Pyro Mining Co. v. Kentucky Commission On Human Rights

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Pyro Mining Company brought a declaratory judgment action in Franklin Circuit Court challenging the authority of the Commission on Human Rights to maintain a class action. The trial court determined that the Commission had statutory authority to maintain a class action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the trial court.

During a period of five months in 1980, six women filed with the Commission complaints against Pyro alleging discrimination in employment on the basis of…