CITY OF LEBANON v. GOODIN

No. 2011-SC-000468-DG.

436 S.W.3d 505 (2014)

CITY OF LEBANON, Kentucky, Appellant v. Elinor B. GOODIN, Trustee of and on Behalf of Elinor B. Goodin Revocable Trust; Randall Lawson; Connie Lawson; Gerry D. Rogers; Karen P. Rogers; Darrell Shewmaker; and Rose Lee Shewmaker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Pike , F. Keith Brown , Pike Legal Group, PLLC, Kandice D. Engle-Gray , for Appellant.

James L. Avritt, Sr. , Avritt & Avritt, Theodore H. Lavit , Theodore H. Lavit & Associates, PSC, for Appellees.

James Donald Chaney , Laura Milam Ross , Kentucky League of Cities, for Amicus Curiae, Kentucky League Of Cities.


Opinion of the Court By Chief Justice MINTON.

The City of Lebanon sought to annex over four hundred acres of nearby property. Property owners subject to the annexation, including the Goodin Trust,1 sued to invalidate the annexation ordinance on the grounds that (1) the City had intentionally excluded property owners who were likely to be opposed to the annexation, effectively guaranteeing its success; and (2) the City acted unconstitutionally...

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