Legal Opinion
McClure v. Augustus
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 2002No. 2001-SC-0028-DGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSTONE, Justice.
In this case we address the issue of whether the scheme for terminating the employment of deputy sheriffs established in the Deputy-Sheriff Merit Board statutes, KRS 70.260 et seq., is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers doctrine. We conclude that it is not and, therefore, reverse the Court of Appeals.
I. Facts and Procedural History
On July 21, 1998, Sheriff Frank Augustus terminated Ronald McClure’s employment as a McCracken County deputy sheriff. McClure subsequently requested a hearing before the McCracken County Deputy Sheriff Merit Board (Merit…
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