· 11/25/1997
Akin v. Missouri Gaming Commission
Citations
- 956 S.W.2d 261
- 1997 Mo. LEXIS 96
- 1997 WL 731420
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- refusing prospective-only application of a decision to entities that clearly had notice of the litigation and therefore, could not have reasonably relied
- refusing prospective-only application of a decision to entities that clearly had notice of the litigation and therefore, could not have reasonably relied
- “every word employed in the constitution is to be expounded in its plain, obvious, and common-sense meaning”
- use of the plain, ordinary meaning of a word used in the constitution “reflects the common sense of the people”
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Judges: Benton
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