Gibson v. St. Louis Agricultural & Mechanical Ass'n

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the appointment of a public officer “is a governmental function that cannot be impaired by an employment contract extending beyond the terms of the members of the local governing body”
• “Newman allows an exception, however, where the enabling legislation dearly authorizes the local governing body to make a contract extending beyond its members’ own terms.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).