Honorable Gary W. Rulon - Chief Judge 2001-
Judge of the Court of Appeals 1988-2001

Gary W. Rulon was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and educated in the public schools of Topeka.  He is a graduate of Topeka High School and Washburn University of Topeka, receiving his BA degree in 1969 and his law degree in 1971.  Rulon served as a Third Class Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy Seabees and was stationed in the Far East including Viet Nam.  Rulon was in private practice in Emporia from March 1972 until December 1979, at which time he left to become a staff attorney of the Central Staff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado.  He served in that capacity from January 1980 to August 1980.  Rulon returned to private practice in Emporia from September 1980 to January 1981 when he became administrative judge of the 5th Judicial District of Kansas, consisting of Chase and Lyon counties.  He remained in that position until his appointment in 1988 to the Court of Appeals.  He was appointed Chief Judge in January of 2001.

Judge Rulon and his wife, Pat, live in Olathe and have two grown daughters, Jessica and Elizabeth.

Cases (those available online) before Judge Rulon:

• 74033 -- Bethany Med. Center v. Wallace, Saunders, et al., Chtd.
• 74094 -- Koger v. Ferrin
• 74155 -- State v. Soto
• 74663 -- In re Estate of Winslow
• 75096 -- State v. McBride
• 75375 -- State v. Lewis
• 75433 -- State v. Harlin
• 75441 -- State v. Fultz
• 75786 -- DeSpiegelaere v. Killion
• 75817 -- In re Marriage of Jones
• 76059 -- State v. Todd
• 76068 -- Osborn v. Electric Corp. of Kansas City
• 76276 -- State v. Riles
• 76333 -- State v. Bissell
• 76420 -- State v. Jones
• 76543 -- Nemechek v. McKune
• 76593 -- Comer v. State
• 76783 -- Aspen Products, Inc. v. Global Distributors, Inc.
• 76785 -- Turnbull Oil, Inc. v. N-B Company, Inc.
• 76818 -- Burnside v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
• 76858 -- Prairie State Bank v. Universal Bonding Ins. Co.
• 76882 -- State v. Wheeler
• 77051 -- State v. Williams
• 77092 -- State v. Manning
• 77153 -- Decker v. Kansas Dept. Of SRS
• 77155 -- State v. Bateson
• 77255 -- In re A.N.P.
• 77635 -- St. Joseph Dev. Corp. v. Sequenzia
• 77717 -- State v. Peterson
• 77765 -- State v. Heath
• 77803 -- Cooper v. Mid-America Dairymen
• 77828 -- State v. Meyer
• 77939 -- In re C.D.W.
• 77969 -- State v. Lopez
• 78189 -- State v. McBride
• 78192 -- Hodge v. Lanzar Sound, Inc.
• 78221 -- Bezona v. Tomson
• 78223 -- State v. Colbert
• 78289 -- Scholfield Auto Plaza, L.L.C. v. Carganza, Inc.
• 78777 -- State v. Welsh
• 78778 -- State v. Kluge
• 78781 -- State v. Billington
• 78920 -- State v. Bandy
• 78937 -- May v. University of Kansas
• 79017 -- Bradley v. State
• 79034 -- In re Adoption of A.M.M.
• 79068 -- Cabrera v. Casco, Inc.
• 79116 -- Board of Sedgwick County Comm'rs v. Winter
• 79147 -- In re Marriage of Roth
• 79524 -- Jackson v. U.S.D. 259
• 79560 -- Matney v. Matney Chiropractic Clinic
• 79635 -- State v. Simpson
• 79824 -- State v. Cowdin
• 79876 -- State v. Schick
• 79921 -- Neal v. State
• 80099 -- Thompson v. State
• 80114 -- In re Tax Protests & Greivances of Curtis Machine Co.
• 80535 -- Clark v. Wallace County Cooperative Equity Exchange
• 80649 -- In re Care & Treatment of Brown
• 80796 -- Madison v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 80813 -- State v. Beam
• 80822 -- State v. Lewis
• 80831 -- Seaman U.S.D. No. 345 v. Kansas Comm'n on Human Rights
• 81028 -- Amundson & Assocs. Art Studio, Ltd. v. National Council on Compensation Ins., Inc.
• 81082 -- State v. Smith
• 81107 -- Quality Painting, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange
• 81119 -- State v. Martinez
• 81234 -- Servox v. Corbett
• 81571 -- State v. Presha
• 81726 -- State v. Bennett
• 81756 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of Graham-Michaelis Corp.
