Washer One, Inc. v. Commonwealth ex rel. Division of Unemployment Insurance

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Washer One, Inc., operated a car-washing establishment in Paris, Kentucky, in which it used four employees, and thus was subject to the Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Law. See KRS 341.070. The company refused, however, to submit to the law by paying the required tax or even by filling out any forms. As a result, the Division of Unemployment Insurance brought action against the company and its principal stockholder to enjoin operation of the car-wash establishment until the law was complied with. The defendants pleaded unconstitutionality of the law. Judgment was…