Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL, ) BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, and BOY ) SCOUTS OF AMERICA, ) ) Relators, ) ) No. SC94942 v. ) ) THE HONORABLE CHARLES H. ) MCKENZIE, JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT ) OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI ) ) Respondent. ) BRIEF OF RELATORS HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HEPLERBROOM LLC GERARD T. NOCE #27636 [email protected] JUSTIN L. ASSOUAD #48576 [email protected] 211 North Broadway, Suite 2700 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 314/241-6160 314/241-6116 – Facsimile ATTORNEYS FOR RELATORS HEART OF AMERICA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages TABLE OF CASES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES .....................................ii JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT................................................................1 STATEMENT OF FACTS..............................................................................2 POINTS RELIED ON .....................................................................................7 ARGUMENT...................................................................................................10 STANDARD OF REVIEW APPLICABLE TO ALL POINTS .....................10 CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................45 APPENDIX (electronically filed separately) ..................................................46 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER AND COMPLIANCE ................................51 i Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM TABLE OF CASES & OTHER AUTHORITIES Pages Anderson v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc., 589 N.E.2d 892 (Ill. App. Ct. 1992)................................................................34 Bernie v. Blue Cloud Abbey, 821 N.W.2d 224 (S.D. 2012)...........................................................................28 Betz v. Columbia Telephone Co., 24 S.W.2d 224 (Mo. App. 1930) .....................................................................26 Boy 1 v. Boy Scouts of America, No. C10–1912–RSM, 2014 WL 64168 (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 8, 2014)..........35 Cervisour v. Hendrix, 136 S.W.2d 404 (Mo. App. 1940) ..................................................................26 Cluck v. Union Pac. R. Co., 367 S.W.3d 25 (Mo. banc 2012), reh'g denied (July 3, 2012), cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 932 (2013).......................................................................................36-37 Dalba v. YMCA of Greater St. Louis, 69 S.W.3d 137 (Mo. App. 2002) .....................................................................21 Daugherty v. Allee’s Sports Bar & Grill, 260 S.W.3d 869 (Mo. App. 2008) ...................................................................37 ii Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages Dempsey v. Johnston, 299 S.W.3d 704 (Mo. App. 2009) ...................................................................18, 27 Destefano v. Grabrian, 763 P.2d 275 (Colo.1988)................................................................................39 Doe v. Boy Scouts of America, No. 2-13-012, 2014 IL App (2d) 130121 (Ill. App. Ct. Jan. 24, 2014)...........34 Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, 862 S.W.2d 338 (Mo. banc 1993) ...................................................................7, 10, 21-22 Doe HL v. James, No. 4:05-cv-2032 CAS, 2006 WL 6677124 (E.D. Mo. Aug. 15, 2006) .........28 Gibson v. Brewer, 952 S.W.2d 239 (Mo. banc 1997) ...................................................................8-9, 28, 31, 37, 42-44 Glover By & Through Dyson v. Boy Scouts of America, 923 P.2d 1383 (Utah 1996) .............................................................................34 Gordon v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc., No. 27754–2–III, 153 Wash.App. 1043 (Wash. Ct. App. Dec. 22, 2009) ......35 Hobbs v. Boy Scouts of America, 152 S.W.3d 367 (Mo. App. 2004) ...................................................................8, 32-34 iii Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages Holden v. Antom, Inc., 930 S.W.2d 526 (Mo. App. 1996) ...................................................................21 H.R.B. v. J.L.G., 18 S.W.3d 440 (Mo. App. 2000) .....................................................................8, 27-28, 38-39 John Roe No.1 v. Boy Scouts of America Corp., No. 35155, 147 Con.App. 622 (Conn. App. Ct. Jan. 21, 2014) ......................34 Juarez v. Boy Scouts of America, Inc., 97 Cal. Rptr. 2d 12 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000).........................................................39 Kaplan v. U.S. Bank, N.A., 166 