Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. City of Villa Hills, Ky.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2011No. 09-6442PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth 0. Kennedy was embroiled in a zoning dispute about the expansion of a strip mall next to his home. In May 2005, he approached Joseph Schutzman, a police officer and building inspector, in the Villa Hills city building. Refusing to speak to Kennedy, Schutzman left the city building. Kennedy told nearby city workers in the building that “that son of a bitch [Schutzman] broke all of the zoning laws.” Schutzman ran back inside and twice asked Kennedy what he had said. Kennedy then called Schutzman a “fat slob,” and Schutzman responded by arresting…
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