BERNARD v. RUSSELL COUNTY AIR BD.


718 S.W.2d 123 (1986)

Lester A. BERNARD and Lacona Bernard, Movants, v. RUSSELL COUNTY AIR BOARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Corrected November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gail Wilson, Robert L. Bertram, Jamestown, for movants.

Gordon T. Germain, Monticello, for respondent.

William L. Sullivan, Dorsey, Sullivan, King & Gray, Henderson, amicus curiae for Kentucky Aviation Assn.

Wilbert L. Ziegler, Covington, amicus curiae for Kenton Co. Airport Bd., Inc.

Sandra Mendez-Dawahare, Lexington, amicus curiae for Lexington and Fayette County Urban Airport Bd.

T. Kennedy Helm, Jr., Louisville, amicus curiae for Regional Airport Authority of Louisville and Jefferson County.


STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Kentucky Court of Appeals' affirmance of the decision of the Russell Circuit Court, holding that the Russell County Air Board had authority to instigate condemnation proceedings against movants' property.

Two issues are raised by this appeal: whether the Russell County Air Board was a legally constituted organization, and if so, whether it had the right to instigate condemnation proceedings in its own name...

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