Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Missouri Cases

Edgar A. Banks sued the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) for sex discrimination and retaliation under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA). The trial court dismissed Banks' claims for failure to state a claim, finding that the KCATA, a bi-state agency created by an interstate compact, was not subject to the MHRA. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the MHRA and the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (KAAD) were not "complementary or parallel" due to differing burdens of proof, thus imposing an impermissible unilateral burden on the KCATA.

Sherry DeJanes Donovan and Gerard Donovan appealed a summary judgment in favor of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) regarding ownership of a parcel of real property. The Donovans claimed ownership by adverse possession and asserted affirmative defenses of laches, waiver, and estoppel, arguing the property was an abandoned easement. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, holding that the KCATA owned the property in fee simple, and that adverse possession, laches, and estoppel claims are barred against public land under section 516.090 RSMo.