Honorable Lee A. Johnson
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court 2007-

Lee A. Johnson was born in Caldwell, Kansas, on June 28, 1947. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Kansas in 1969. After serving two years on active duty with the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, he became a licensed, multi-line insurance agent. In 1977, he entered Washburn University School of Law and graduated Summa Cum Laude with the class of 1980. Upon graduation, he practiced law in Caldwell, Kansas; first in partnership with Don B. Stallings and later as a sole practitioner. He was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court effective January 8, 2007, following his tenure on the Kansas Court Appeals from 2001 - 2007.

Justice Johnson was active in numerous community organizations, including serving on the Sumner Mental Health board for 16 years. He served as Mayor of Caldwell in 1975-1976, and as Caldwell City Attorney from 1987 to 1997. He is a member of the Kansas and Sumner County Bar Associations, serving as the local bar association president in 1992.

Justice Johnson and his wife, Donna, have two children, Jordan and Jennifer.

Cases (those available online) before Justice Johnson:

• 83801 -- State v. Scott
• 83907 -- Northwest Arkansas Masonry, Inc. v. Summit Specialty Products, Inc.
• 84251 -- State v. Benoit
• 84983 -- State v. Torkelson
• 85342 -- Johnson v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 85530 -- Jones v. Reliable Security
• 85729 -- State v. Timms
• 85779 -- State v. McIntyre
• 85819 -- Moore v. Luther
• 85870 -- Stewart v. State
• 85901 -- Prugue v. Morley
• 85905 -- First Savings Bank, F.S.B. v. Frey
• 85907 -- State v. Boswell
• 85932 -- Lumley v. State
• 85945 -- Red Dog Saloon v. Sedgwick Board of Comm'rs
• 86028 -- ALG, Inc. v. Estate of Eldred
• 86071 -- Lyon-Coffey Electric Coop, Inc. v. City of Burlington
• 86103 -- State v. Robertson
• 86119 -- In re C.C.
• 86243 -- State v. Price
• 86279 -- State v. Kemp
• 86394 -- State v. Hartpence
• 86432 -- In re M.E.B.
• 86471 -- State v. Alvis
• 86485 -- Altevogt v. Youthfriends
• 86857 -- White v. Tomasic
• 86859 -- Rodarte v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 86860 -- Ely v. Hitchcock
• 86968 -- State v. Coleman
• 87002 -- O'Donoghue v. Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co.
• 87038 -- Hernandez v. Monfort, Inc.
• 87155 -- State v. Hall
• 87290 -- In re H.R.B.
• 87373 -- State v. Anthony
• 87450 -- In re Marriage of McCollum
• 87644 -- Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Enterprise Leasing Co.
• 87696 -- State v. Maxon
• 87715 -- Farmers Ins. Co. v. Jokan
• 87785 -- Barnett v. Cusimano
• 87821 -- Logsdon v. State
• 88063 -- Skillett v. Sierra
• 88117 -- In re Estate of Petesch
• 88146 -- Burchett v. Kansas Mutual Ins. Co.
• 88230 -- In re Marriage of Sell
• 88250 -- State v. Crawford
• 88546 -- State v. Bunyard
• 88584 -- In re C.L.A.
• 88654 -- State v. Campbell
• 88741 -- State v. Scheuerman
• 88976 -- City of Mulvane v. Roberts
• 89006 -- State v. Garcia
• 89061 -- In re Care & Treatment of Hunt
• 89114 -- State v. Seems
• 89177 -- Hinds v. Estate of Huston
• 89213 -- Lopez v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte County
• 89303 -- State v. Manbeck
• 89365 -- Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Carmody
• 89366 -- Penn-America Ins. Co. v. Johnson
• 89410 -- Persimmon Hill First Homes Ass'n v. Lonsdale
• 89430 -- City of Norton v. Stewart
• 89477 -- State v. Johnson
• 89511 -- State v. Martin
• 89523 -- Millennium Financial Services, LLC v. Thole
• 89597 -- Starr v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
• 89681 -- Sharp v. Custom Campers, Inc.
• 89759 -- Rice v. State
• 89826 -- Cunningham v. Riverside Health Systems, Inc.
• 89942 -- In re J.D.
• 89990 -- State v. Mayes
• 90183 -- State v. Capps
• 90197 -- State v. Freeman
• 90450 -- State v. Kirby
• 90452 -- Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90469 -- T.R. Inc. of Ashland v. Brandon
• 90527 -- Dodson v. U-Needa Self Storage
• 90561 -- State v. Miller
