Syllabus
State and Local Government Law
Stephen J. Moore, Esq.
Fall Semester 2006
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Law
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Stephen J. Moore
Education
Stephen J. Moore received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Management
and Marketing) and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from Rockhurst University in Kansas City,
Missouri. Upon graduation, Mr. Moore worked five years for a major national corporation as a sales
manager and regional buyer. In 1977, Mr. Moore received a Juris Doctor degree from the University
of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He was a Victor Wilson Scholar, a recipient of the Oliver
H. Dean Scholarship at UMKC Law School, and on the Dean's List. Mr. Moore was later awarded
the ABA Award for Excellence in connection with his LL.M. work.
Professional Experience
Following graduation from UMKC Law School in 1977, Mr. Moore worked at the Missouri Attorney
General's Office in Kansas City. In 1978, he became associated with the law firm of Popham,
Conway, Sweeny, Fremont & Bundschu, P.C., a civil litigation and trial practice firm in Kansas City.
Mr. Moore performed litigation and appellate work representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a
wide variety of cases. In the Spring of 1985, Mr. Moore joined the law firm of Freilich, Leitner &
Carlisle, P.C. Mr. Moore became a Partner in Freilich, Leitner & Carlisle in 1987, and practiced in
the litigation group, primarily in environmental law, municipal law, zoning and land use law. In
January of 2001, Mr. Moore formed a Law Firm under the name of Peters & Moore, L.L.C., and in
2005 formed Stephen J. Moore, P.C.
Professional Organizations
Mr. Moore is a member of The Missouri Bar, The United States Courts of Appeal for the Sixth,
Eighth and Tenth Circuits, The United States Court of Federal Claims, The United States District
Court for the Western District of Missouri, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Section on
Environmental Law), The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; The Missouri Municipal
Attorneys= Association; The Missouri Municipal League; The Federalist Society; and The Delta
Theta Phi Law Fraternity. Mr. Moore is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory of Preeminent
Attorneys, “Who=s Who in American Law” and “Who=s Who in America,” and has been
nominated by fellow lawyers as one of the “Best of the Bar” in the “Kansas City Business Journal”
for
five
years.
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CLASSES II & III
Citizen Control of Governmental Action
Assignment for Classes 2 & 3 – Thursday, August 24 and Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Casebook: Pages 881-921(Chapter 12).
Supplement: Handout 1 – Available in Library
Supplement:
# RSMo '' 527.010 - ' 527.290
# RSMo '' 529.010 - ' 529.100
# RSMo '' 530.010 - ' 530.090
# RSMo '' 531.010 - ' 531.060
# RSMo '' 536.010 - ' 536.215
Missouri Supreme Court Rules:
Rule 87
Rule 94
Rule 97
Rule 98
Rule 100
CLASSES IV & V
Structure of Local Government and Problems
Assignment for Classes 4 & 5 – Thursday, August 31 & Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Casebook: Pages 1-54 (Chapter 1).
Supplement: None
CLASSES VI & VII
Local Government Incorporation and Annexation
Assignment for Classes 6 & 7 – Thursday, September 7 & Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Casebook: Pages 55 – 104 (Chapter 2).
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CLASSES VIII & IX
Missouri Incorporation and Annexation
Assignment for Classes 8 & 9 – Thursday, September 14 & Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Casebook: None
Supplement: Handout 2 – Available in Library
A. Missouri Incorporation
1.
Charter Cities – RSMo §' 82.010 - ' 82.020
2.
Third Class Cities - RSMo '§77.010 - ' 78.020
3.
Fourth Class Cities - RSMo ' 79.010
4.
Towns and Villages - RSMo ' 80.020
5.
Generally - RSMo ' 72.080
B. Missouri Annexation – Specific Authorization
1.
Charter Cities - RSMo ' 82.090
2.
Third Class Cities - RSMo ' 77.020
3.
Fourth Class Cities - RSMo ' 79.020
4.
Special Const. Cities - RSMo ' 81.080
5.
