Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ashcraft
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided April 5, 1985PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESTER, Judge.
This is an appeal on behalf of the Commonwealth from a judgment of the Owen Circuit Court which found KRS 161.190 unconstitutional.
That statute provides as follows:
No person shall upbraid, insult or abuse any teacher of the public schools in the presence of the school or in the presence of a pupil of the school.
The appellee, Ed Ashcraft, was charged with violating this section on the basis of statements made by him to'‘his daughter’s teacher in the presence of several students. The teacher alleged that Mr. Ashcraft made various demands upon her, refused to discuss the matter…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- State Board for Elementary & Secondary Education v. HowardKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
- Shoemaker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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