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· 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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