COOK v. POPPLEWELL

No. 2009-SC-000341-DG.

394 S.W.3d 323 (2011)

Stacie L. COOK, Appellant v. Lisha POPPLEWELL, in her Capacity as County Clerk of Russell County, Kentucky and Russell County, Kentucky, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Keller , Joseph H. Miller , Huston Barrow Combs , Gess, Mattingly & Atchison, PSC, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Arden Winter Robertson Huff , Attorneys Services of KY, PLLC, Monticello, KY, Counsel for Appellees.


Opinion of the Court by Justice VENTERS.

Shortly after announcing her intention to, seek election to the office of Russell County Clerk, Appellant, Stacie Cook, was discharged from her position as a deputy clerk by the incumbent Russell County Clerk, Appellee, Lisha Popplewell, who also intended to seek election to the Clerk position. Following Cook's defeat in the primary election, she brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in the Russell Circuit Court, against...

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