Ky. Rev. Stat. § 344.120

Refusal to rent or sell public accommodations unlawful

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Except as otherwise provided in KRS 344.140 and 344.145, it is an unlawful practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, as defined in KRS 344.130, on the ground of disability, race, color, religion, or national origin. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 12, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 2, Art. 4, sec. 401.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2000–2026 · leading case: 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023) scotus “§ 44–1001 (2021); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 344.120 , 344.145 (West 2018); La.”
Commonwealth v. Pendennis Club, Inc. (2004) ky · cites it 6× “130 exempts private clubs from KRS 344.120, 14 but not from the entire chapter.”
Hyman v. City of Louisville (2001) kywd · cites it 2× “040, access to public accommodations, see KRS § 344.120, housing, see KRS § 344.360, and education, see KRS § 344.”
Jackson v. Murray States University (2011) kywd · cites it 2× “See KRS §§ 344.120, 344.150. Despite this statutory framework, Jackson has failed to show that he followed the procedure set forth in 42 U.”
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023) scotus “§44–1001 (2021); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§344.120 , 344.145 (West 2018); La.”
Gati v. W. Ky. Univ. (2017) kywd · cites it 2× “Claims Against WKU Gati has asserted claims against WKU under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA), and the Rehabilitation Act. (D.N. 1-1) The KCRA makes it unlawful for a person to deny an individual "the full and equal enjoyment of…”
Kreate v. Disabled American Veterans (2000) kyctapp “KRS 344.120. Rotary clubs, Jaycees, Kiwanis clubs, Little League, Boys Clubs, and the Boy Scouts, among others, have all sought exemption from Title II or state-law counterparts on the ground that they are distinctly private membership associations and not public accommodations.”
Tremaine Cary v. The Cordish Co. (2018) ca6 · cites it 7× “” Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 344.120 . Cordish removed the action to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction, since the plaintiffs are citizens of Kentucky and Cordish is a citizen of Maryland.”
Willis v. 8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen (2024) kywd · cites it 7× “2 Willis makes a brief mention to KRS 344.120 in her Amended Complaint, but in a heading above the paragraph she labeled the following: “False arrest/unlawful detention, defamation, violation of 42 U.”
E.M.J. v. Garrard County Board of Education (2019) kyed · cites it 6× “130 defines “place of public accommodation,” but KRS 344.120 provides the substantive prohibition and (presumably) the foundation for Plaintiff’s Count IV.”
Hinton v. American Airlines, Inc. (2024) kywd · cites it 5× “KRS 344.120. The KCRA defines the term “placement of public accommodation” to include “any place, store, or other establishment, either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public .”
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission v. Hands-On Originals (2019) ky · cites it 3× “Neither the ordinance nor KRS 344.120, the statute incorporated into the ordinance, defines the word individual.”
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