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  • Kansas Court of Appeals opinions are normally released each Friday.
  • Kansas Supreme Court opinions are normally released on the Friday of weeks when oral arguments are heard. See the Kansas Supreme Court Oral Arguments schedule for upcoming dates.

Published Appellate Opinions are generally posted to this website shortly after 9:30 a.m.

Coverage of opinions on this website begins with October 25, 1996.

NOTE: Slip opinions are subject to motions for rehearing and petitions for review prior to issuance of the mandate. Before citing a slip opinion, determine that the opinion has become final. Slip opinions also are subject to modification orders and editorial corrections prior to publication in the official reporters. Consult the bound volumes of Kansas Reports and Kansas Court of Appeals Reports for the final, official texts of the opinions of the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Court of Appeals. Attorneys are requested to call prompt attention to typographical or other formal errors; please notify Richard Ross, Reporter of Decisions, Kansas Judicial Center, 301 West 10th, Topeka, KS 66612-1598; e-mail, rossr [at] kscourts.org; phone, 785-296-3214.


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