JENSEN v. KENTUCKY STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 96-SC-000291-TG.

959 S.W.2d 771 (1997)

Thomas L. JENSEN, Appellant, v. KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS and Secretary of State of Kentucky, John Y. Brown, III and Attorney General of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler, III and Jody Richards as a Member of Kentucky House of Representatives, as Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives and on behalf of Legislative Research Commission, Legislative Research Commission, Jefferson County Board of Elections, Rebecca Jackson, Jefferson County Clerk, James M. Vaughn, Jefferson County Sheriff, Warren County Board of Elections, Yvonne Guy, Warren County Clerk, and Jerry Gaines, Warren County Sheriff, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended May 29, 1997.

As Modified September 4, 1997.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Graves, September 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor B. Maddox, John David Dyche, Tachau, Maddox & Hovious, Louisville, for Appellant Thomas L. Jensen.

A.B. Chandler, III, Atty. Gen., Scott White, Office of the Attorney General, Civil & Environmental Law Division, Frankfort, for Appellees Kentucky State Board of Elections; Secretary of State of Kentucky, John Y. Brown, III; and Attorney General of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler, III.

David L. Yewell, David C. Condon, Rummage, Kamuf, Yewell, Pace & Condon, Owensboro, for Appellees Jody Richards as a Member of Kentucky House of Representatives; Jody Richards as Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives; Jody Richards, on Behalf of Legislative Research Commission; and Legislative Research Commission.

Samuel D. Hinkle, IV, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Louisville, Robert W. Kellerman, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Frankfort, for Appellees Jefferson County Board of Elections; Rebecca Jackson, as Jefferson County Clerk; and James M. Vaughn as Jefferson County Sheriff.

Patrick C. Roemer, Asst. Warren County Atty., Bowling Green, for Appellees Warren County Board of Elections; Yvonne Guy as Warren County Clerk; and Jerry Gaines as Warren County Sheriff.


COOPER, Justice.

This appeal is the latest chapter in the Kentucky General Assembly's effort to redistrict itself in accordance with the 1990 census and Section 33 of the Constitution of Kentucky. See, Fischer v. State Board of Elections, Ky., 847 S.W.2d 718 (1993) (referred to in this litigation as "Fischer I"); Fischer v. State Board of Elections, Ky., 879 S.W.2d 475 (1994...

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