NANCE v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

No. 2010-SC-000202-OA.

336 S.W.3d 70 (2011)

Hon. William Mitchell NANCE, Circuit Court Judge, 43rd Judicial Circuit, Division Two (Family Court), Commonwealth of Kentucky, Petitioner, v. KENTUCKY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF the COURTS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lee Abell , Lexington, KY, Counsel for Petitioner.

James E. Keller , Elizabeth Snow Hughes , Huston Barrow Combs , Gess, Mattingly & Atchison, PSC, Lexington, KY, Cindra Kay Walker , Administrative Office of the Courts, Laurie Rachael Kidd , Director, Administrative Office of the Courts, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Respondent.


Opinion of the Court by Justice NOBLE.

This action arises from a petition filed by Judge William Nance, pursuant to CR 76.36, for a writ enjoining the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to "cease and desist" from unlawful interference with his powers as "appointing authority" for the employees in his office as a circuit family court judge. In March of 2009, the employment of Sharon Travis, the Family Court Administrator for the 43rd Judicial Circuit, where...

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