Court Opinion

ID: 9630700
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:17:57.598967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:21:24.882245
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LAMBERT, Chief Justice,
Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part.
I must dissent from the majority opinion with respect to its reliance on Howlett v. Rose1 as the basis for its decision that governmental entities of Jefferson County are subject to suit in Kentucky state courts for claims filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I believe that the majority has incorrectly analyzed Howlett and overlooked long-standing Kentucky law that recognizes counties and county governments as arms of the state that are entitled to the same sovereign immunity of the state.

. 496 U.S. 356, 110 S.Ct 2430, 110 L.Ed.2d 332 (1990).