Missouri Supreme Court desicion handed down today!
http://www.osca.state.mo.us/Courts/PubOpinions.nsf/0f87ea4ac0ad4c0186256405005d3b8e?OpenView LTC News Update 2/26/04 MOSC Decision
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At 11 am today the Missouri Supreme Court handed down their Opinion on
the
LTC Lawsuit Appeal. The MOSC found in our favor, that the law was
constitutional on the Article 1 Section 23 issue that Judge Ohmer said
was
clearly unconstitutional at the trial court level. We Appealed to the
MOSC
on those (Article 1, Sect 23) grounds. The Opposition then Cross
Appealed
(and was late with their filing) on all the issues that *they* had lost
on
in the trial court. The MOSC did find against us on the Hancock issue
and
said the funding prescribed by HB349 had a Hancock problem.
(Interestingly, Judge Ohmer, who ruled against us on Article 1 Section
23,
and found *no* Hancock violation, turned out to be *wrong* [overruled]
by
the MOSC on both issues.)
See for full details:
http://www.osca.state.mo.us/Courts/PubOpinions.nsf/0f87ea4ac0ad4c0186256405005d3b8e?OpenView The legislation to correct the Hancock funding problem is already
drafted
and expected to be filed by close of business today with the Missouri
Legislature. Full analysis of the Opinion will follow by separate LTC
News
Update later today and will be posted on the web site at:
http://www.learntocarry.com Tim Oliver
LTC-LDF
Post 11 is just the summary part of the opinion. Thanks for the link to the entire decision.