ELR Citation: ELR 20495
No(s). 72-1514 (8th Cir. Apr 30, 1973)

The Eighth Circuit finds there is no right of annexation under federal law or the United States Constitution. Refusal to annex a residential area completely encircled by a city purely because of the poverty of its residents is not a denial of equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, nor is i...