Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided November 9, 2007No. 2006-CA-000526-MRPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ACREE, Judge.
This case reaches the court, for the second time, with a 15-year-long history of litigation. The issue presented is whether the trial court erred, upon remand from the Kentucky Supreme Court and without the Court’s instruction, in revoking an award of post-judgment interest on the basis of sovereign immunity.
In 1992, Brooks initiated a suit against her former employer, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority (Housing Authority) for race discrimination and retaliation in contravention of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA). On October 17, 1997, the Fayette Circuit…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Yanero v. DavisKentucky Supreme Court · 2001
- Brooks v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing AuthorityKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Southern Railway Co. v. CliftSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Mangold v. BaconSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Union Light, Heat & Power Co. v. Blackwell's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
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