Ex Parte Auditor of Public Accounts 609 S.W.2d 682 (1980)
Kentucky Supreme Court's decision: https://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/supreme-court/1980/609-s-w-2d-682-0.html
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that the state auditor violated the separation of powers in trying to review the financial records of the Kentucky Bar Association, an agency of the courts. It ruled that “the judicial branch of the Kentucky state government has exclusive authority to manage its own affairs. The authority of the chief justice to submit the budget for the court of justice comes directly and expressly from the Kentucky Constitution itself. Ky. Const. § 110(5)(b). Hence that function can be neither assumed by nor delegated to the executive branch.”
[1] Brief for Auditor of Public Accounts (September 15, 1980)
- NOTE: Includes an exhibit of correspondence
[2] Brief of Kentucky Bar Association (September 15, 1980)
- NOTE: Includes several exhibits of correspondence and Subpoena Duces Tecum
[3] Reply Brief for Auditor of Public Accounts (September 30, 1980)
