PYRO MINING CO. v. KY. COM'N ON HUMAN RIGHTS


678 S.W.2d 393 (1984)

PYRO MINING COMPANY, Movant, v. The KENTUCKY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon L. Fleischaker, Susan T. Barnett, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, for movant.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Chenoweth, Linda Carnes Wimberly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Thomas A. Ebendorf, Louisville, for respondent.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

Pyro Mining Company brought a declaratory judgment action in Franklin Circuit Court challenging the authority of the Commission on Human Rights to maintain a class action. The trial court determined that the Commission had statutory authority to maintain a class action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the trial court.

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