EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COM'N v. STEPHENS

No. 2000-SC-0578-DG.

92 S.W.3d 69 (2002)

EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Don STEPHENS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce A. Crocker, General Counsel, Executive Branch Ethics Commission, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellants.

Phillip J. Shepherd, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from an opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming an order of the Franklin Circuit Court granting summary judgment for Stephens and finding that the Executive Branch Ethics Commission was without jurisdiction to investigate Stephens for possible violations of the Executive Branch Code of Ethics and that Stephens was immune from the ethics complaint.

The major question should be framed as whether the exclusive jurisdiction...

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