIIMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
  5. Bennartz v. City of ColumbiaMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009

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