• 81937 -- State v. Downey
• 82046 -- In re Dahlstrom
• 82074 -- In re Marriage of Schoby
• 82378 -- State v. Jarvis
• 82819 -- State v. Graham
• 82860 -- In re Marriage of Buetow
• 82964 -- State v. Johnson
• 82974 -- In re Pace
• 83059 -- In re Tax Appeal of Trickett
• 83067 -- State v. Staggs
• 83126 -- State v. Cody
• 83163 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of Reno Township
• 83247 -- McKinney v. State
• 83346 -- State v. Thomas
• 83474 -- Anderson v. Employers Mutual Casualty Ins. Co.
• 83590 -- Lewis v. Jetz Service Co., Inc.
• 83629 -- State v. Daniels
• 83727 -- Mueller v. State
• 83818 -- Chanute Production Credit Ass'n v. Schicke
• 83806 -- Dawson v. Givens Const. Co., Inc.
• 83831 -- State v. Logan
• 84044 -- State v. Fulton
• 84088 -- State v. Ludes
• 84145 -- State v. Chacon-Bringuez
• 84251 -- State v. Benoit
• 84328 -- State v. Baldwin
• 84336 -- Hines, Inc. v. State ex rel. Beyer
• 84480 -- Tonge v. Simmons
• 84548 -- In re Application to Adopt H.B.S.C.
• 84673 -- State v. Luna
• 84883 -- Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Liebau-Woodall & Assocs., L.P.
• 84930 -- State v. Blackshire
• 84942 -- State v. Requena
• 85090 -- State v. Asher
• 85105 -- Schwartz v. Kunze
• 85208 -- Aten v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 85265 -- State v. Box
• 85271 -- State v. Bussart
• 85304 -- Littlejohn v. State
• 85317 -- Knorp v. Albert
• 85318 -- Wilson v. Mercy Health Center
• 85401 -- State v. Curry
• 85437 -- Medina v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co.
• 85441 -- City of Liberal v. Witherspoon
• 85462 -- State v. Wick
• 85485 -- State v. Ryan
• 85497 -- State v. Simpson
• 85519 -- Hernandez v. Guaranty Nat'l Ins. Co.
• 85615 -- State v. Elms
• 85644 -- State v. Armstrong
• 85657 -- State v. Billings
• 85730 -- State v. Rose
• 85750 -- Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Bd. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 85788 -- The CIT Group v. E-Z Pay Used Cars, Inc.
• 85810 -- Rodreick v. Estate of Wikoff
• 85941 -- State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Clubb
• 85962 -- In re Marriage of Boldridge
• 86008 -- In re S.A.J.
• 86018 -- State v. Spicer
• 86096 -- State v. Humphrey
• 86147 -- State v. Jones
• 86399 -- Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment v. Wells
• 86405 -- Riedmiller v. Harness
• 86408 -- State v. Powell
• 86489 -- Newman v. Kansas Enterprises
• 86505 -- City of Girard v. Clinton
• 86552 -- State v. Bell
• 86620 -- O'Malley v. Frazier
• 86766 -- Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 86852 -- State v. Cox
• 86859 -- Rodarte v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 86933 -- In re G.M.A.
• 87075 -- Roof-Techs Intn'l, Inc. v. Central Mechanical Construction Co.
• 87287 -- Weist v. Kansas Board of Regents
• 87448 -- Hill v. Perrone
• 87527 -- State v. Clopton
• 87694 -- State v. Purcell
• 87714 -- In re Tax Appeal of HCA Health Services, Inc.
• 87768 -- Davenport Pasture, LP v. Board of Morris County Comm'rs
• 88012 -- Kansas Industrial Consumers v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 88013 -- Western Resources, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 88089 -- Cousatte v. Collins
• 88180 -- Watkins v. McAllister
• 88214 -- Hearst v. State
• 88261 -- Shaffer v. City of Topeka, KS
• 88368 -- In re D.T.
• 88370 -- Carlson Auction Services, Inc. v. Lopez
• 88418 -- Comstock v. Joplin
• 88539 -- Anderson v. Scarlett Auto Interiors
• 88566 -- State v. James
• 88583 -- In re Adoption of M.D.K.
• 88596 -- State v. Hinkle
• 88598 -- Frost v. Cook
• 88681 -- In re Tax Appeal of Polaroid ID Systems, Inc.
