9 Kentucky opinions name it 3 courts 1915–2024 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Kentucky courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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Ex Parte Auditor of Public Accountsgreen2 sentences2024Accounts, 609 S.W.2d 682, 688 (Ky. 1980). 2013However, we acknowledged that there is a “gray area in which a line between the legislative prerogatives of the General Assembly and the rule-making authority of the courts is not easy to draw.” Id. at 688 . | 1 | 2 |
Ragland v. Andersongreen2 sentences2023Ragland, 100 S.W. at 866-67 (“It is for the courts to measure the acts of the General Assembly by the standard of the Constitution . . . .”) (emphasis added). 1915In Ragland, etc., v. Anderson, 125 Ky., 141 , we said: “It is for the courts to measure the acts of the General Assembly by the standard of the Constitution, and if they are clearly and unequivocally in contravention of its terms, it becomes the duty of the judiciary to so declare. | 1 | 2 |
Bevin v. Commonwealth ex rel. Besheargreen1 sentence2022Beshear, 563 S.W.3d 74, 83 (Ky. 2018), for the proposition that the General Assembly has explicit power to make its own rules for its own proceedings. | 1 | 1 |
Harris v. Commonwealthgreen1 sentence1998With this also comes the presumption of validity.” Harris v. Commonwealth, Ky.App., 878 S.W.2d 801, 802 (1994). | 1 | 1 |
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Legislative Research Commission v. Fischer
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1 sentence2023And where the plaintiff’s constitutional claim is ultimately determined to have merit, “‘[i]t is within the province and power of the courts to declare void and ineffective for any purpose all [A]cts of the General Assembly in violation of an express provision of the Constitution.’” Id. at 918-19 . | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Varney v. Justice
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2 sentences1931When they threw off the supervising government of the mother country, it was because they were denied equality of representation; or, as they then expressed the evil, they had imposed upon them taxation without representation. ’ ’ The Constitution, in all of its terms, breathes the spirit of command (Varney v. Justice, 86 Ky. 596 , 6 S. W. 457 , 9 Ky. Law Rep. 743 ; McCreary v. Speer, 156 Ky. 783 , 162 S. W. 99 ), and, while the people must depend upon the patriotism and consciences of the legislators, *809 under the pressure of a sound public opinion, for the enactment of laws to accord with 1931When they threw off the supervising government of the mother country, it was because they were denied equality of representation; or, as they then expressed the evil, they had imposed upon them taxation without representation. ’ ’ The Constitution, in all of its terms, breathes the spirit of command (Varney v. Justice, 86 Ky. 596 , 6 S. W. 457 , 9 Ky. Law Rep. 743 ; McCreary v. Speer, 156 Ky. 783 , 162 S. W. 99 ), and, while the people must depend upon the patriotism and consciences of the legislators, *809 under the pressure of a sound public opinion, for the enactment of laws to accord with | 1 | 1931–1931 |
McCreary v. Speer
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2 sentences1931When they threw off the supervising government of the mother country, it was because they were denied equality of representation; or, as they then expressed the evil, they had imposed upon them taxation without representation. ’ ’ The Constitution, in all of its terms, breathes the spirit of command (Varney v. Justice, 86 Ky. 596 , 6 S. W. 457 , 9 Ky. Law Rep. 743 ; McCreary v. Speer, 156 Ky. 783 , 162 S. W. 99 ), and, while the people must depend upon the patriotism and consciences of the legislators, *809 under the pressure of a sound public opinion, for the enactment of laws to accord with 1931When they threw off the supervising government of the mother country, it was because they were denied equality of representation; or, as they then expressed the evil, they had imposed upon them taxation without representation. ’ ’ The Constitution, in all of its terms, breathes the spirit of command (Varney v. Justice, 86 Ky. 596 , 6 S. W. 457 , 9 Ky. Law Rep. 743 ; McCreary v. Speer, 156 Ky. 783 , 162 S. W. 99 ), and, while the people must depend upon the patriotism and consciences of the legislators, *809 under the pressure of a sound public opinion, for the enactment of laws to accord with | 1 | 1931–1931 |
Grimes v. Central Life Insurance
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2 sentences1929Grimes v. Central Life Insurance Co., 172 Ky. 18 ( 188 S. W. 901 ), but no intention must be read into it which is not justified by the language used. 1929Grimes v. Central Life Insurance Co., 172 Ky. 18 ( 188 S. W. 901 ), but no intention must be read into it which is not justified by the language used. | 1 | 1929–1929 |
Bohannon v. City of Louisville
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2 sentences1929It was said, in the case of Bohannon v. City of Louisville, 193 Ky. 276 , 235 S. W. 750 , that, in the construction of acts of the General Assembly this rule should prevail: “The best means, in most instances, to ascertain the intention of the legislature, is to look to the language made use of by it in the statute. 1929It was said, in the case of Bohannon v. City of Louisville, 193 Ky. 276 , 235 S. W. 750 , that, in the construction of acts of the General Assembly this rule should prevail: “The best means, in most instances, to ascertain the intention of the legislature, is to look to the language made use of by it in the statute. | 1 | 1929–1929 |
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