Claudia Maclachlan and Pulitzer Publishing

This is an appeal from a judgment against appellants, Claudia MacLachlan and the Pulitzer Publishing Company, on their Petition for Permanent Injunction brought pursuant to Chapter 610 of the Missouri Revised Statutes. Appellants sought to enjoin respondents, who collectively form the Annexation Study Commission, from holding meetings that are closed to the public. We reverse. Appellants in this action are the Pulitzer Publishing Company, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Claudia MacLachlan, a reporter for the Post-Dispatch. Respondents are the twelve members of the Annexation Study Commission (Commission). 1