Legal Opinion
Bullitt Fiscal Court v. Bullitt County Board of Health
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 19, 2014No. 2013-SC-000023-DGPublished
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by Justice CUNNINGHAM.
“Tobacco is a nasty weed,” allegedly spoke King James I of England in 1604 while in a rather lyrical mood. “Right from the hell they brought the seed. It fouls the mouth and soils the clothes and makes a chimney of the nose.”
Historical Background
Little could King James have envisioned what a dynamic course his “weed” would take over the next four hundred years in America. No state has been more affected by tobacco than Kentucky. From the bur-ley of the central region of the state to the dark tobacco of the far west, Kentucky’s relationship with its…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Bob Hook Chevrolet Isuzu, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Transportation CabinetKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
- Hutchinson v. City of ValdostaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Maynes v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
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