Annotations for Decision

Department of Corrections v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times, 914 S.W.2d 349, 1996 Ky. App. LEXIS 10 (Ky. Ct. App. 1996); Triplett v. Livingston County Bd. of Educ., 967 S.W.2d 25, 1997 Ky. App. LEXIS 74 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997); Commonwealth v. Chestnut, 250 S.W.3d 655, 2008 Ky. LEXIS 116 (Ky. 2008); Cincinnati Enquirer v. City of Fort Thomas, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Ky. App. LEXIS 202 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011); Parish v. Petter, 608 S.W.3d 638, 2020 Ky. App. LEXIS 100 (Ky. Ct. App. 2020); Univ. of Ky. v. Kernel Press, Inc., 620 S.W.3d 43, 2021 Ky. LEXIS 126 (Ky. 2021);                         Courier-Journal, Inc. v. Shively Police Dep't, 2022 Ky. App. LEXIS 99 (Ky. Ct. App. Nov. 10, 2022). Full Details

In construing the term “party” in KRS 61.878(1), the appellate court attached significance to the Legislature’s word choice, which was “party” not “person” and interpreted this to mean that a newspaper seeking to inspect records of a prison inmate was not a “party” in the litigation involving the inmate, thus KRS 61.878(1) was inapplicable, and the documents requested were open for inspection pursuant to this section. Department of Corrections v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times, 914 S.W.2d 349, 1996 Ky. App. LEXIS 10 (Ky. Ct. App. 1996). Full Details

In construing the term “party” in subsection (1) of this section, the appellate court attached significance to the Legislature’s word choice, which was “party” not “person” and interpreted this to mean that a newspaper seeking to inspect records of a prison inmate was not a “party” in the litigation involving the inmate; thus, this section was inapplicable, and the documents requested were open for inspection pursuant to KRS 61.872. Department of Corrections v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times, 914 S.W.2d 349, 1996 Ky. App. LEXIS 10 (Ky. Ct. App. 1996). Full Details