Furlong Companies v. City of Kansas City

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

I. Introduction

The City of Kansas City, Missouri, appeals from a judgment in mandamus directing that it grant a preliminary plat to Furlong Companies, Inc. and awarding actual damages of $224,871.00 and attorney’s fees in the amount of $148,435.20 against the city under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising from the denial of the plat. The city complains that the trial court improperly engaged in de novo review applicable to noncontested case matters under the Missouri Administrative Procedure Act. Section 536.150. 1 The city contends that the review should have been…