{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official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":"twentieth-judicial-circuit-of-the-state-of-missouri-by-the-honorable-i-i-lamke-presiding-judge","displayName":"Twentieth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, by the Honorable I. I. Lamke, Presiding Judge","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"mo:sc99010:2021-10-12","opinionId":"14fe09f8-f8d8-54a7-8e95-80a5e3440eb5","slug":"the-board-of-commissioners-of-the-county-of-franklin-state-of-missouri-ti-c99010","caseName":"The Board of Commissioners of the County of Franklin, State of Missouri; Tim Brinker, Presiding Commissioner; Todd Boland, First District Commissioner; Dave Hinson, Second District Commissioner; and Angela Gibson, Auditor of the County of Franklin, State of Missouri, Appellants, vs. Twentieth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, by the Honorable I. I. Lamke, Presiding Judge, Respondent.","caseNumber":"SC99010","court":"mo","courtLabel":"Supreme Court of Missouri","decisionDate":"2021-10-12","year":2021,"display_summary":"The Franklin County Board of Commissioners petitioned the Judicial Finance Commission (JFC) to determine if a statutory \"Maintenance of Effort\" (MOE) capped its funding obligation for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court's juvenile division. The JFC dismissed the petition, finding it did not challenge specific budget items as unreasonable. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the JFC's dismissal, holding that the MOE is a minimum funding requirement, not a cap, and that the JFC properly dismissed the petition for lack of specificity and did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend.","primaryTopic":"administrative-law","topicSlugs":["administrative-law","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","governmental-immunity"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=181193","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/the-board-of-commissioners-of-the-county-of-franklin-state-of-missouri-ti-c99010","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"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"},{"slug":"criminal-law","label":"Criminal Law","href":"/practice-areas/criminal-law","score":6,"source":"text","evidence":["text: state of missouri"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/criminal-law"}],"role":"respondent"}]}