Case Name: Melody SPENCER and Kevin Schnell, Appellants, v. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, et al., Respondents
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-10-16
Citations: 388 S.W.3d 540
Docket Number: No. WD 74202
Parties: Melody SPENCER and Kevin Schnell, Appellants, v. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, et al., Respondents.
Judges: Before: JOSEPH M. ELLIS, P.J., and JAMES E. WELSH and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 388
Pages: 540–541

Head Matter:
Melody SPENCER and Kevin Schnell, Appellants, v. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS, et al., Respondents.
No. WD 74202.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Oct. 16, 2012.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied Nov. 20, 2012.
Application for Transfer Denied Jan. 29, 2013.
Lyle M. Gregory, Raymore, MO, for appellant.
James R. Layton, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.
Before: JOSEPH M. ELLIS, P.J., and JAMES E. WELSH and ALOK AHUJA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Melody Spencer and Kevin Schnell, former Kansas City police officers, were terminated by the Board of Police Commissioners. They sued the Board for violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act, ch. 213, RSMo, and for breach of contract. The Board moved for summary judgment, alleging (among other things) that Spencer and Schnell's suit was barred by res judi-cata or claim preclusion, because Spencer and Schnell had separately litigated to final judgment lawsuits seeking judicial review of their terminations. See Spencer v. Zobrist, 323 S.W.3d 391 (Mo.App. W.D.2010); Schnell v. Zobrist, 323 S.W.3d 403 (Mo.App. W.D.2010). The Circuit Court of Daviess County granted summary judgment to the Board. Spencer and Schnell appeal. We affirm. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, an unpublished memorandum setting forth the reasons for this order has been provided to the parties. Rule 84.16(b).