• 88765 -- Nicholas v. Nicholas
• 88787 -- Narron v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.
• 88888 -- State v. Carver
• 88924 -- State v. Spencer
• 88976 -- City of Mulvane v. Roberts
• 89006 -- State v. Garcia
• 89010 -- State v. Groves
• 89164 -- State v. Dixon (dissenting)
• 89229 -- Stolte v. Cummings
• 89239 -- Foos v. Terminix
• 89343 -- Wright v. Shepherd
• 89442 -- State v. Barnes
• 89500 -- State v. Randle
• 89512 -- State v. Purdy
• 89548 -- State v. Vinyard
• 89712 -- Davis v. Simmons
• 89726 -- State v. McCray
• 89787 -- Wilson v. State
• 89844 -- Smith v. Almote
• 89873 -- Mitchell v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 89924 -- Mutual Savings Ass'n v. Res/Com Properties, LLC
• 89930 -- In re J.A.B.
• 89981 -- Offerman v. Rosile
• 90004 -- State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. Benton
• 90018 -- State v. Larraco
• 90028 -- State v. Reed
• 90114 -- Woodberry v. State
• 90166 -- City of Salina v. Amador
• 90237 -- True Heart Corp. v. River City Auto Sales, Inc.
• 90247 -- Arnold v. Hewitt
• 90293 -- Lozano v. Excel Corp.
• 90326 -- Martinez v. Excel Corp.
• 90453 -- Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Kansas Cept. of Commerce & Housing
• 90503 -- State v. Lazos
• 90582 -- Vernon v. Commerce Financial Corp.
• 90623 -- Columbus Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90625 -- Westboro Baptist Church, Inc. v. Patton
• 90745 -- Amos v. Simmons
• 90796 -- Schreiber v. Beach
• 90820 -- Norton Farms, Inc. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
• 90879 -- Allen, Gibbs & Houlik v. Ristow
• 90896 -- State v. Taylor
• 90942 -- Board of Saline County Comm'rs v. Jensen
• 90964 -- State v. Post
• 90970 -- State v. Gonzalez
• 91011 -- Thompson v. State
• 91030 -- City of Overland Park v. Zabel
• 91039 -- State v. McCoin
• 91191 -- Legleiter v. Gottschalk
• 91309 -- Norlin v. Board of Trustees of Cloud County Comm. College
• 91310 -- U.S.D. No. 215 v. McGlynn
• 91329 -- Laubach v. Roberts
• 91361 -- Namelo v. Broyles
• 91373 -- In re Driving Privileges of G.L. Mundhenke
• 91514 -- In re Equalization Appeal of Andover Antique Mall
• 91547 -- State v. Letourneau
• 91560 -- Farmers Alliance Mut. Ins. Co. v. Garcia
• 91597 -- Jankord v. Lin
• 91678 -- In re Habeas Corpus Petition of S.J.K.
• 91721 -- Pankratz Implement Co. v. Citizens Nat'l Bank
• 91752 -- Riverside Drainage Dist. of Sedgwick County v. Hunt
• 91791 -- State v. Anderson
• 91804 -- State v. Boley
• 91867 -- State v. Johnson
• 92114 -- State v. Clemence
• 92393 -- Snyder v. State
• 92407 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of K.S.U. Foundation
• 92408 -- State v. McCormick
• 92409 -- State v. Stout
• 92413 -- State v. Brown
• 92442 -- State v. Boykins
• 92530 -- State v. Donaldson
• 92638 -- State v. Singleton
• 92675 -- Collins v. State
• 92779 -- State v. Haney
• 92780 -- State v. Ussery
• 92886 -- State v. Lafleur
• 93019 -- Odette Family Ltd. Partnership v. Agco Finance
• 93033 -- Roskilly v. Boeing Co.
• 93121 -- Bender v. Kansas Secured Title & Abstract Co.
• 93260 -- State v. Miles
• 93305 -- State v. Banning
• 93377 -- Goldsmith v. State
• 93386 -- State v. Moore
• 93413 -- State v. Glynn
• 93454 -- State v. Chesbro
• 93470 -- In re Estate of Hjersted
• 93477 -- A.O. Smith Corp. v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 93487 -- State v. Bieker
• 93526 -- Hammer v. Thompson
• 93563 -- State v. Thorpe
• 93591 -- State v. Gomez
• 93779 -- In re T.G.
