ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF KENTUCKY v. COM.

No. 95-SC-53-TG.

912 S.W.2d 947 (1995)

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF KENTUCKY, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky; Chris Gorman, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Kentucky; George E. Barker, Chair, Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission; Livingston Taylor, Chairman, Executive Branch Ethics Commission, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Leathers, Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation, Lexington, for appellant.

Chris Gorman, Attorney General, William B. Pettus, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Susan Gormley Tipton, Michael A. Bennett, Kentucky Legislative Ethics Comm., Lori Flanery, Executive Branch Ethics Comm., Frankfort, for appellees.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

The Kentucky Code of Legislative Ethics and the Executive Branch Code of Ethics are challenged as being unconstitutional under the Constitutions of both Kentucky and the United States.

This action was initiated in Franklin Circuit Court by the Associated Industries of Kentucky, which is a statewide association of employers who do business in this state with the purpose of providing a wide range of services relating to legislative and governmental...

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