# Beckham v. Bd. of Educ. of Jefferson Cty.

> Kentucky Supreme Court · March 24, 1994 · 873 S.W.2d 575

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9772189

## Case

- **Full name:** Lauretta R. BECKHAM, Et Al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, Kentucky, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** Kentucky Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 24, 1994
- **Citations:** 873 S.W.2d 575; 22 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2018; 1994 Ky. LEXIS 22; 1994 WL 94144
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Stumbo
- **Judges:** Lambert, Stephens, Reynolds, Spain, Stumbo, Leibson, Wintersheimer
- **Cited by:** 100 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a party affected by the decision of a public agency to release records pursuant to state Open Records Act had standing to contest the agency decision in court
- stating “[courts]' are not at liberty to add or subtract from the legislative enactment nor discover meaning not reasonably ascertainable from the language used[ ]”
- noting that our duty is to ascertain the intent of the General Assembly and that we are not at liberty to add or subtract language from a statute

## Opinion text

STUMBO, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the holding that appellants herein have standing to contest the agency decision. I, however, would take the next step and review on the merits the trial court’s decision requiring disclosure. To do otherwise is to further delay resolution of this matter, which is not in keeping with either the intent of the Kentucky Open Records Act (to provide immediate access to public records) or judicial economy.
LEIBSON and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ., join in this concurring opinion.

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