Supreme Court of Missouri
City of Maryland Heights v. State of Missouri
February 15, 2022
Summary
The Missouri Supreme Court vacated the circuit court’s declaratory judgment and remanded the case, holding that section 115.646 of the Revised Statutes does not infringe officials’ First Amendment speech rights because it regulates the use of public funds, not speech itself, and that the statute’s language is sufficiently clear to avoid a void‑for‑vagueness violation. The Court also affirmed that the lower court erred in granting summary judgment on these constitutional challenges.