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The appeals court released decisions last week upholding the rulings made by District Judge Teresa Watson. Watson concluded the city was immune from liability under the Kansas Tort Claims Act.
The court decided 2-1 that a Yelp review calling the Johnson County plastic surgeon a “monster” who “ruins lives” didn’t constitute defamation.
A recent court decision threatens to derail a long-running investigation by Kansas’ ethics watchdog into conservative political groups.
Kansas Court of Appeals judges sit in panels of three at locations throughout the state, but most frequently at the primary courtroom in the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka. The court also has the power to review matters en banc. Each panel typically rules on approximately 30 appeals over a two-day period every month.
Kahler v. Kansas, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), is a case of the United States Supreme Court in which the justices ruled that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution do not require that states adopt the insanity defense in criminal cases that are based on the defendant's ability to recognize right from wrong.
On February 11, 2021, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly appointed Hurst to be a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by Judge Melissa Standridge who was elevated to the Kansas Supreme Court. [3] She was confirmed on March 23, 2021, by the Kansas Senate, becoming the first woman of color to serve on the Court of Appeals.
He was one of 18 judges and attorneys who were under consideration for a seat on the court. [1] He was appointed to the court by Governor Mark Parkinson on July 14, 2010, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Jerry Elliott. [2] He took his seat on September 10, 2010 after closing his law practice. [3]
A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn't violating transgender residents' rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver's licenses to reflect their gender identities.