Kansas judicial news

News about courts and judges in Kansas

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• Courtroom Weekly:Criminals, immigrants and suicide supporters assert their rights in court, 2013-04-11 09:38:01
• Kansas judicial selection change becomes law, 2013-03-28 16:28:07
• Kansas legislature approves judicial selection change, 2013-03-14 10:33:57
• Kansas House votes to eliminate nominating commission for appellate judges, 2013-03-01 18:27:14
• Courtroom Weekly:State laws challenged, 2013-02-28 10:05:04
• Courtroom Weekly: Miners, strippers and doctors visit the courts, 2013-02-07 10:43:41
• Courtroom Weekly: Artificial insemination, murders and wolf hunting, 2013-01-03 09:21:10

• Kansas election recap, 2012, 2012-12-06 22:50:26
• JP Election Brief: 2012 State Supreme Court Results, 2012-11-07 12:14:04
• JP Election Brief: Attack ads and voter education, 2012-10-25 08:44:46
• New magistrate judge appointed in Mitchell County, Kansas, 2012-09-27 10:00:28
• JP Election Brief: Election preview for all thirty-six states, 2012-09-06 11:00:07
• Kansas magistrate appointed to replace her husband on the court, 2012-08-27 05:59:02
• Former Kansas Attorney General wants appellate judge ousted from his ethics case, 2012-08-14 13:59:52
• An appointment and a retirement in Kansas, 2012-07-21 20:53:08
• JP Election Brief: 2012 Retention Elections, 2012-07-05 09:31:25
• Kansas school districts sue for funding, 2012-06-21 07:09:25
• Longtime judge leaves Kansas municipal court, 2012-06-13 15:05:52
• Maine water master appointed to aid in dispute between Kansas, Nebraska, 2012-05-28 14:06:52
• $1.1M keeps Kansas courts from closing, 2012-05-22 11:50:39
• Governor fills two Kansas District Court positions, 2012-05-11 14:33:07
• Two open judgeships in Kansas, 2012-04-28 14:20:47
• Kansas courts take Fridays off due to budget problems, 2012-04-12 15:41:21
• No drug tests for Kansas judges, 2012-03-29 11:20:41
• Meisenheimer appointed to 30th District Court in Kansas, 2012-03-13 18:44:31
• Kansas Senate says "no" to Court of Appeals selection reform, 2012-02-24 10:12:33
• Two judges recommended for 30th District Court of Kansas, 2012-02-13 17:34:48
• Kansas considers judicial "musical chairs" as study finds some courts understaffed, 2012-01-27 16:24:40
• Wesley Brown, oldest acting federal judge, passes away at 104, 2012-01-24 13:53:56
• Kansas doctor asks appeals court to throw out conspiracy conviction, 2012-01-12 18:51:46
• Federal 10th Circuit upholds lower court lower court Sharia ruling, 2012-01-11 08:24:34

• Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments on smoking ban, 2011-12-15 15:42:20
• [[Kansas District Judge to leave bench for county counselor�s position]], 2011-11-30 17:52:09
• UPDATE: Felony charges against Planned Parenthood dismissed, 2011-11-15 19:06:45
• Candidates chosen to fill Kansas magistrate vacancy, 2011-10-13 16:57:43
• State Supreme Court begins community outreach project, 2011-09-28 12:17:43
• Supreme Weekly: All over the map, 2011-09-01 12:53:18
• Two District Judges chosen to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court, 2011-08-25 08:21:37
• Federal judge stops law to defund Kansas Planned Parenthood, 2011-08-15 19:18:47
• Judge Ebberts appointed to 3rd District Court of Kansas, 2011-07-21 20:34:33
• Kansas court fees increase, 2011-07-14 00:11:19
• Three nominated to replace Judge Bruns on Kansas District Court, 2011-06-27 11:34:43
• Pratt, Ahlquist appointed to Kansas District Courts, 2011-06-15 11:38:34
• Obama nominee gets Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, 2011-06-01 01:22:56
• Panel investigates ways to make Kansas court system more cost-efficient, 2011-05-26 01:28:42
• Supreme Weekly: Comparing votes from the 2010 election, 2011-05-12 13:37:57
• David Bruns appointed to Kansas Court of Appeals, 2011-04-27 10:23:29
• Kansas Supreme Court to hear a case outside of Topeka for the first time, 2011-04-12 17:55:04
• Dixon appointed new Kansas Judicial Administrator, 2011-03-26 12:16:13
• Karen Arnold-Burger sworn in as Kansas Appellate Court judge, 2011-03-11 21:22:34
• Kansas House approves changes to judicial appointment process, 2011-02-24 18:31:03
• Kansas Tax Court nominees approved by Senate committee, 2011-02-14 14:04:01
• U.S. Appeals Judge Tacha to assume senior status, 2011-01-21 18:23:15
• Process underway to select judge to succeed Caplinger in Kansas, 2011-01-20 07:55:53

• Nancy Caplinger appointed to Kansas Supreme Court, 2010-11-01 12:43:41
• Mahoney joins 29th Judicial District Court, 2010-10-02 19:14:36
• Governor Parkinson has three to choose from for Kansas high court, 2010-09-29 07:36:53
• Chief judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals to step down, 2010-08-19 06:45:40
• Unofficial primary election results: Kansas, 2010-08-04 09:54:50
• Chief Justice Davis retires from Kansas high court, 2010-08-03 14:31:22
• Replacement judge appointed to Kansas Circuit Court, 2010-05-10 19:40:31
• Kansas Court of Appeals judge dies, 2010-04-07 23:04:34
• Kansas Supreme Court upholds woman's rape conviction, 2010-03-04 09:05:44
• Kansas Supreme Court refuses to reopen school funding case, 2010-02-12 19:24:51
• Federal court lifts restrictions set by lower court, 2010-02-10 21:33:27
• Kansas Supreme Court justice out of office for unspecified time, 2010-01-29 19:12:55
• Kansas Supreme Court grant temporary stay for reporter asked to testify, 2010-01-19 20:38:41

• Ralph DeZago to run for Kansas Attorney General, 2009-07-10 10:43:51

Lawyers rank Sedgwick County judge candidates

(7/20/08) Segewick County lawyers rank sitting judges and their 2008 challengers; David Kaufman, Joe Kisner, Robb Rumsey and Jeff Goering received the highest rankings. Rebecca Pilshaw, Dan Brooks and Warren Wilbert received the lowest. (See: how the judges were scored.)

Schlafly rails against appointed state judges

(5/14/08) The conservative figure urged Johnson County (10th Judicial District) voters to approve a proposal on the November 2008 ballot that would allow residents to elect their judges; currently, judges are appointed by a group of lawyers and non-lawyers.

Sebelius names Kittel new 7th Judicial District judge

(3/31/08) The Kansas Governor appointed Peggy Carr Kittel to Stephen Six's district judge seat on the Douglas County bench. The vacancy was created when Sebelius appointed Six as state attorney general in January.