Supreme Court of Missouri

BG Olive & Graeser, LLC, and Forsyth Investments, LLC v. City of Creve Coeur, Missouri

December 20, 2022

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri reversed the circuit court’s judgment and quashed the writ of mandamus, holding that the lower court improperly substituted its own discretion for the City’s statutory discretion in denying a conditional use permit and that mandamus cannot compel a discretionary agency decision.