Commonwealth ex rel. Hancock v. Paxton, 516 S.W.2d 865 (Ky. 1974).
Attorney general may lawfully question the constitutionality of a state law, and the court rejected a contention that the attorney general’s duties were limited to representing the “Commonwealth,” that is, the hierarchy of officers, departments, and agencies heading the executive branch of government. The court said: It is true that at common law the duty…
Johnson v. Kentucky, 2012 Ky. App. LEXIS 10 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012)
Defendant sought to dismiss three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, arguing that the Attorney General did not have jurisdiction to conduct an investigation in Powell County because no local law enforcement was involved in the investigation, and the Attorney General was not invited to participate, as required by Kentucky statutes. The district court…
Kentucky v. Attorney General, 2012 Ky. App. LEXIS 44 (Ky. Ct. App. Mar. 12, 2012)
In a 1983 investigation, Leonard Lawson made a proffer of information about bid-rigging on state road contracts. In 2008, Lawson was indicted, with a number of others, on charges of trying to obtain confidential files about state road contracts from the state Department of Transportation. Local newspapers filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request…
