Honorable Jerry G. Elliott
Judge of the Court of Appeals 1987-

Jerry G. Elliott was born in Fort Scott on November 25, 1936. He attended Hutchinson Community College where he was a state junior college debate champion. He was graduated from the University of Kansas with an AB degree in 1958. While at KU, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha (political science honorary), Scabbard and Blade (military honorary), Owl Society (junior men's honorary), Sachem (senior men's honorary) and was business manager of the Jayhawker (yearbook). Judge Elliott received his LLB, with distinction, from KU in 1964.

A Navy ROTC student, he was on active duty in the Navy, serving on aircraft carriers and admirals' staffs of Cruiser Division 5 and Destroyer Flotilla 7 as staff intelligence officer and assistant anti-air warfare officer. In law school, he was a member of Order of Coif, editor-in-chief of the Kansas Law Review, and the recipient of the C.C. Stewart award as the outstanding member of his law school class.

Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for Judge Wesley E. Brown of the U.S. District Court in Wichita until joining Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt in 1966. While at Foulston, Siefkin he devoted his time to appellate practice and creditors' rights.

He has been president of the Wichita Council of Camp Fire, the Kansas chapter of the Leukemia Society of America, the Wichita Legal Aid Society, Accent on Kids (Ronald McDonald houses), the Wichita Bar Association, and a board member of Music Theatre of Wichita. In addition, he has authored several legal articles, served on the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission, the Kansas Bar Journal board of editors, and is a fellow of both the Kansas Bar Foundation and the American Bar Foundation. He received the Kansas Bar Association President's Outstanding Service Award in 1982 and 1995, and the Phil Lewis Medal of Distinction in 2004.

He is married to Debra S. Duncan and has a grown son, Hunter Pearse Elliott.

Cases (those available online) before Judge Elliott:

• 74310 -- Scott v. Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.
• 74314 -- Smith v. Stephens
• 74643 -- Blockbuster Video, Inc. v. City of Overland Park
• 74855 -- Miles Excavating, Inc. v. Rutledge Backhoe & Septic Tank Services, Inc.
• 74899 -- State v. Kirkland
• 75013 -- Fehlhafer v. State
• 75201 -- Spencer v. U.S.D. No. 501
• 75563 -- State v. Sanford
• 75707 -- International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Kansas City
• 75786 -- DeSpiegelaere v. Killion
• 75892 -- Sims v. Frito-Lay
• 76114 -- Farrell v. U.S.D. No. 229
• 76282 -- Moler v. Melzer
• 76282 -- Moler v. Melzer
• 76430 -- Corco, Inc. v. Ledar Transport, Inc.
• 76598 -- Nora H. Ringler Revocable Family Trust v. Meyer Land and Cattle Co.
• 76817 -- Wells v. State Bank of Kingman
• 76833 -- State v. Hutcherson
• 77092 -- State v. Manning
• 77111 -- Board of Ness County Comm'rs v. Bankoff Oil Co.
• 77287 -- McCleary v. Boss
• 77294 -- State v. Garza
• 77325 -- Creek v. Harder Constr.
• 77361 -- State v. Yeoman
• 77376 -- State v. Jackson
• 77451 -- In re B.A.M.
• 77514 -- Durham v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
• 77523 -- Lakeview Village, Inc. v. Board of Johnson County Comm'rs
• 77546 -- Lowmaster v. Modine Manufacturing Co.
• 77675 -- State v. Correll
• 77681 -- Western Resources, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 77847 -- Crimmins v. Horseshoe Creek Watershed Joint Dist. No. 110
• 77899 -- Palmer News, Inc. v. Kansas Employment Security Bd. of Review
• 78013 -- State v. Timley
• 78120 -- Miller v. Miller
• 78157 -- In re K.W.
• 78250 -- Federal Financial Co. v. Hamilton
• 78297 -- State Farm Ins. Co. v. Gerrity
• 78338 -- In re Estate of Harrison
• 78393 -- Marriott Corp. v. Board of Johnson County Comm'rs
• 78429 -- Heckard v. Martin
• 78501 -- Pate v. Riverbend Mobile Home Village, Inc.
