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· 3/23/1917

Smith's Administrator v. Louisville Railway Co.

Citations

  • 174 Ky. 784
  • 192 S.W. 875
  • 1917 Ky. LEXIS 255

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  • holding that the plaintiffs pleaded sufficient facts to state a plausible claim that the city’s policy and practice of jailing them for their inability to pay fines violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses
  • granting defendant’s motion to strike only as to mistaken references to the First and Eighth Amendments and otherwise denying the motion

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Judges: Clay

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