JONES v. HALLAHAN


501 S.W.2d 588 (1973)

Marjorie JONES et al., Appellants, v. James HALLAHAN, Clerk of the Jefferson County Court, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kaplan, Stuart L. Lyon, Louisville, for appellants.

J. Bruce Miller, Louisville, for appellee.


VANCE, Commissioner.

The appellants, each of whom is a female person, seek review of a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court which held that they were not entitled to have issued to them a license to marry each other.

Appellants contend that the failure of the clerk to issue the license deprived them of three basic constitutional rights, namely, the right to marry; the right of association; and the right to free exercise of religion. They also contend that...

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