FRANKFORT, Ky., June 3, 2022 – The Supreme Court of Kentucky will hear oral arguments June 8-9 in Frankfort, including a dispute between River City Fraternal Order of Police and Louisville Metro Government about the city council’s role in collective bargaining for Louisville police officers. Proceedings are open to the public and will take place in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the second floor of the Capitol.
To watch arguments via livestream as they happen or as archives, click here.
The Supreme Court is the state court of last resort and the final interpreter of Kentucky law. Seven justices sit on the Supreme Court and all seven justices rule on appeals that come before the court. The justices are elected from seven appellate districts and serve eight-year terms. A chief justice, chosen for a four-year term by fellow justices, is the administrative head of the state’s court system and is responsible for its operation. The Supreme Court may order a ruling or opinion to be published, which means that the ruling becomes the case law governing all similar cases in the future in Kentucky.
Oral Arguments
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022
10 a.m. ET
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. CHASITY SHIRLEY (2021-SC-0254-DG)
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Criminal Law. First-Degree Unlawful Access to a Computer. KRS 434.845. Issues involve whether a retail customer’s use of a self-checkout register and scanner was without the effective consent of the owner when the customer scanned the barcode from a less expensive item instead of that for the more expensive item taken from the store.
Discretionary Review Granted: 9/22/21
Pulaski Circuit Court, Hon. Daniel J. Venters, Special Judge
Counsel for Appellants: Daniel J. Cameron, Mark Daniel Barry, Michael Robert Wajda
Counsel for Appellee: Steven Jared Buck, Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt
11 a.m. ET
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY (PERSONNEL CABINET) V. AIMEE TIMMONS, ET AL. (2021-SC-0271-WC)
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Workers’ Compensation. Injury. Going and Coming Rule. Issues presented include whether an injury sustained by an employee on the front steps of her personal residence as she left to lead a training in her role as a social services clinician for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services constitutes a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of her employment.
Oral Argument Granted: 3/24/22
Administrative Law Judge, Hon. Jefferson Vimont Layson, III
Counsel for Appellant, Commonwealth of Kentucky (Personnel Cabinet): Robert F. Ferreri and Aaron M. Schechter
Counsel for Appellee, Aimee Timmons: Rodger W. Lofton
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022
9 a.m. ET
RIVER CITY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE NO. 614, INC. V. LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, ET AL. (2021-SC-0159-DG)
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Administrative Law. Labor Cabinet. KRS 67C.400 et seq. Unfair Labor Practices. Issue presented involves the scope of confidentiality of communications between a represented police officer and the officer’s collective bargaining representative regarding matters that might lead to discipline of the officer.
Discretionary Review Granted: 10/20/2021
Jefferson Circuit Court, Hon. Brian C. Edwards, Judge
Counsel for Appellant: David Leightty
Counsel for Appellee, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government: Mike O’Connell, Whitney W. Meagher, and David A. Sexton
Counsel of Appellee, Kentucky Labor Cabinet: John R. Rogers
10 a.m. ET
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. PERRY BELL (2021-SC-0252-DG)
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Criminal Law. Tampering with Physical Evidence. KRS 524.100(1). This case involves a vehicle passenger’s “furtive but futile” attempt to hide contraband in the vehicle after a traffic stop.
Discretionary Review Granted: 10/20/2021
Marion Circuit Court, Hon. Samuel Todd Spalding, Judge
Counsel for Appellant: Daniel J. Cameron, and Alexander Y. Magera
Counsel for Appellee: Kathleen Kallaher Schmidt, and Erin Hoffman Yang
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