DECISION SUMMARY: Budget request is unreasonable based on identical issue previously decided in Cooper County v. Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, No. 01-0059. Request for attorney's fees by the circuit court is denied.

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NOTE: The Supreme Court of Missouri reviewed this decision in Cooper County, by its governing body, the County Commission of Cooper County, Missouri v. Circuit Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, 124 S.W.3d 466 (Mo. banc 2004).