On Nov. 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of Missouri ordered Chesterfield and University City to recognize the Eastern Missouri Coalition of Police, Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 15, as the exclusive bargaining representative and to meet and confer with the union. The Court concluded that Article I, section 29 of the Missouri Constitution guarantees employees in Missouri the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
The ACLU of Eastern Missouri and the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri wrote two amici briefs in support of the union.