City
Lynch, Kentucky
8,693 opinions mention this place
Lynch is a city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It was plotted in 1917 by the US Coal and Coke Company as a company town to house workers at the company's nearby coal mines. It was named for the then head of the company, Thomas Lynch. By the 1940s Lynch had a population of over 10,000 and had such amenities as a hospital and movie theatre. The population declined dramatically in the 1960s and 1970's as mining techniques shifted to less labor-intensive methods. In the 2000 census, the city population was 900. The 2008 population estimate had Lynch's population at 820. Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain, elevation 4,145. Sitting at an elevation of 1,716 feet above sea level, Lynch is Kentucky's highest incorporated city.
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Landmark decisions involving Lynch
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)542 U.S. 507
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
- United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
- Guy Mitchells v. Mary L Helms (2000)530 U.S. 793
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
- Agostini v. Felton Chancellor Board of Education of the City of New York (1997)521 U.S. 203
- Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. (1989)490 U.S. 477
- Batson v. Kentucky (1986)476 U.S. 79
- Aguilar v. Felton (1985)473 U.S. 402overruled
- School District of City of Grand Rapids v. Ball (1985)473 U.S. 373overruled
- City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1983)462 U.S. 416overruled
- INS v. Chadha (1983)462 U.S. 919
- Ohio v. Roberts (1980)448 U.S. 56overruled
- Stump v. Sparkman (1978)435 U.S. 349
- Gregg v. Georgia (1976)428 U.S. 153
- Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
- Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)405 U.S. 438
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation (1971)402 U.S. 313
- Robinson v. California (1962)370 U.S. 660
- Monroe v. Pape (1961)365 U.S. 167overruled
- Perez v. Brownell (1958)356 U.S. 44overruled
- Reid v. Covert (1957)354 U.S. 1
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Opinions mentioning Lynch
- 871 F2D 1097In Re Analog Devices
- 873 F2D 1439In Re Herbert Clyde Lynch
- 99 F3D 831United States v. Boatner
- 99 F3D 557Bamidele v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 99 F3D 490Gonzalez-Garcia v. Williamson Dickie Manufacturing Co.
- 99 F3D 449Ferrara v. A. & V. Fishing, Inc.
- 99 F3D 20Delaney v. Commissioner
- 99 F3D 1282Swate v. Hartwell
- 99 F3D 1128Twomey v. United States
- 99 F3D 1128Banks v. McGee
- 98 F3D 831United States v. Teran
- 98 F3D 36Barry v. Liddle, O'Connor, Finkelstein & Robinson
- 98 F3D 2Olkey v. Hyperion 1999 Term Trust, Inc.
- 98 F3D 1333United States v. Nowaczyk
- 98 F3D 1333Maloney v. Converse
- 98 F3D 1298Dalton v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
- 97 F3D 603Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V
- 97 F3D 1451Hembree v. Whitley County Circuit Court
- 96 F3D 88American Recovery Corp. v. Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc.
- 96 F3D 813Perez v. Aetna Life Insurance
- 96 F3D 566Roma Construction Co. v. aRusso
- 96 F3D 549United States v. Grabiec
- 96 F3D 10Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.
- 95 F3D 848Hilao v. Estate of Marcos
- 95 F3D 23Kesselring v. Arctic Hero
- 95 F3D 1435Dreier v. United States
- 95 F3D 1285Runnebaum v. Nationsbank of Maryland, N.A.
- 95 F3D 1146Elwell v. United States
- 95 F3D 1146Pigott v. Vega
- 94 F3D 721Schultz v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, N.A.
- 94 F3D 640Triplett v. Lehman
- 94 F3D 640United States v. Murray
- 94 F3D 1514Sewell v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
- 93 F3D 987Gross v. Summa Four, Inc.
- 93 F3D 957Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 93 F3D 31Porn v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
- 93 F3D 10United States v. Tavares
- 92 F3D 814Committee for Idaho's High Desert, Inc. v. Yost
- 92 F3D 807Committee of Dental Amalgam Manufacturers & Distributors v. Stratton
- 92 F3D 7United States v. Joost
- 92 F3D 702Scheerer v. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.
- 92 F3D 1169Anderson v. Tower Records
- 92 F3D 1074Grilli v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
- 91 F3D 274United States v. Hensley
- 91 F3D 130Fordham v. Nowell
- 91 F3D 1026Methodist Hospitals, Inc. v. Sullivan
- 90 F3D 600Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Houde
- 90 F3D 1300Herbst v. Ryan
- 9 F3D 617Hayden v. La-Z-Boy Chair Co.