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Kernel sues UK over withheld records

Kernel sues UK over withheld records

Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor November 25, 2024

The Kentucky Kernel filed a lawsuit against the University of Kentucky after it did not provide requested records concerning the case of the alleged rape and strangulation of a UK student in an on-campus...

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Appeals Court rules in favor of Kernel in legal battle with UK

Jacob Eads May 17, 2019

After two years of legal battles, a Kentucky Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of the Kentucky Kernel in UK’s lawsuit with the student newspaper.UK's case against the Kernel stems from a 2016...

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The battle continues.

Bailey Vandiver August 21, 2018

After nearly two years of legal proceedings, the Kentucky Kernel is still involved in three lawsuits concerning the obtainment of records about sexual misconduct at universities.The Kernel’s pursuit...

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Kentucky appeals panel will hear oral arguments in Kernel v. UK lawsuit concerning open records

Bailey Vandiver August 13, 2018

A Kentucky Court of Appeals panel will hear oral arguments in the Kernel Press v. University of Kentucky lawsuit.In August of 2016, UK sued the student newspaper when the university refused to give the...

President Eli Capilouto emailed campus saying the university would be appealing decisions of the Attorney General. To keep open records undisclosed, the university would have to bring the Kernel to court. 

Law student critizices Capilouto’s sexual assault comments

Lexy Gross November 9, 2016

I read the email over and over. Is this real? Is President Eli Capilouto blaming the university’s student newspaper for a decline in reported sexual assaults? I’ve followed UK’s dispute with the...

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