Filed Date: 2008
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The Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association filed this lawsuit against the Kentucky Department of Corrections, Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, and Kentucky General Assembly in Franklin County Circuit Court in Kentucky in 2008. The plaintiff, an organization representing Kentucky's 120 county judge/executives, alleged that Kentucky was obligated under state law to compensate counties for time served in county jail by people later convicted of crimes and sentenced to imprisonment in state prisons. The plaintiff asserted that the state's practice of not compensating counties for the cost of housing these incarcerated people was unlawful, arbitrary and capricious, and a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses and similar state constitutional provisions. The plaintiffs sought declaratory relief and attorney's fees and costs. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky ruled against the plaintiff in a lawsuit based on similar grounds in 1969. 938 S.W.2d 582.
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Kevin Decker (6/18/2022)
Caldwell, Brent L. (Kentucky)
Last updated Aug. 30, 2023, 12:51 p.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Kentucky
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Filing Date: 2008
Case Ongoing: No
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Kentucky County Judge Executive Association along with the Fiscal Courts of most or all of Kentucky's Counties
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Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, State
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, State
Kentucky Department of Corrections, State
Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, State
Kentucky General Assembly, State
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Prevailing Party: Unknown
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