RIVER CITY FOP v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON

2021-SC-0159-DG.

664 S.W.3d 486 (2022)

RIVER CITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE NO. 614, INC., Appellant v. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT and Kentucky Labor Cabinet, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT, RIVER CITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE NO. 614, INC.: David Leightty , Louisville, Priddy, Cutler, Leightty & Meade, PLLC.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT: Whitney Wellman Meagher , David Andrew Sexton , Assistant Jefferson County Attorneys.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, KENTUCKY LABOR CABINET: John Ross Rogers , Glasgow, Kentucky Labor Cabinet.

COUNSEL FOR AMICI, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES COUNCIL 962; AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION LOCAL 1447; KENTUCKY PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 38; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 45; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 168; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 345; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 526; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 1928; LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA LOCAL 576; AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN AND OILERS/SEIU LOCAL 32BJ: David O'Brien Suetholz , Andrew Evan Mize , Louisville, Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC.

COUNSEL FOR AMICUS, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 369: Benjamin S. Basil , IBEW Local Union 369.

COUNSEL FOR AMICUS, KENTUCKY STATE LODGE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE: Stephen Dale Wolnitzek , Wolnitzek & Rowekamp, PLLC, Covington.


The River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. (FOP) filed an unfair labor practice claim against the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government (Louisville Metro). The FOP alleged that the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) engaged in an unfair labor practice by coercing Sergeant David...

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