BRUCE v. SCEARCE

No. 73 C 861 (4).

390 F.Supp. 297 (1975)

Dr. Helen BRUCE et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. Elliott SCEARCE, Director of Personnel, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

February 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Buckley, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Walsh, Howe & Ebert, Eugene P. Walsh, Clayton, Mo., for defendants.


OPINION

NANGLE, District Judge.

This action determines whether Article VIII, Section 8 of the Charter of the City of St. Louis ("City"), Missouri, limiting the annual salaries of City employees and officials to $25,000.00, violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The action has been tried to the Court sitting without a jury.

Plaintiffs are seven officials employed...

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