Commonwealth v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• statute within KRS Chapter 218A gave the OAG authority to investigate and prosecute drug related crimes
• “Although the General Assembly may limit the authority of the OAG, which is a part of the executive branch of government, it may not remove the fundamental characteristics of the office, ‘so as to leave an empty shell.”’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tina Vance v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2017-03-31· cited 38×
• Fischer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-12-16· cited 3×
• Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex Rel. Attorney General Russell Coleman v. Dr. Ernest Marshall
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2024-08-09

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Branzburg v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 2,202×
• Fox v. Grayson
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-04-22· cited 225×
• Legislative Research Commission Ex Rel. Prather v. Brown
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-03-01· cited 134×
• Bob Hook Chevrolet Isuzu, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Harrelson
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-03-23· cited 91×
• MPM Financial Group, Inc. v. Morton
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-06-29· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Phon
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 68×
• George v. Scent
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1961-06-23· cited 54×
• Osborne v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-02-23· cited 52×
• Maynes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-03-22· cited 52×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Conway v. Thompson
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-01-04· cited 51×
• Folks v. Barren County
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1950-09-29· cited 31×
• Folks v. Barren County
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1950-09-29· cited 26×
• Hearn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-06-13· cited 22×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ferguson v. Gardner
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1959-07-31· cited 17×
• Matthews v. Pound
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1966-05-17· cited 11×
• Strong v. Chandler
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 11×
• In Re Henry C. Eastburn & Son, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1959-01-27· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Adkins
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-01-20· cited 10×
• Stilger v. Flint
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 10×