Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, Respondents, vs. State of Missouri, Appellants.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Missouri held that it lacks exclusive appellate jurisdiction over the State’s appeal of a preliminary injunction because the appeal does not present a properly preserved claim that the statutes are unconstitutional. Accordingly, the Court transferred the case to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. The decision rests on the requirement that exclusive jurisdiction applies only when a constitutional challenge to a statute is raised, preserved, and presented in the lower court.