General Authorization
a.
Voluntary Annexations
(1.) RSMo ' 71.012
(2.) RSMo ' 71.014
b.
Involuntary Annexations
(1.) RSMo ' 71.015 (“Sawyers Act”)
(2.) RSMo ' 71.860
(3.) RSMo ' 71.870 - ' 71.920
Additional References:
▄ City of St. Joseph v. Village of Country Club, 163 S.W.3d 905 (Mo.banc 2005).
# City of Bridgeton v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 788 S.W.2d 285 (Mo.banc 1990).
# City of Kirkwood v. Allen, 399 S.W. 2d 30 (Mo.banc 1966).
# City of Rolla v. Armaly, 985 S.W.2d 30 (Mo.banc 1999).
# City of Parkville v. Northern Farms, 950 S.W. 2d 882 (Mo. App. W.D. 1997).
# City of Lake Winnebago v. Gosewisch, 932 S.W.2d 840 (Mo. App. W.D. 1996).
# Binger v. City of Independence, 588 S.W. 2d 481 (Mo. 1979).
# Justice Committee for Citizens of Poplar Bluff v. City of Poplar Bluff, 991 S.W.2d 708 (Mo. App.
S.D. 1999).
# Reed v. City of Union, 913 S.W. 2d 621, (Mo.App. S.D. 1995).
# Martee v. City of Kennett, 784 S.W. 2d 621, (Mo.App. S. D. 1990).
# State ex. Inf. Nesslage v. City of Lake St. Louis, 718 S.W.2d 214 (Mo.App. E.D. 1986).
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CLASS X & XI
Local Government Powers – Dillion’s Rule
Assignment for Classes 10 & 11 - Thursday, September 21 & Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Casebook: Pages 105-127; 667-710 (Chapters 3 & 9).
Supplement: None
CLASSES XII & XIII
Local Government Powers and State Preemption
Assignment for Classes 12 & 13 -Thursday, September 28 & Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Casebook: Pages 127-180 (Chapter 3).
Supplement: None
Additional References:
# O’Reilly v. City of Hazelwood, 850 S.W.2d 96 (Mo.banc 1993).
# Butcher v. City of Detroit, 347 N. W. 2d 702 (Mich. App. 1984).
# Treme v. St. Louis County, 609 S. W. 2d 706 (Mo.App. E.D. 1980).
# Clayton v. Village of Oak Park, 453 N. E. 2d 937 (Ill. App. 1983).
# State of Ohio v. Kovacs, 469 U.S. 274 (1985).
# Claflin v. Walsh, 509 P.2d 1137 (Kan. 1973).
# Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Board of County Commissioners, 643 P.2d 188 (Kan 1982).
# Moore v. City of Lawrence, 654 P.2d 445 (Kan 1982).
CLASSES XIV & XV
Alternate Models for Local Government
Assignment for Classes 14 & 15- Thursday, October 6 & Tuesday, October 11, 2006
Casebook: Pages 180-254 (Chapter 4).
Supplement: None
Additional References: for Intergovernmental Conflict and Cooperation Extraterritoriality
# Hunt, The Constitutionality of the Exercise of Extraterritorial Powers by Municipalities, 45
U. Chi. L. Rev. 151 (1977).
# Kuyper, Intergovernmental Cooperation: An Analysis of the Lakewood Plan, 58 Geo. L.J. 777
(1970).
# United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1 (1977).
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# Borough of Creskill v. Borough of Dumont, 15 N.J. 238, 104 A.2d 441 (1954).
Additional References: for Metropolitan Government and Area-Wide Solutions
# Holsclaw v. Stephens 507 S.W.2d 462 (Ky.App. 1973).
# Meadowlands Regional Redevelopment Agency v. State of New Jersey, 304 A. 2d 545 (N.J.
1973).
# Village of Burnsville v. Onischuk, 222 N.W.2d 523 (Minn. 1974), dismissed, 420 U.S. 916
(1975).
