Mary Fox, Respondents/Cross-Appellants v. State of Missouri, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed the judgment declaring the statutory disclosure requirement constitutionally invalid as applied to defense attorneys and enjoining its enforcement. The court held the requirement compelled noncommercial speech subject to strict scrutiny, which the State failed to satisfy because it did not establish narrow tailoring or the absence of less restrictive alternatives. The court also upheld SB 569 against original-purpose, clear-title, and single-subject challenges by interpreting the statute's term "survivor" in context as limited to victims of sexual assault offenses.