City of Chesterfield v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of the State and intervenors (collectively, Defendants) on the City of Chesterfield's action seeking a declaration that Mo. Rev. Stat. 66.600 and 66.620 are constitutionally invalid special laws, holding that sections 66.600 and 66.620 are not special laws.
On appeal, Chesterfield argued that the trial court erred in failing to find that the statutes were constitutionally invalid special laws because the general assembly changed the population classification of section 66.600 to exclude St. Charles County, and that 66.620 creates a closed class based on immutable, historical, and geographic facts and is not substantially justified. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err in granting summary judgment for Defendants because Defendants articulated a rational basis for the classifications in sections 66.600 and 66.200.
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