• 78519 -- State v. Montgomery
• 78586 -- State v. Cooper
• 78744 -- Rinehart v. Northern Natural Gas Co.
• 78777 -- State v. Welsh
• 78959 -- State v. Bowen
• 78987 -- Huffman v. Thomas
• 79034 -- In re Adoption of A.M.M.
• 79052 -- Fanning v. State
• 79126 -- Pierce v. Bohannon
• 79208 -- Cherryvale Grain Co. v. First State Bank of Edna
• 79541 -- Via Christi Regional Med. Center v. Ayalla
• 79560 -- Matney v. Matney Chiropractic Clinic
• 79573 -- Jones v. Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange
• 79642 -- Kennedy v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 79770 -- Melton v. State
• 79798 -- Rice v. Barker & Bunch, P.C.
• 79842 -- In re Appeal of Water Dist. No. 1 of Johnson County
• 79848 -- Green v. City of Wichita
• 80028 -- State ex rel. Stovall v. Lynn
• 80164 -- In re A.P.
• 80292 -- State v. Ice
• 80324 -- In re J.H.
• 80348 -- State v. Sokolaski
• 80576 -- Doniphan County, Kansas v. Miller
• 80686 -- Hunt v. Data Mgt. Resources, Inc.
• 80689 -- Bi-State Dev. Col., In. v. Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc.
• 80898 -- Walker v. State
• 81234 -- Servox v. Corbett
• 81242 -- State v. Eichman
• 81326 -- State v. Giles
• 81334 -- St. Francis Mercantile Equity Exchange, Inc. v. Newton
• 81373 -- State v. Ameen
• 81533 -- In re A.C.W.
• 81626 -- Foy v. Taylor
• 81633 -- State v. Stevens
• 81635 -- State v. Hartman
• 81806 -- State v. Williams
• 81964 -- State v. Calhoun
• 82009 -- State v. Wonders
• 82021 -- State v. Riley
• 82053 -- Niesz v. Bill's Dollar Stores
• 82142 -- Frederking v. Frederking
• 82243 -- State v. Jones
• 82309 -- State v. Wellborn
• 82335 -- State v. Smith
• 82485 -- Fletcher v. Anderson
• 82503 -- State v. Brooker
• 82779 -- Adams v. State
• 82805 -- City of Colby v. Cranston
• 82852 -- State v. Filor
• 82886 -- Dealers Leasing, Inc. v. Allen
• 83028 -- State v. Taylor
• 83247 -- McKinney v. State
• 83286 -- Muldrow v. Hannigan
• 83482 -- State v. Star
• 83550 -- Luna v. City of Ulysses
• 83670 -- American States Ins. Co. v. Farmers Alliance Mutual Ins. Co.
• 83699 -- Marley v. M. Bruenger & Co., Inc.
• 83811 -- In re Marriage of Roth
• 83993 -- Cellier v. State
• 84027 -- State v. Williams
• 84145 -- State v. Chacon-Bringuez
• 84251 -- State v. Benoit
• 84271 -- In re Marriage of Hanks
• 84351 -- State v. McGrew
• 84442 -- Haskell County Comm'rs v. Sullivan
• 84496 -- National Bank of Andover, N.A. v. Aero Standard Tooling, Inc.
• 84510 -- In re Equalization Appeals of Total Petroleum, Inc.
• 84730 -- M.L.M. v. Millen
• 84746 -- Hanson v. Logan U.S.D. 326
• 84825 -- State v. Wilson
• 84883 -- Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Liebau-Woodall & Assocs., L.P.
• 84983 -- State v. Torkelson
• 84985 -- In re T.A.L.
