DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED 6/8/16
Collins v. Commonwealth Transportation Cabinet, 2015-SC-675-DG
Administrative Law. Board of Claims.
Issues involve the scope of duty owed by the Transportation Cabinet Bureau of Highways in enforcing regulation regarding length and width of motor vehicles on a “nondesignated”highway.
Utility Management Group, LLC v. Pike County Fiscal Court, 2015-SC-680-DG
Open Records. KRS 61.870(1)(h) “Public Agency.”
Issues, including a constitutional challenge, involve whether a private for-profit entity contracting for operational and management services with a public entity is a “public agency” for purposes of the Kentucky Open Records Act.
Traft v. Commonwealth, 2015-SC-470-DG
Criminal Law. 4th Amendment. Traffic Stop. License Plate Reader.
Issues include whether the police have reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop based solely on a license plate reader alert indicating that the owner of a vehicle has a pending warrant.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW GRANTED WITHOUT ARGUMENT 6/8/16
Murrell v. Bottom, 2016-SC-76-DG
Criminal Law. Habeas Corpus. Transfer of Prisoner.
Issues include whether paroling a convict to the authorities of another jurisdiction in 2001 waived the Commonwealth’s right to recommit the convict for violation of the terms of his parole in 2013.
