Legal Opinion
Barnes v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 18, 1949No. 41372PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is a class action. It presents the question whether a municipal bond issue approved by the voters of Kansas City at an election held November 4, 1947 is valid as to these plaintiffs and all others similarly situated who Avere not permitted to vote at the bond election because they reside, in an area annexed to Kansas City by charter amendment already adopted but not then in effect.
The plaintiffs and the members of the class they represent are residents of Clay County, adjacent to Kansas City. They, with some 15,000 to 20,000 others, live in an area of about 19 square miles. This area was…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Commissioners of Laramie County v. COMMISSIONERS OF ALBANY COUNTYSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Kelly v. PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Kocsis v. Chicago Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. City of North Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- Bridges v. City of BiloxiMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- Metropolitan Water District v. DorffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Long v. City of IndependenceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- Jordan v. ReedAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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