• 84987 -- Dunn v. U.S.D. No. 367
• 85075 -- Wright v. Bachmurski
• 85130 -- Rodrock Enterprises, L.P. v. City of Olathe
• 85132 -- Redditt v. McDonald's Restaurant
• 85278 -- Limestone Farms, Inc. v. Deere & Company
• 85335 -- State v. Bowles
• 85385 -- Bankers Trust Co. v. United States of America
• 85441 -- City of Liberal v. Witherspoon
• 85446 -- State v. Maxfield
• 85729 -- State v. Timms
• 85755 -- Heartland Premier, LTD, v. Group B&samp;B, L.L.C.
• 85797 -- Anderson v. State
• 85819 -- Moore v. Luther
• 85937 -- State v. Wren
• 85907 -- State v. Boswell
• 86028 -- ALG, Inc. v. Estate of Eldred
• 86037 -- Loveless v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.
• 86094 -- State v. Floyd
• 86386 -- State v. McIntosh
• 86429 -- Dieker v. Case Corp.
• 86432 -- In re M.E.B.
• 86535 -- In re Marriage of Steven
• 86553 -- State v. Boyd
• 86566 -- Holmes v. Sprint United Telephone of Kansas
• 86583 -- Robison v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 86624 -- State v. Gordon
• 86741 -- State v. Frazier
• 86767 -- Telegram Publishing Co. v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 86790 -- In re Marriage of Bahr
• 86847 -- State v. Mudloff
• 86865 -- Watson v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
• 86861 -- State v. Hunziker
• 86873 -- State v. Jackson
• 86956 -- State v. Oliver
• 87001 -- In re W.H.
• 87049 -- State v. Ward
• 87135 -- State v. Matthews
• 87137 -- Van Dyke v. State
• 87107 -- State v. Wittsell
• 87171 -- Taylor v. Allstate Indemnity Co.
• 87327 -- Mullins v. State
• 87346 -- Curts v. Dillard's, Inc.
• 87365 -- Prairie State Bank v. Superior Housing Inc.
• 87485 -- Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n
• 87502 -- Beckman v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 87512 -- Moore v. Dudley
• 87560 -- Premier Bank v. J.D. Homes of Olathe
• 87604 -- State v. Davidson
• 87611 -- State v. Weller
• 87746 -- Shields v. K.A.T. Transportation
• 87760 -- Kansas Energy Group v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 87772 -- Wiseman v. U.S.D. No. 348
• 87861 -- Midwest Gas Users' Ass'n v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 87960 -- State v. Meinert
• 87998 -- Huffmeier v. Hamilton
• 88043 -- Harris v. State
• 88098 -- Greenwood v. State
• 88117 -- In re Estate of Petesch
• 88139 -- State v. McAdam
• 88150 -- Evans v. Frakes Trucking
• 88156 -- In re Marriage of Brotherton
• 88157 -- State v. Richmond
• 88203 -- Transam Trucking, Inc. v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 88230 -- In re Marriage of Sell
• 88320 -- Johnson v. Westhoff Sand Co., Inc.
• 88384 -- State v. Reider
• 88409 -- Raskin v. Allison
• 88421 -- State v. Coburn
• 88475 -- Continental Western Ins. Co. v. KFS, Inc.
• 88643 -- Werdann v. Mel Hambelton Ford, Inc.
• 88654 -- State v. Campbell
• 88755 -- In re Marriage of Doetzl
• 88756 -- Brown v. Farmers Insurance Co.
• 88787 -- Narron v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.
• 88832 -- City of Kingman v. Lubbers
• 88879 -- State v. Owens
• 88888 -- State v. Carver
• 89046 -- State v. Brown
• 89137 -- Summitt v. Summitt
• 89380 -- Schoen v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 89442 -- State v. Barnes
• 89498 -- State v. Percival
• 89512 -- State v. Purdy
• 89548 -- State v. Vinyard
• 89618 -- In re Marriage of Metz
• 89674 -- City of Lakin v. Cummings
• 89763 -- In re Care & Treatment of Johnson
• 89841 -- In re J.J.G.
• 89850 -- Vandracek v. Mid-State Co-Op, Inc.
• 89925 -- Morgan v. City of Wichita
• 89949 -- Larson Operating Co. v. Petroleum, Inc.
