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Comparative Constitutional Law Keyed to Sutton, 5th Ed.
Cooperative Home Care, Inc v. City of St. Louis
Citation:
514 S.W.3d 571 (2017)Facts
On August 28, 2015, St. Louis enacted Ordinance 70078, which established a series of four graduated increases to the minimum wage for employees working within the physical boundaries of St. Louis, beginning on October 15, 2015 at $8.25 per hour and ending on January 1, 2018 at $11 per hour. The ordinance provided for annual inflation adjustments beginning January 1, 2021, and stated that if the state or federal minimum wage rate exceeded the local rate, the higher rate would apply. On September 14, 2015, Cooperative Home Care and other plaintiffs filed a petition seeking declaratory judgment that the ordinance was invalid and injunctive relief to prevent enforcement. Plaintiffs alleged the ordinance was preempted by section 290.502 (Missouri’s minimum wage law), section 67.1571 (prohibiting local minimum wages exceeding state minimum), and section 71.010 (requiring local laws to conform to state law), and that the ordinance exceeded the city’s charter authority.
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