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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.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Ex Parte Auditor of Public Accountsgreen
ky · 1980 · cited in 2 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2013–2024
2 sentences

2024Accounts, 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 .

12
Ragland v. Andersongreen
kyctapp · 1907 · cited in 2 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 1915–2023
2 sentences

2023Ragland, 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.

12
Bevin v. Commonwealth ex rel. Besheargreen
moctapp · 2018 · cited in 1 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022Beshear, 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.

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Harris v. Commonwealthgreen
kyctapp · 1994 · cited in 1 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 1998–1998
1 sentence

1998With this also comes the presumption of validity.” Harris v. Commonwealth, Ky.App., 878 S.W.2d 801, 802 (1994).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kentucky. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Legislative Research Commission v. Fischer green
ky · 2012
1 sentence

2023And 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 .

12023–2023
Varney v. Justice green
kyctapp · 1888
2 sentences

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

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

11931–1931
McCreary v. Speer green
kyctapp · 1914
2 sentences

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

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

11931–1931
Grimes v. Central Life Insurance green
kyctapp · 1916
2 sentences

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.

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.

11929–1929
Bohannon v. City of Louisville green
kyctapp · 1921
2 sentences

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.

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.

11929–1929

Where else courts name it

OH 12 (1977–2020) KY 9 (1915–2024) IL 8 (1917–2018) CO 6 (1983–2016) PA 6 (1939–2023) NC 5 (1934–2010) VA 5 (1995–2026) MD 4 (1998–2019) GA 4 (1977–1997) SC 4 (1951–2025) AR 2 (1986–1998)

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