Moorman v. Wood
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
504 F. Supp. 467 (1980)
- Written by Darius Dehghan, JD
Facts
The Kentucky legislature enacted Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 81A.430 (the statute), which authorized any city to designate for annexation a contiguous part of another city. Under the statute, residents of the area sought to be annexed voted on the annexation, and a majority of those voting decided the issue. The cities of Ft. Wright and Crescent Springs (defendants) sought to annex portions of the city of Covington. Pursuant to the statute, only those Covington citizens residing in the areas sought to be annexed were allowed to vote in the annexation election. The other citizens of Covington, including Bernard Moorman (plaintiff), were not permitted to vote. Moorman brought suit, contending that the statute violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it did not permit all Covington citizens to vote in the annexation election.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Bertelsman, J.)
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