1983 Budget for Circuit Court St. Louis

Petitioner, St. Louis County, seeks review of a decision of the Judicial Finance Commission (Commission) finding petitioner legally obligated to appropriate funds for the purchase of professional liability insurance for respondents, the Judges of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit. We have jurisdiction under Mo. Const. art. V, § 4, and § 477.600.7, RSMo Cum. Supp. 1983. In accordance with § 477.600.7, we review the decision of the Commission de novo. We reverse. We adopt the Commission's findings of fact, summarized herein: