Kentucky Supreme Court

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The Kentucky Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for interpreting state law and the Kentucky Constitution.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kentucky Supreme Court canonical 5
Supreme Court of Kentucky 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
apexCourtIn Kentucky judiciary ⓘ
appealsFrom Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ
appealsTo Supreme Court of the United States (on federal questions) ⓘ
appoints members of the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors ⓘ
authority Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky Revised Statutes ⓘ
branchOf Judicial branch of Kentucky ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType appellate court ⓘ
constitutional court ⓘ
establishedBy Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
establishedInYear 1975 ⓘ
finalAuthorityOver interpretation of Kentucky law ⓘ
interpretation of the Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
governs Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ
Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Kentucky Rules of Evidence ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeTitle Chief Justice of Kentucky ⓘ
hasLowerCourt Kentucky Circuit Courts ⓘ
Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ
Kentucky District Courts ⓘ
hasMemberType Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Chief Justice of Kentucky ⓘ
hasPower judicial review of state executive actions ⓘ
judicial review of state laws ⓘ
regulation of the practice of law in Kentucky ⓘ
rulemaking authority for Kentucky courts ⓘ
hearsCases appeals involving questions of state law ⓘ
appeals involving state constitutional issues ⓘ
discretionary review cases ⓘ
mandatory review in certain criminal cases ⓘ
interprets Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
Kentucky state law ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
justicesElectedFrom seven judicial districts ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
location Frankfort, Kentucky ⓘ
mayReview death penalty cases from Kentucky ⓘ
numberOfDistricts 7 ⓘ
numberOfPositions 7 ⓘ
partOf Kentucky Court of Justice ⓘ
precededBy Kentucky Court of Appeals (as court of last resort) ⓘ
seat Kentucky State Capitol ⓘ
selectionMethod nonpartisan elections ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ
website https://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/default.aspx ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Western Reporter → coversJurisdiction → Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Government of Kentucky → highestCourt → Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Kentucky Court of Appeals → superiorCourt → Supreme Court of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Supreme Court
Kentucky Court of Appeals → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Supreme Court
Stone v. Graham → reviewedLowerCourt → Supreme Court of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Supreme Court
Judicial branch of Kentucky → oversees → Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Judicial branch of Kentucky → hasHighestCourt → Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Judiciary of Kentucky → hasHighestCourt → Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
Kentucky Circuit Courts → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky Supreme Court