{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"nancy-copenhaver","displayName":"Nancy Copenhaver","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd87430:2024-09-03","opinionId":"3072aee0-bef9-56f3-a4bc-21ed2217efd1","slug":"nancy-copenhaver-v-john-r-ashcroft-et-al-d87430","caseName":"Nancy Copenhaver\nvs.\nJohn R. Ashcroft, Et al.","caseNumber":"WD87430","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2024-09-03","year":2024,"display_summary":"Nancy Copenhaver challenged the sufficiency and fairness of an official summary statement drafted by the Missouri General Assembly for Senate Joint Resolution 71 (SJR 71), which proposes to amend the Missouri Constitution regarding the levying of costs and fees to support certain law enforcement personnel. The trial court found the summary statement insufficient and unfair and rewrote it. The appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part, agreeing with some of the trial court's findings of insufficiency but modifying the rewritten summary statement to be more limited in its revisions.","primaryTopic":"administrative-law","topicSlugs":["administrative-law","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=211133","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/nancy-copenhaver-v-john-r-ashcroft-et-al-d87430","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"real-estate","label":"Real Estate","href":"/practice-areas/real-estate","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: real-estate"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/real-estate"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}