Stansbury v. Maupin

PALMORE, Chief Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether the legislative body of a city has the authority to issue a subpoena to assist an investigation into the conduct of its mayor. We hold, as did the trial court, that it does not.

On August 2, 1978, the Board of Aider-men of the City of Louisville adopted a resolution creating a Select Committee of its members “to conduct an investigation and study of the extent, if any, to which illegal, improper or unethical activities were engaged in by the Mayor of the City of Louisville, William B. Stansbury, acting either individually or in…