History of the Kansas Court of Appeal Judges

In 1895, the legislature created the Kansas Courts of Appeal to deal with to help with the tremendous number of pending cases before the Kansas Supreme Court. The act that created the Courts of Appeal also provided that the courts should expire in 1901. The Court of Appeals was re-established in 1977 as a seven-member intermediate appellate courts. It was expanded to 10 members in 1987 and has 12 members today. Incumbant names have been recorded only since 1977.