Foley v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding denial of movant’s declaration that Kentucky's self-defense statutes were unconstitutional, finding no justiciable case or controversy since the challenged self-defense statutes had no foreseeable application to the movant

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hollon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-04-21· cited 57×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-01-27· cited 41×
• Jarvis v. National City
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 11×
• Kentucky Mist Moonshine, Inc. v. University of Kentucky
  E.D. Kentucky· 2016-06-23· cited 11×
• Appalachian Racing, LLC v. Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-02-20· cited 7×
• Jamgotchian v. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2016-05-05· cited 7×
• Foley v. Beshear
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-06-11· cited 2×
• Koenig v. Public Protection Cabinet
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2015-04-17· cited 2×
• Kentucky Constables Association, Inc. v. Kentucky Department of Corrections Criminal Justice Training
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-04-25
• Kimberly Bennett v. Kentucky Community & Technical College System
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2025-08-14

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gross v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-03-30· cited 274×
• Robert Carl Foley v. Philip Parker, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-05-17· cited 71×
• Foley v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-04-24· cited 71×
• Bowling v. Kentucky Department of Corrections
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-01-04· cited 71×
• Nordike v. Nordike
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-08-23· cited 70×
• Foley v. Com.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 67×
• Foley v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 39×
• Black v. Elkhorn Coal Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1930-03-25· cited 34×
• Veith v. City of Louisville
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1962-02-16· cited 33×
• Baze v. Rees
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-11-22· cited 31×
• Stopher v. Conliffe
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-04-21· cited 30×
• Loren R. Gajewski and Melvin A. Gajewski v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1967-02-13· cited 27×
• Ralph K. Forsythe v. State of Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 1964-06-26· cited 26×
• Swindle v. Love
  Supreme Court· 1997-10-06· cited 26×
• Dravo v. Liberty Nat. Bank & Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1954-05-07· cited 24×
• UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Felix GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-06-24· cited 21×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Barney P. Bennett v. People of the State of Illinois
  Seventh Circuit· 1966-05-16· cited 14×
• Barrett v. Reynolds
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 12×
• Foley v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1997-10-06· cited 1×