• 90004 -- State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. Benton
• 90166 -- City of Salina v. Amador
• 90189 -- Avien Corp. V. First Nat'l Oil, Inc.
• 90247 -- Arnold v. Hewitt
• 90443 -- In re Marriage of Galvin
• 90478 -- In re Marriage of Kuzanek
• 90508 -- In re Marriage of Ruth
• 90560 -- Hershaw v. Farm & City Ins. Co.
• 90623 -- Columbus Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90700 -- Fuller v. Farmers Ins. Co.
• 90701 -- Back-Wenzel v. Williams
• 90796 -- Schreiber v. Beach
• 90805 -- Concrete Accessories Co. v. Moses
• 90970 -- State v. Gonzalez
• 90981 -- State v. Pottoroff
• 91206 -- Campbell v. State
• 91309 -- Norlin v. Board of Trustees of Cloud County Comm. College
• 91310 -- U.S.D. No. 215 v. McGlynn
• 91418 -- In re Marriage of Martin
• 91560 -- Farmers Alliance Mut. Ins. Co. v. Garcia
• 91826 -- In re Care & Treatment of Ward
• 92133 -- State v. Udell
• 92143 -- Goodman v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 92305 -- Bloom v. City of Oakley
• 92342 -- State v. Hemphill
• 92367 -- State v. Beeney
• 92482 -- Nugyen v. Esplund
• 92657 -- State v. Montgomery
• 92723 -- Tilley v. Allied Property & Cas. Ins. Co.
• 92767 -- State v. Montgomery
• 92972 -- Little v. State
• 92988 -- State v. Carter
• 93013 -- Sall v. T's, Inc.
• 93024 -- State v. Baxter
• 93044 -- Universal Premium Accept. Corp. v. Pat City Livery, Inc.
• 93053 -- Travelers Indemnity Co. Of Ill. V. Challenger Fence Co.
• 93091 -- In re Tax Appeal of Garden City Medical Clinic
• 93162 -- State v. Poage
• 93467 -- In re Estate of Broderick
• 93470 -- In re Estate of Hjersted
• 93662 -- Missouri Bank & Trust Co. v. Gas-Mart Develop. Co.
• 93751 -- State v. Woolverton
• 93875 - State v. Whitlock
• 93927 -- Estate of Norris v. Hastings
• 93978 -- State v. Allen
• 94072 -- In re Hjersted Revocable Trust
• 94111 -- Sultani v. Bungard
• 94117 -- King v. State
• 94254 -- State v. Thompson
• 94379 -- Moss v. Mamalis
• 94563 -- State v. Tryon
• 94593 -- In re Estate of Tracy
• 94599 - State v. Black
• 94629 -- State v. Curls
• 94634 -- Lane v. Atchison Heritage Conf. Center, Inc.
• 94635 -- Gudenkauf v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 94667 -- Troutman v. Curtis
• 94711 -- In re Estate of Hjersted
• 94752 -- City of Wichita v. Bannon
• 94758 - State v. Smith
• 94765 -- In re Conservatorship of Chapman
• 94816 -- McMillan v. McKune
• 94846 -- Crandall v. Grbic
• 94864 -- Rice v. State
• 94902 -- J.N.L.M. v. Miller
• 95056 -- State v. Ruiz-Reyes
• 95155 -- State v. Williams
• 95303 -- State v. Greever
• 95402 -- State v. Baldwin
• 95466 -- State v. Landis
• 94694 -- State v. Warren
• 95487 -- State v. Green
• 95936 -- State v. Shaw
• 95939 -- State v. Barnes
• 96003 -- In re Adoption of X.J.A.
• 96043 -- Davis v. Allstate Insurance Co.
• 96051 -- State v. McCaddon
• 96314 -- McPherson v. State
• 96316 -- Kemper Ins. Co. v. Weber
• 96330 -- Hutchinson Hospital Corp. v. Neal
• 96400 -- State v. Lemons
• 96416 -- Russell v. Farmers Ins. Co.