# City of Jacksonville Beach v. Albury, 291 So.2d 82 (Fla. 1973).
# Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle v. City of Seattle, 357 P.2d 863 (Wash. 1960).
# League to Save Lake Tahoe v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 507 F.2d 517 (9th Cir.
1975), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 974 (1975).
# Alsbury v. City of Jacksonville Beach, 295 So.2d 297 (Fla. 1974).
# Northeast Bancorp v. Board of Governors, 472 U.S. 139 (1985).
#Jacobson v. Tahoe Reg. Planning Agency, 474 F. Supp. 901 (D.Nev. 1979)
CLASS XVI & XVII
Federalism
Assignment for Classes 16 & 17 – Thursday, October 12 & Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Casebook: Pages 607-663 (Chapter 8).
Supplement: None
Supplement:
# Montana v. Crow Tribe of Indians, 523 U.S. 696 (1998).
# Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997). On the issue of whether Congress can mandate that
sheriffs and other local law enforcement agents implement the Brady Act by screening potential gun
purchasers, examining and destroying records and explaining denials, the court held that the Brady
gun control law violated Athe very principle of separate state sovereignty.@ The ruling alluded to
both the Commerce Clause and to the 10th Amendment but Justice Scalia=s majority opinion did not
indicate that the decision was based on any one constitutional provision.
# United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995). On the issue of whether Congress can prohibit the
possession of firearms near local schools as part of its Constitutional authority to regulate interstate
commerce, the court held that Congress exceeded its commerce clause authority, as possession of a
gun in a local school zone is not an economic activity that substantially affects interstate commerce.
# Freilich & Richardson, Returning to a General Theory of Federalism: Framing a New Tenth
Amendment United States Supreme Court Case, The Urban Lawyer Vol. 26 No. 2 (1994).
# Freilich, A Proposed Congressional "Statute of Federalism," Urban Lawyer Vol. 19 No. 3
(1987).
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CLASSES XVII & XVIII
Serving the Public Sector: Officers and Employers
Assignment for Classes 17 & 18 - Thursday, October 19 & Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Casebook: Pages 467-533 (Chapter 6).
Supplement: None
CLASSES XIX , XX & XXI
Government Liability
Assignment for Classes 19, 20, & 21 - Thursday, October 26, Tuesday, October 31, and
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Casebook: Pages 535-605 (Chapter 7).
Supplement: Handout Available in Library
Additional References:
# City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons, 118 S.Ct. 523 (1997), after remand, 153
F.3d 356 (7th Cir. 1998).
# Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht, 524 U.S. 381 (1998).
# Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, 515 U.S. 687 (1995).
■ Welch and Hardin: Section 1983 and Municipal Liability Practical Considerations.
# Swint v. Chambers County Comm'n, 514 U.S. 35 (1995)
# Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995)
# Hess v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp., 513 U.S. 30 (1995).
# Rustici v. Weidemeyer, 673 S.W.2d 762 (Mo. banc 1984)
# Westborough Mall, Inc., v. City of Cape Girardeau, 693 F.2d 733 (8th Cir. 1982).
# Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire, 467 U.S. 1240 (1985).
# Fischer v. City of Berkeley, 475 U.S. 260 (1986).
# Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati, 475 U.S. 469 (1986).
# Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, 471 U.S. 808 (1985).
# Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 323 (1986).
# Davidson v. Cannon, 474 U.S. 344 (1986).
# Brandon v. Holtz, 469 U.S. 464 (1985).
# Kentucky v. Graham, 473 U.S. 159 (1985).
# Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlan, 473 U.S. 234 (1985).
# University of Tennessee v. Elliott, 478 U.S. 788 (1986).
# Spencer v. South Carolina Tax Comm'n 471 U.S. 82 (1985).
# Evans v. Jeff D., 475 U.S. 717 (1986).
# Unity Ventures v. County of Lake, 1985 - 1 Trade Cases ' 65,883.
# Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984, 15 U.S.C.. '' 34 to 36.
# Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States, 467 U.S. 1240 (1985).
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# Regents of the University of California and John Nuckolls v. John Doe, 519 U.S. 425 (1997), after
remand,131F.3d836(9thCir.1998).
CLASSES XXII & XXIII
Reapportionment and Voting Rights
Assignment for Classes 22 & 23 - Tuesday, November 7 & Thursday, November 9, 2006
Casebook: Pages 735-784 (Chapter 10).
Supplement: None
Additional Reference:
#Abrams v. Johnson, 521 U.S. 74 (1997).
# Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party , 520 U.S.351 (1997).
# Reno v. Bossier Parish School Bd., 520 U.S. 471 (1997), after remand, 120 S.Ct. 866 (2000).
# Term Limits v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995).
# City of New York v. Clinton, 985 F.Supp. 168 (D.D.C. 1998).
# Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993).
# Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900 (1995).
# Young v. Fordice, 520 U.S. 273 (1997).
# Lopez v. Monterey Cnty, Cal, 525 U.S. 266 (1996).
# Lawyer v. Department of Justice, 521 U.S. 567 (1997).
# Guido, Duration and Justifications: Standard and Remedies in Challenges to
Reapportionment Plans, 14 Urb. Law (1982).
# Davis v. Bandemer, 478 U.S. 109 (1986).
# Thornburg v. Gingles, 748 U.S. 30 (1986).
# Kirksey v. City of Jackson, Mississippi, 663 F.2d 659 (5th Cir.1981).
# Perkins v. City of West Helena, Ark., 675 F.2d 201 (8th Cir. 1982).
# United States v. Marengo County Comm'n, 731 F.2d 1575 (8th Cir. 1984).
# Jones v. City of Lubbock, 727 F.2d 364 (5th Cir. 1984).
# Slawsky, A Local Government's Guide to Section 5 of the Voting rights Act, 12 Urb. Lawyer
700 (Fall 1980)
CLASSES XXIV, XXV & XXVI
State and Local Finance I
Assignment for Classes 24, 25 & 26 - Tuesday, November 14; Tuesday November 16 &
Tuesday, November 21, 2006.
Casebook: Pages 255-363 (Chapter 5).
Supplement: None
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CLASS XXVII
State and Local Finance II
Assignment for Class 27 - Tuesday, November 28, 2006.
Casebook: Pages 780-842 (Chapter 10).
Supplement: None
Additional References:
# St. Johns County v. Northeast Florida Builders Assn., 583 So.2d 635 (Fla. 1991).
# Cherry Hills Farms v. City of Cherry Hills, 670 P.2d 779 (Colo. 1983).
# Assoc. Homebuilders of the Greater Eastbay, Inc. v. City of Newark, 95 Cal.Rptr. 648 (Cal.
1971)
# Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison, Maine, 520 U.S. 564 (1997).
# AFSCME v. State of Washington, 770 F.2d 1401 (9th Cir. 1985).
# Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Missouri State Highway Patrol, 748 F.2d 447 (8th
Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 828 (1986).
# Parkway School District v. Provaznik, 617 S.W.2d 489 (Mo. App. 1981).
#South Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. v.
Metropolitan Dade County, 723 F.2d 846 (11th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 871 (1984).
# United States Building & Construction Trades Council of Camden v. Mayor & Council of
City of Camden, 465 U.S 1304 (1984).
# Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles, 475 U.S. 608 (1986).
# International Ass’n of Fire Fighters v. City of Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501 (1986).
# Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC, 478 U.S. 421 (1986).
# Thornton v. Caldor, 472 U.S. 703 (1985).
# Attorney General of New York v. Soto-Lopez, 476 U.S. 898 (1986).
# Freilich and Bushek, Thou Shalt Not Take Without Adequate Planning: The Takings Equation
After Dolan v. City of Tigard. Urban Lawyer Vol. 27 No. 2 (1995).
# Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
# Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997).
# United States v. Lanier, 520 U.S. 259 (1997).
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