HELERINGER v. BROWN

No. 2003-SC-0327-TG.

104 S.W.3d 397 (2003)

Robert L. HELERINGER, Appellant, v. John Y. BROWN III in His Official Capacities as Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Chairman of the State Board of Elections of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; State Board of Elections, Commonwealth of Kentucky; Kentucky Registry of Election Finance; Ernie Fletcher; and Friends of Ernie Fletcher, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Manly, Law Offices of Samuel Manly, Michael G. Karem, C. Thomas Hectus, Randall S. Strause, Hectus & Strause PLLC, L.J. Hollenbach III, Hollenbach & Associates, Louisville, Counsel for Appellant, Robert L. Heleringer.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General of Kentucky, Scott White, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellees, John Y. Brown III and State Board of Elections, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Rosemary Center, Jennifer B. Hans, Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee, Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.

Bradford L. Cowgill, Garland Hale Barr IV, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Lexington, Counsel for Appellee, Ernie Fletcher.

James E. Milliman, Jason P. Underwood, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville, Counsel for Appellee, Friends of Ernie Fletcher.


Opinion and Order of the Court by Chief Justice LAMBERT.

This cause comes before the Court on transfer from the Court of Appeals.1 Transfer was granted on April 30, 2003, and we heard oral argument on May 1. The urgency of this matter is manifest as the primary election of the Republican nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor will occur on May 20, 2003. Despite an abbreviated schedule...

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