Missouri Supreme Court unanimously sides with Creve Coeur in their right to deny a proposed QuikTrip, Dec 21, 2022.
See our previous update which outlines the MO Supreme Court trial decision.
Missouri Supreme Court denies request for a rehearing by counsel in favor of QT.
Recap of events
regarding QuikTrip driven by Gershman Commercial Real Estate attempting to obtain a Conditional Use Permit to build an ultra-high density convenience store/restaurant/gas station at the southwest corner of Graeser and Olive
- Aug 10, 2020 Creve Coeur City Council unanimously rejected providing QuikTrip a CUP (Conditional Use Permit), denying QuikTrip the ability to develop and operate in this location
- Sep 9, 2020 Gershman Realty, led by Creve Coeur resident and long-time Gershman Executive Chairman, Tom Stern, sued the city for discrimination in an attempt to force obtaining the CUP needed to move forward with selling the property to QuikTrip so they could build a mega gas station
- Jul 14, 2021 Circuit Court Judge Nancy Watkins McLaughlin overturned our Creve Coeur City Council’s unanimous decision in favor of Gershman/QuikTrip and ordering Creve Coeur to provide the CUP
- Aug 12, 2021 Creve Coeur appealed this decision in the Missouri Eastern Appellate Court
- May 10, 2022 Appellate Court denied Creve Coeur’s appeal and post-opinion motions
- Jul 9, 2022 Creve Coeur appealed the circuit court’s decision in the Missouri Eastern Supreme Court, SC99619 BG Olive & Graeser LLC and Forsyth Investments LLC v. City of Creve Coeur, Missouri St. Louis County
- Oct 26, 2022 Missouri Supreme Court heard the case
- Dec 21, 2022 MO Supreme Court unanimously sides with Creve Coeur in dispute over proposed QuikTrip
- Jan 4, 2023 Counsel for Gershman in favor of QT requested a rehearing with the MO Supreme Court
- Jan 31, 2023 MO Supreme Court denied a rehearing
You can find more details about the case and links to additional assets on our documents page: http://graeserneighbors.org/documents/