Florence SOWDERS et al., Appellants,
v.
George ATKINS et al., Appellees.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 18, 1983.
Rehearing Denied March 24, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Oliver H. Barber, Jr., C. Thomas Hectus, Thomas J. Banaszynski, Louisville, for appellants.
Redford H. Coleman, Collier, Arnett & Coleman, Elizabethtown, Aubrey R. Mooney, Dixon, Michael Caudill, Bowling Green, Charles Wickliffe, George Wilson, Com'r, Bureau of Corrections, George Atkins, Secretary, Dept. of Finance, Barbara W. Jones, Gen. Counsel for the Corrections Cabinet, Frankfort, Peter Sewell, Louisville, Walter Chyle, Jr., Morgantown, Robert J. Beale, Louisville, J. Chester Porter, Shepherdsville, Max W. Parker, County Atty., Murray, R. Michael Grant, Asst. Clark County Atty., Winchester, Natty Bumppo, Edmonson County Atty., Brownsville, David T. Enlow, Asst. Fayette County Atty., Julius Rather, Lexington, Eric D. Hall, Asst. County Atty., Prestonsburg, William A. Young, Frankfort, Clarence Davis, Judge Executive, Warsaw, Jan C. Costello, Carole B. Shauffer, Mark I. Soler, San Francisco, Cal., William Probus, Harrison County Atty., Cynthiana, William A. Hoskins, III, Lexington, John R. Cox, Morehead, Howard Downing, Nicholasville, Charles J. Riedinger, Vanceburg, Thomas F. Carroll, Monticello, Thomas H. Bugg, Clinton, Robert M. Kirtley, Owensboro, W.S. Greenwell, Marion, George McClure, Danville, Bruce R. Hamilton, LaGrange, David L. Broderick, Bowling Green, Kentucky Ass'n of Counties, Frankfort, John L. Ackman, Jr., Williamstown, James S. Secrest, Scottsville, Martin Z. Kasdan, Stanley Stratford, Dept. for Human Resources, Frankfort, James W. Pike, LaGrange, Paris Swinford, Pineville, Buddy Adams, Secretary, Dept. for Human Resources, Frankfort, Lynn M. Bynum, Louisville, Charles K. Belhasen, Johnson County Atty., Paintsville, R. Elfers, Covington, Elmer Cunnagin, Jr., Laurel County Atty., London, Larry Kelley, Lee County Atty., Beattyville, Wayne Bowling, Whitesburg, Charles T. Mattingly, Marion County Atty., Lebanon, W.E. Quisenberry, Sr., McLean County Atty., Calhoun, Bernard PaFunda, Pikeville, John L. Cox, Jr., Cox & Fain, Stanton, Carl R. Clontz, Mount Vernon, Clay McKnight, Scott County Atty., Georgetown, John E. Spainhour, Shepherdsville, Robert M. Coots, Spencer County Atty., Taylorsville, Bobby K. True, Tromble County Atty., Bedford, Robert R. Baker, Stanford, Jerry P. Vincent, Catlettsburg, Teddy L. Flynt, Magoffin County Atty., Salyersville, Joseph S. Elder, II, Lohman & Elder, Louisville, for appellees.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
STEPHENSON, Justice.
This appeal comes to us by transfer from the Court of Appeals, CR 76.18. The trial court declined to certify a class action and dismissed as to all defendants. We affirm.
Ten juveniles, residents of six different counties, filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court. The defendants are approximately 150 or more county jailers and county judge-executives in 78 counties. Additional defendants are George Adkins, secretary, Department of Finance...
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