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Geoffrey M. Young v. Morgan McGarvey
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kentucky, No. 2024-SC-0462 · judgment January 27, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Should this Court allow Kentucky's state courts and federal district courts to dismiss meritorious civil complaints before discovery "for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted" without ever applying the standard of review this Court established in Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 US 544, 555-56 (2007)?
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Does any trial court in Kentucky have the discretion or power to change the wording of a dulyenacted statute for any reason?
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Does the Supreme Court of Kentucky have the authority to violate Kentucky's ballot challenge law, Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 118.176, by seizing jurisdiction over a ballot challenge case even though the statute clearly and expressly prohibits it? Section (4) of the statute states, "...and the order of
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Geoffrey M. Young
For respondent
Katherine Lacy Crosby
Tachau Meek PLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 20 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
- Sep 25 2025Waiver of right of respondent Morgan McGarvey to respond filed.
- Jun 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)