153400P.pdf   12/09/2016  Mike MacMann  v.  Mike Matthes
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3400
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Arnold and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Constitutional law. In an action alleging the City of 
   Columbia, Missouri and its City Manager violated plaintiff's rights by 
   interfering with their participation in a municipal referendum process to 
   repeal two ordinances passed by the City Council in connection with a 
   student-housing development project to be built by a third-party 
   developer, the district court did not err in determining plaintiffs' 
   rights to challenge the ordinances was defined and limited by the City 
   Charter; the City did not violate the City Charter or interfere with 
   resident's referendum rights by adopting the second ordinance at issue; 
   the City could repeal the first ordinance rather than submitting it to a 
   vote, and the City could enact the second ordinance while the first 
   ordinance was pending; Charter does not give residents the power to 
   challenge the issuance of construction-related permits by City 
   administrative departments, and the issuance of permits upon the 
   submission of valid permit applications did not violate the residents' 
   rights under the Charter; plaintiffs' First and Fourteenth Amendment 
   challenges were properly rejected.