Chadbourne v. Straw

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[violations of federal laws and regulations and the laws of other states do not create cause of action based on KRS 446.070.”
• holding that KRS § 446.070 is not analogous to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and does not allow damages claims based on violations of the Kentucky Constitution
• holding that neither the Kentucky Constitution nor any Kentucky statute “create[s] a private right of action for violations of the state constitution” and refusing to judicially create a constitutional tort for state-constitutional violations
• holding that neither the Kentucky Constitution nor any Kentucky statute “create[s] a private right of action for violations of the state constitution” and refusing to judicially create a constitutional tort for state-constitutional violations
• noting that Kentucky’s General Assembly has not authorized a statutory private right of action for state constitutional violations
• noting that traditional common-law tort actions were available and provided adequate alternative remedies for the alleged violation of the defendant’s rights under the state constitution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).