United States Sixth Circuit

Kentucky statutes restricting attorney and chiropractor access to accident reports filed with the Department of State Police do not violate the First Amendment or Equal Protection, as they rationally further the legitimate state interest of protecting privacy of accident victims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/07/2003
• Decided 06/02/2003
• Published 06/02/2003

Judges

• Before KRUPANSKY, SILER, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary J. Lintner (briefed), Donald L. Cox (argued and briefed), Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lucy B. Richardson, Barbara W. Jones, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, James M. Herrick (argued and briefed), Kentucky State Police Legal Office, Frankfort, KY, William B. Pettus, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of Atty. Gen., Civil & Environmental Law Div., Frankfort, KY, D. Brent Irvin, Asst. Atty. Gen, (briefed), Office of Atty. Gen., Frankfort, KY, N. Scott Lilly, Mitchell L. Perry, Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Louisville, KY, Paul V. Guagliardo, City of Louisville, KY, Laurence J. Zielke (briefed), John H. Dwyer, Jr. (argued), Pedley, Zielke, & Gordinier, Louisville, KY, for Defendants-Appellees.