Opinion
No. ED 77803
March 20, 2001
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS CITY, HONORABLE ROBERT DIERKER.
Priscilla F. Gunn Rabbitt, Pitzer Snodgrass, P.C., 800 Market Street, Suite 350, St. Louis, Missouri 63101, for appellants.
Joseph E. Martineau, Lewis, Rice Fingersh, L.C., J. Kenneth Graham, III, 500 North Broadway, Suite 2000, St. Louis, Missouri 63102, for respondents.
Before: Mary K. Hoff, C.J., William H. Crandall, Jr., J., and Richard B. Teitelman, J.
ORDER
Members and former members of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of St. Louis (Defendants) appeal from the issuance of a permanent injunction restraining the Board from discussing six specific topics in violation of the Missouri open meetings law, commonly known as the "Sunshine Law." Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.010 et seq. We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal. The judgment is supported by substantial evidence, is not against the weight of the evidence, and does not erroneously declare or apply the law. An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, furnished the parties with a brief memorandum for their information only stating the reasons for this order. The judgment is affirmed pursuant to Rule 84.16 (b).