Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cowan v. Telcom Directories, Inc.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 1991No. 90-SC-223-DGPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN DAVID COLE, Special Justice.
The question before the Court is whether the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act is preempted by the U.S. Postal Service regulations dealing with nonmailable materials.
The Attorney General in the complaint, as amended, alleges Appellee Telcom Directories, Inc. (hereinafter Telcom) engaged in a course of conduct that was unfair, false, misleading and deceptive in violation of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act, KRS 367.170.
Telcom is a Nevada corporation that has as its only contact with this state the direct mail solicitation of business. This is done in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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