• 90597 -- In re S.C.
• 90656 -- Bonner Springs U.S.D. No. 204 v. Blue Valley U.S.D. No. 229
• 90726 -- Home Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90760 -- State v. Herrman
• 90787 -- In re Marriage of VanBuren
• 90834 -- McGoldrick v. State
• 91020 -- State v. Neri
• 91050 -- Ellibee v. Simmons
• 91115 -- State v. Mercer
• 91206 -- Campbell v. State
• 91301 -- In re Marriage of Williams
• 91326 -- Geico General Ins. Co. v. Hanzlik
• 91466 -- State v. Farmer (joins in the forgoing concurring and dissenting opinion)
• 91519 -- In re S.M.H.
• 91569 -- Main Line, Inc. v. Board of Reno County Comm'rs
• 91634 -- Barlett v. CNA
• 91826 -- In re Care & Treatment of Ward
• 91929 -- Alliance Mortgage Co. v. Pastine
• 91985 -- State v. Duhon
• 91997 -- In re Adoption of BGJ
• 92189 -- Lyons v. IBP, Inc.
• 92342 -- State v. Hemphill
• 92367 -- State v. Beeney
• 92397 -- State v. Castillo
• 92439 -- Davis v. Hildyard
• 92465 -- State v. Puckett
• 92790 -- Casas v. Farmers Ins. Exchange
• 92841 -- Mathena v. IBP, Inc.
• 92911 -- Lockett v. University of Kansas
• 92956 -- State v. Johnson
• 93091 -- In re Tax Appeal of Garden City Medical Clinic
• 93416 -- State v. Nguyen
• 93467 -- In re Estate of Broderick
• 93473 -- Sutton v. Sutton
• 93487 -- State v. Bieker
• 93537 -- In re Marriage of Iwed
• 93558 -- State v. White
• 93559 -- Haley v. Brown
• 93650 -- State v. $6,618.00 U.S. Currency
• 93680 -- In re Marriage of Ehinger
• 93973 -- State v. Flores
• 94089 -- State v. Voss
• 94150 -- Cousatte v. Lucas
• 94187 -- State v. Stevens
• 94408 -- Alderson v. State
• 94570 -- Gilley v. Kansas Gas Service Co.
• 94602 -- Smith v. Kansas Gas Service Co.
• 94604 -- Rash v. Heartland Cement Co.
• 94691 -- Esquivel v. Watters
• 94704 -- Sheets v. Sims
• 94765 -- In re Conservatorship of Chapman
• 94800 -- Munck v. KPERS
• 93879 -- State v. Stallings
• 94881 -- State v. Hamic
• 94906 -- Richert v. McHone
• 95041 -- State v. Fewell (joins in the foregoing concurring and dissenting opinion)
• 95056 -- State v. Ruiz-Reyes
• 95256 -- State v. Hughes (concur in part & dissent in part)
• 95310 -- State v. Hawkins
• 95468 -- Mooney v. City of Overland Park
• 95509 -- In re E.T.
• 95523 -- State v. Davis
• 95523 -- State v. Wade
• 95592 -- State v. Storey (dissent)
• 95729 -- State v. Crum
• 95815 -- State v. Miller
• 95890 -- State v. Williams
• 95914 -- In re Adopton of A.A.T.
• 95935 -- State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Bohrer (dissent)
• 96003 -- In re Adoption of X.J.A.
• 96126 -- State v. Martin
• 96203 -- Edwards v. Anderson Engineering, Inc.
• 96231 -- State v. Brinklow
• 96250 -- Cooke, et al. v Gillespie, et al. (concur)
• 96299 -- State v. Tyler
• 96414 -- State ex rel. Slusher v. City of Leavenworth
• 96463 -- Central Natural Resources, INC v. Davis Operating Co. et al
• 96526 -- State v. Johnson
• 96531 -- State v. Gill
• 96568 -- Poston v. U.S.D. No. 387 (dissent)
• 96734 -- Moser v. State
• 96772 -- Iron Horse Auto, Inc. v. Lititz Mut. Ins. Co.
• 96820 -- State v. Schow
• 96850 -- State v. Youngblood
• 96883 -- State v. Hunt
• 97139 -- Pabst v. State
• 97183 -- State v. Scaife
• 97279 -- State v. Jones
• 97440 -- State v. Cook
• 97584 -- Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd., v. Oliver
• 97759 -- State v. Warledo (concur)
• 98017 -- State v. Appleby (concur/dissent)
• 98059/98060 -- State v. Marx
• 98226 -- State v. Decker
• 98389 -- State v. Sharp (dissent)
• 98607 -- McCracken v. Kohl
• 98691 -- State ex rel. Morrison v. Sebelius
• 98948 -- State v. Preston
• 99155 -- Manly v. City of Shawnee
• 99225 -- State v. Bello
• 99280 -- State v. Woodward
• 99411 -- State v. Trussell
• 99678 -- Tilzer, et al. v. Davis, Bethune & Jones, L.L.C., et al.
• 99725 -- State v. Leshay
• 99757 -- In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Sporn
• 99768 -- Winkel vv. Miller
• 99951; 99972; 100042-- Tiller v. Corrigan
• 100334 -- State v. Fischer
• 100373 -- State v. Horn
• 100445 -- State v. Richardson
• 100454 -- State v. Easterling
• 100564 -- Friedman v. Kansas State Bd. Of Healing Arts