Legal Opinion
Gerken v. Sherman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 13, 2009No. WD 69053PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.
Since 1875, the Missouri Constitution has required the General Assembly to levy an annual property tax to fund the blind pension fund. From this fund, the State is to pay pensions to “the deserving blind” as provided by statute. Mo. Const, art. Ill, § 38(b) (1945) (originally art. VI, § 47). At dispute in this case is who belongs to the class of “the deserving blind.”
The appellants are the Missouri Council of the Blind and blind persons who receive pensions from the fund. They contend that the director of the Department of Social Services 1 and the Family Support Divisi…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alumax Foils, Inc. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1997
- David Ranken, Jr. Technical Institute v. BoykinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1991
- Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson v. Ken Kauffman & Sons Excavating, L.L.C.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2008
- Ballesteros v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Committee for Educational Equality v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
- Eckel v. EckelMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Gerken v. ShermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2011
- Gerken v. Missouri Department of Social Services, Family Support DivisionMissouri Court of Appeals · 2013
- Natalie A. Vowell v. Jason Kander, In His Official Capacity As Missouri Secretary Of StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2014
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