Baker v. Strode

OPINION

JAMES F. GORDON, District Judge.

This action arises pursuant to 28 U. S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, 2201-2202, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to have declared as invalid, under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Kentucky Constitution, a portion of a Kentucky State statute commonly denominated as the “Rollback Law,” specifically Section 160.470(2) thereof, as well as other related statutes to that section and to enjoin their enforcement. This three-judge panel was empaneled pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284 to determine the…