Legal Opinion
Legislative Research Commission v. Fischer
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 2012No. 2012-SC-000091-TG, 2012-SC-000092-TGPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice MINTON.
Applying legal precedent established nearly twenty years ago in Fischer v. State *908Bd. of Elections1 (Fischer II), the trial court found the legislative redistrieting plans of House Bill 12 facially unconstitutional and issued a temporary injunction preventing the Kentucky Secretary of State and the Kentucky State Board of Elections from implementing the legislative districts created by the Bill. The Legislative Research Commission (LRC) appealed the trial court’s decision, and we granted immediate transfer of the appeal to this Court.
The LRC asks us…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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