• 96422 -- State v. Branson
• 96568 -- Poston v. USD No. 387
• 96593 -- State v. Brown
• 96628 -- Rettie v. U.S.D. 475
• 96657 -- Cimarex Energy Co. v. Board of Seward County Comm'rs
• 96658 -- Board of Sumner County Commissioners v. Bremby
• 96663 -- State v. Uhlig
• 96707 -- Ashley v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 96897 -- State v. Moses
• 97091 -- Coonce v. Garner
• 97214 -- Midwest Crane & Rigging, Inc v. Kansas Corporation Commission
• 97236 -- State v. Durham
• 97244 -- State v. Whillock
• 97251 -- State v. Jeffery
• 97254 -- Stephen v. Phillips County
• 97381 -- State v. Herrera
• 97410 -- Resolution Oversight Corp. V. Kansas Health Care Stabiliz. Fund
• 97436 -- Dillon Co. v. Davis
• 97488 -- McCabe v. Duran
• 97664 -- Nelson v. Nelson
• 97780 -- In re J.M.E.
• 97806 -- Phillips v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (dissenting)
• 97876 -- In re D.M.M.
• 97889 -- City of Norton v. Wonderly
• 97899 -- State v. Yrigolla
• 97929 -- In re A.F.
• 97955 -- State v. Cott
• 98038 -- State v. Bennet
• 98105 -- In re Care & Treatment of Colt
• 98153 -- State v. Page
• 98179 -- Elstun v. Spangles, Inc.
• 98218 -- State v. Risinger
• 98290 -- In re Marriage of Ormsbee
• 98291 -- In re Marriage of Hair
• 98312 -- State v. Crawford
• 98325 -- Knowles v. Fleetwood Motorhomes of Calif., Inc.
• 98329 -- In re A.F.
• 98342 -- Davenport Pastures v. Board of Morris County Comm'rs
• 98403 -- State v. Leaper
• 98449 -- State v. Penn
• 98549 -- State v. Snow
• 98572 -- State v. Ricahrdson
• 98574 -- State v. Perry
• 98629 -- State v. Preston
• 98707 -- State v. Johnson
• 98796 -- State v. Loggins
• 98868 -- In re Metcalf Assocs.-2000
• 98907 -- Le v. Joslin, et al.
• 98956 -- In re Tax Appeal of Mental Health Ass'n of Heartland
• 98992 -- In re Adoption of D.D.H
• 98998 -- State v. Mendoza
• 99217 -- State v. McGinnis
• 99229 -- State v. Davison
• 99251 -- Litzinger v. Bruce et al.,
• 99257 -- Adee v. Russell Stover Candies, Inc.
• 99354 -- State v. Dean
• 99437 -- State v. Hunter
• 99457 -- State v. Walker
• 99648 -- Board of Grahm County Comm'rs v. Kansas Dept. Of Labor
• 99764 -- Nowicki v. Project Paint Research Labs
• 99941 -- Pollock v. Crestview Country Club Association
• 99963 -- Emprise Bank v. Rumisek, et al.
• 100012 -- Saylor v. Westar Energy
• 100120 -- State v. Dean
• 100095 -- Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility Ops. V. Ermey
• 100114 -- First National Bank of Belleville v. Sankey Motors, et al.
• 100157 -- Board of Co. Comm. of Sedgwick County v. City of Park City, Ks.
• 100231 -- Packard v. Credit Solutions of America, Inc.
• 100241 -- State v. Beaver
• 100283 -- In re Estate of Leavey
• 100375 -- State v. Stegman
• 100571 -- State v. Hardesty
• 100588 -- State v. Arrocha
• 100728 -- State v. Johnson
• 100810 -- State, et al. v. Thorson
• 101026 -- Tudor v. Wheatland Nursing, L.L.C.
• 101104 -- In re E.F.
• 101132 -- State v. Webber
• 101167 -- Forer v. Perez-Lambkins
• 101614 -- Slusher v. Wonderful House Chinese Restaurant
• 101720 -- Corter v. Cline
• 101777 -- In re J.S.