Prentzler v. Carnahan

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

Appellants Dennis Shull and Jerry Stockman appeal from four judgments entered by the Circuit Court of Cole County denying their motions to intervene as a matter of right in four separate lawsuits that challenge the ballot title and fiscal note of a ballot initiative petition concerning consumer credit loans. The cases have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal. For the following reasons, the judgments are affirmed.

Missouri citizens have a constitutional right “to propose and enact or reject laws and amendments to the constitution by the initiative.” Mo. Const,…