JEFFERSON CITY • A Cole County judge on Thursday removed Gov. Jay Nixon from a lawsuit seeking to block state spending on a new football stadium in St. Louis.
Circuit Court Judge Jon Edward Beetem also transferred the case to St. Louis, ruling that the six plaintiffs, all state legislators, had improperly filed in Cole County.
Beetem’s decision clears yet another barrier in Nixon’s effort to build a new downtown football stadium in St. Louis and keep the Rams from leaving for Los Angeles.
Attorneys, however, disagreed on exactly how large the barrier was, and how successfully it had been breached.