NOBLE v. MEAGHER


686 S.W.2d 458 (1985)

James H. NOBLE, Movant/Appellant, v. Virginia MEAGHER; Hon. Ray Corns, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court; Drexell R. Davis, Secretary of State; Margaret McPherson, Clerk, Breathitt County; Anna M. Baker, Clerk, Powell County; S. Kenneth Lindon, Clerk, Wolfe County, Respondents/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester H. Burns, Jr., Burnside, for movant.

Michael R. Moloney, Margaret H. Kannensohn, Lexington, for Virginia Meagher.

Michael A. Stidham, Jackson, for Breathitt County Clerk.

Ann Z. Stewart, Frankfort, for Drexell Davis.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the judgment of the circuit court holding that candidate Noble did not meet the required residency qualifications for the position of district judge in the Thirty-ninth Judicial District composed of Breathitt, Powell and Wolfe counties.

The critical issue is whether KRS 118.176 applies to non-partisan judicial races and whether the suit challenging the residency qualifications...

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