Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. Wise

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 22, 1961PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BIRD, Chief Justice.

This is an original action in this Court. The Commonwealth seeks to prohibit Ray L. Murphy, Regular Judge of the Campbell Circuit Court and Louis Reuscher, Special Judge of that court, from officiating in the trial of certain penal actions pending on the docket of that court.

The Commonwealth likewise seeks to prohibit William J. Wise, Commonwealth’s Attorney, from performing any of his official duties connected with or related t,o those actions.

The regular judge and the special judge having filed no response to the charges contained in the complaint, it is the judgment of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Breckinridge v. WiseCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961
  2. Moreland v. HelmCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Western Food Plan, Inc. v. District Court in and for City and County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
  2. In the Matter of FergusonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
  3. Sidell v. HillCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1962
  4. Harrison v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1968

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