Legal Opinion
Whitley Whiz, Inc. v. Whitley County ex rel. Whitley County Fiscal Court
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1991No. 90-SC-156-DGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
We are called upon to construe KRS 424.120(l)(d) and determine its effect upon two competing newspapers which both claim a right to publish the Whitley County Treasurer’s Report, a matter required to be published by KRS 424.220. The trial court and the Court of Appeals, relying exclusively on “its published statement of ownership” (KRS 424.120(l)(d)), held that appel-lee, Thomson Newspapers (Kentucky), Inc., d/b/a The Times Tribune, should prevail because it had a greater paid circulation than appellant, The Whitley Whiz, Inc., d/b/a The Whitley Republican. The courts…
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