DISCLAIMER: Any unofficial case summaries below are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
163650P.pdf 08/07/2017 Ronald Calzone v. Josh Hawley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3650
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Benton, Circuit Judge and Gerrard,
District Judge]
Civil Case - civil rights. In challenge to Mo. Rev. Stat. sec. 304.230.1,
.2 and .7, authorizing roving stops of commercial vehicles for inspection
without probable cause, Calzone lacks standing to sue the governor or
attorney general, but has standing to sue the superintendent of the
Missouri state highway patrol under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 for injunctive and
declaratory relief. The facial challenge fails because the statute may be
applied constitutionally to participants in the commercial trucking
industry under New York v. Burger, 482 U.S. 691 (1987). The district
court's dismissal of the as-applied challenge against the superintendent
for money damages is affirmed, because the superintendent in her official
capacity is not a person under section 1983. The district court erred in
dismissing the as-applied claims against the superintendent for
declaratory and injunctive relief and the case is remanded for further
proceedings to address whether Calzone is a covered farm vehicle under
federal law, whether Missouri's law incorporates the federal regulations,
and whether exemptions under federal and state law apply.