Legal Opinion
Wood v. Kirby
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1978PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STERNBERG, Justice.
This is an election contest which resulted from the malfunctioning of one voting machine. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky decided the issues by an opinion rendered on July 22,1977, and a discretionary review was granted by this court on November 14, 1977.
*752In his petition filed in the Muhlenberg Circuit Court Wood charged that by reason of a defective voting machine in one of the voting precincts the votes to which he was entitled were not tabulated to him, thereby reducing the total number of votes to which he was entitled, and had he received those votes he would have…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Harrison v. StroudCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
- Watts v. FugateCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1969
- Little v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Rives v. PettitCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1974
- Wells v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1959
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rubens v. HodgesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
- Helm v. State Election BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- Coomer v. PhelpsKentucky Supreme Court · 2005
- Johns Hopkins Hospital v. Peabody Coal Co.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1996
- Kendrick v. Bailey Vault Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1997
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