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Cases & Decisions

The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals make their decisions available online as soon as they are filed. The courts also offer online case inquiry to allow public access to a register of actions for the cases brought before the appellate courts.

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Appellate Decisions

Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions are posted online as soon as they are filed, which is usually around 9:30 a.m. Friday, although they can be filed any day of the week.


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Published Decisions

A published decision will be printed in a bound volume of the court’s official publication—the Kansas Reports for Supreme Court decisions and the Kansas Court of Appeals Reports for Court of Appeals decisions.

A copy of a filed published decision before it is printed is called a “slip opinion.” Slip opinions are posted online shortly after they are filed by the courts. Online slip opinions date to October 25, 1996.

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Unpublished Decisions

An unpublished decision does not decide a new point of law, and it will not be published in a bound volume. You can find unpublished decisions online by the end of the day once they are filed by the courts. Unpublished decisions online date to September 4, 2015.

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Oral Argument Archive

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court are broadcast live over the internet and archived for on-demand viewing.

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Appellate Cases

You may search cases before the appellate courts from this website. There are other options for searching district court case information.

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