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O. Grant Bruton has a varied appellate practice and also engages in cases involving administrative, public utility, and commercial litigation law. Cases which he has argued and briefed have ‘made’ law in many areas: Criteria for valuing service stations for eminent domain purposes, Standard Oil Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways; an insurer’s right to refuse coverage for intentional torts, Continental Insurance Companies v. Hancock; a merchant’s right to apprehend a suspected shoplifter, Super X Drugs v. Rice; a manufacture’s right to prosecute a pilferer, Farris v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.; and a grocery chain’s right to sell milk products at competitive prices, Kentucky Milk Marketing and Antimonopoly Commission v. The Kroger Co. His victory in the latter case, wherein the appellate team he led persuaded the Supreme Court of Kentucky to strike down what was euphemistically called, ‘The Milk Marketing and Antimonopoly Act,’ gave rise to an article in the Business section of the Louisville Times, entitled ‘O. Grant Bruton, Good Guy in a Gray Hat.’ The article pointed out that the same lawyer, who had been deemed a ‘black hat’ for winning utility rate increases for Louisville Gas & Electric Company, was now wearing a ‘white hat’ for lowering milk prices to Kentucky consumers. Recognition of Mr. Bruton’s professional achievements has included his appointment as a Special Justice on the Supreme Court of Kentucky and his listing in ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ (in the Business Litigation or Public Utility sections) since 1987. | 