LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON CTY. METRO GOV'T. v. CITY OF PROSPECT

No. 2006-SC-000903-DG.

277 S.W.3d 227 (2009)

LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, Appellant, v. CITY OF PROSPECT, Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin G. Maze, Maze & Frockt, PLLC, Mark Wesley Dobbins, Sandra Finley Keene, Tilford, Dobbins, Alexander, Buckaway, N. Scott Lilly, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Second Assistant County Attorney, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Grover C. Potts, Jr., Jennifer Beth Starr, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice SCHRODER.

The subject matter of this appeal dates back to the annexation frenzy of the 1980s in Jefferson County. Both the City of Louisville and the City of Prospect sought to annex the property in question. Although Louisville's annexation ordinance (first reading) was first in time, the trial court ruled the delay in completing the annexation was unreasonable, deferring to the City of...

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