City of Louisville v. Slack

A court dealing with a challenge to the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly must “necessarily begin with the strong presumption in favor of constitutionality and should so hold if possible.” Brooks v. Island Creek Coal Co., Ky.App., 678 S.W.2d 791, 792 (1984). Due process or equal protection is violated “only if the resultant classifications or deprivations of liberty rest on grounds wholly irrelevant to a reasonable state objective.” Kentucky Association of Chiropractors, Inc. v. Jefferson Co. Medical Society, Ky., 549 S.W.2d 817, 822 (1977). “When economic and business…