S.W.3d 60 (Mo. App. 2003) .....................................................................30 Kelly v. Marcantonio, 678 A.2d 873 (R.I. 1996).................................................................................28 Klemme v. Best, 941 S.W.2d 493 (Mo. banc 1997) ...................................................................15, 19, 20 Maryland Cas. Co. v. Huger, 728 S.W.2d 574 (Mo. App. 1987) ...................................................................37 Mattes v. Black & Veatch, 828 S.W.2d 903 (Mo. App. 1992) ...................................................................5 n. 2, 36 n. 7 iv Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages Mauch v. Kissling, 783 P.2d 601 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989) ..............................................................34 M.L. v. Civil Air Patrol, 806 F. Supp. 845 (E.D. Mo. 1992) ..................................................................9, 32-33, 41-43 N.K. v. Corp. of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 307 P.3d 730 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013) ..............................................................35 O’Lear v. Boy Scouts of America., 821 N.Y.S2d 903 (N.Y. App. Div. 2006)........................................................35 O’Reilly v. Dock, 929 S.W.2d 297 (Mo. App. 1996) ...................................................................19 Powel v. Chaminade College Prepatory, Inc., 197 S.W.3d 576, 584 (Mo. banc 2006) ...........................................................13, 19 Presley v. Central Terminal Co., 142 S.W.2d 799 (Mo. App. 1940) ...................................................................30 n. 6 P.S. v. Psychiatric Coverage, Ltd., 887 S.W.622 (Mo. App. 1994) ........................................................................9, 37-39 v Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages Roe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp., No. HHDCV095033135S, 2012 WL 3933184 (Conn. Super. Ct. Aug. 16, 2012)....................................................................34 Sandoval v. Archdiocese of Denver, 8 P.3d 598 (Co. App. 2000).............................................................................28 Santa v. Williams, No. 1-12-1905, 2013 IL App (1st) 121905-U (Ill. App. Ct. June 18, 2013)...34 State ex rel. KCP & L Greater Mo. Operations Co. v. Cook, 353 S.W.3d 14 (Mo. App. 2011) .....................................................................10 State ex rel. Marianist Province of the U.S. v. Ross, 258 S.W.3d 809 (Mo. banc 2008) ...................................................................7-8, 10-11, 18-19, 26-27, 50, A1385, A1387 State ex rel. Wright v. Carter, 319 S.W.2d 596 (Mo. banc 1958) ...................................................................25 Studebaker v. Nettie’s Flower Garden, Inc., 842 S.W.2d 227 (Mo. App. 1992) ...................................................................31 vi Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages TNT Speed & Sport Ctr., Inc. v. Am. States Ins. Co., 114 F.3d 731 (8th Cir. 1997) ...........................................................................25 Walker v. Barrett, 650 F.3d 1198 (8th Cir. 2011) .........................................................................8, 16-17, 20, 28 Walker v. Barrett, 2010 WL 363865 (W.D. Mo. 2010)................................................................25-28, A1388-1397 Wellman v. Pacer Oil Co., 504 S.W.2d 55 (Mo. 1973)..............................................................................37-38 White v. Zubres, 222 S.W.3d 272 (Mo. banc 2007) ...................................................................10 Wilson v. Boy Scouts of America, 784 F.Supp. 1422 (E.D. Mo. 1991) .................................................................33, 44 Wilson v. St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 845 S.W.2d 568 (Mo. App. 1992) ...................................................................9, 29-30, 33-34 vii Electronically Filed - SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI August 26, 2015 03:24 PM Pages Statutes and Other Authorities Article V, § 4 of the Missouri Constitution.....................................................1 MO. REV. STAT. § 1.090 ..................................................................................25 MO. REV. STAT. § 516.120 ..............................................................................7, 25, 50 A1380- A1381 MO. REV. STAT. § 516.140 ..............................................................................7, 12, 17 50, A1382 MO. REV. STAT. § 516.170 ..............................................................................12, 18 MO. REV. STAT. § 537.036 ..............................................................................26