Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 21, 1975PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
The question in issue on this appeal concerns what transitional and permanent structuring of the Jefferson County Board of Education shall follow a merger of the Louisville Independent School District with the Jefferson County School District. The circuit court held unconstitutional, as constituting local and special legislation prohibited by Section 59 of the Kentucky Constitution, certain statutes making special provisions for such structuring where an independent school district embracing a city of the first class (of which Louisville is the only one) merges with the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- BOARD OF ED. OF JEFFERSON CO. v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
- Sims v. Board of Education of Jefferson County, Ky.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
- Latham v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Ditty v. HamptonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1973
- Reid v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jefferson County Board of Education v. Fell ex rel. L.F.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2012
- Commonwealth v. HowardKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
- Probus v. SirlesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1978
- Commonwealth ex rel. Hancock v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1975
- Russell Coleman, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jefferson County Board of EducationKentucky Supreme Court · 2025