Legal Opinion
Ackerson v. Kentucky Judicial Retirement & Removal Commission
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided October 25, 1991No. Civ. A. 91-0679-L(CS)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SIMPSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Jon W. Ackerson (hereinafter “Ackerson”), is a candidate for election to the office of Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He has brought this action against the Kentucky Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission (hereinafter “Commission”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his freedom of speech, guaranteed by the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, is compromised and chilled by virtue of a canon of the Kentucky Code of Judicial Conduct which regulates campaign conduct of candidates…
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