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The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the U.S. state of Kansas.Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, [1] the court supervises the legal profession, administers the judicial branch, and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process.
State v. Limon, 280 Kan. 275, 122 P.3d 22 (2005), [1] is a Kansas Supreme Court case in which a state law allowing for lesser punishment for statutory rape convictions if the partners were of different sexes than if they were of the same sex was found unconstitutional under both the federal and Kansas state constitutions.
Hermesmann v. Seyer (State of Kansas ex rel. Hermesmann v. Seyer, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993)) [1] was a precedent-setting Kansas, United States, case in which Colleen Hermesmann successfully argued that a woman is entitled to sue the father of her child for child support even if conception occurred as a result of a criminal act committed by the woman.
Kansas law – K.S.A. 25-4154 ... The Ethics Commission is appealing the decision, asking the Kansas Supreme Court to take the case. While Watson’s decision applies only to the subpoena of ...
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others ...
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the decision, finding that it is permissible for the absent plaintiffs to have less contact with Kansas than the defendants, and that these plaintiffs have chosen Kansas law. The Kansas Supreme Court found that forum law controlled absent 'compelling reasons' for another law to control, comparing the suit to one ...
A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights. The ...
The Kansas Supreme Court eventually sided with the Republicans and the Populist-led House disbanded. [12] The state legislature was a leader in child labor reform, enacting a law in 1905 to restrict children under 14 from working in factories, meatpacking houses, or mines. [13]