• 93927 -- Estate of Norris v. Hastings
• 93984 -- Casco v. Armour Swift-Eckrich
• 94072 -- In re Hjersted Revocable Trust
• 94130 -- State v. Barahona
• 94161 -- City of Dodge City v. Ibarra
• 94227 -- Upchurch v. State
• 94321 -- In re Marriage of Crane
• 94379 -- Moss v. Mamalis
• 94433 -- Casner v. State
• 94513 -- Griffith v. McGovern
• 94523 -- State v. Wahweotten
• 94525 -- City of Manhattan v. Feril
• 94628 -- Fiorella v. Travelers Property Cas. Ins. Co.
• 94629 -- State v. Curls
• 94634 -- Lane v. Atchison Heritage Conf. Center, Inc.
• 94635 -- Gudenkauf v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 94666 -- Seeber v. Ebeling
• 94694 -- State v. Warren
• 94698 -- Finley v. Estate of De Grazio
• 94711 -- In re Estate of Hjersted
• 94795 -- State v. Buckner
• 94800 -- Munck v. KPERS
• 94831 -- State v. Araujo
• 94837 -- State v. Lewis
• 94846 -- Crandall v. Grbic
• 94894 -- Board of Jefferson County Comm'rs v. Adcox
• 94906 -- Richert v. McHone
• 95019 -- State v. Delgado
• 95041 -- State v. Fewell
• 95310 -- State v. Hawkins
• 95403 -- State v. Malm
• 95487 -- State v. Green
• 95538 -- Sparks v. CBIZ Accounting, Tax & Advisory of Kansas City, Inc.
• 95542 -- In re Estate of Roloff
• 95544 -- LDF Food Group, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
• 95572 -- Perkins v. Susan B. Allen Mem. Hospital
• 95650 -- Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group
• 95671 -- In re M.R.
• 95716 -- State v. Anguiano
• 95792 -- Wilson v. Wilson
• 95818 -- State v. McCarley
• 95860 -- State v. Patton
• 95887 -- State v. Maloney
• 95947 -- In re Tax Protest of United Ag Services
• 96260 -- In re Adoption of S.A.M.
• 96261 -- State v. Dumars
• 96319 -- Ludlow v. State
• 96445 -- State v. Denny
• 96519 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of K.S.U. SE Ag. Research Center
• 96548 -- Mendoza v. DCS Sanitation
• 96566 -- State v. Zeckser
• 96593 -- State v. Brown
• 96663 -- State v. Uhlig
• 96770 -- State v. J.H.
• 96839 -- Blomgren v. Kansas Department of Revenue (Dismissed)
• 96862 -- State v. Brown
• 96869 -- Silvers v. State
• 97102 -- Dexter v. Brake
• 97130 -- Lyons v. Holder
• 97132 -- Williams v. Lawton
• 97134 -- State v. Tedder
• 97286 -- Wilkerson v. State
• 97332 -- In re Tax Exempt, Application of Goddard
• 97614 -- Young v. Hefton
• 98037 -- Zoellner v. Civil Service Bd. Of Leavenworth County
• 98038 -- State v. Bennet
• 98153 -- State v. Page
• 98159 -- Deguillen v. Schwan's Food Manufacturing, Inc.
• 98163 -- In re Tax Appeal of Genstler Eye Center & Clinic
• 98186 -- State v. Baatrup
• 98407 -- Lee, et al v. Fischer
• 98409 -- In re Tax Appeal of Graceland College Center
• 98447 -- State v. Harvey
• 98574 -- State v. Perry
• 98621 -- State v. Krider
• 98798 -- State v. Roose
• 98822 -- State v. Gaona
• 98968 -- State v. Hernandez
• 98992 -- In re Adoption of D.D.H
• 98998 -- State v. Mendoza
• 99009 -- Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund v. St. Francis Hosp.
• 99111 -- State v. Dalton
• 99135 -- State v. Garcia
• 99150 -- Wilson v. State
• 99354 -- State v. Dean
• 99380 -- State v. Perez-Rivera
• 99673 -- State v. Davison
• 99960 -- State. v. Trostle (Hanson)
• 99990 -- Gaumer v. Rossville Truck and Tractor Co.
• 99992 -- State v. Davis
• 99727 -- In re D.A.
• 99767 -- Santana v. Olguin, et al.
• 100012 -- Saylor v. Westar Energy
• 100050 -- Friess v. Quest cherokee, et al.
• 100207 -- In re Marriage of Wiese
• 100494 -- State v. Coman
• 100531 -- State v. Reese
• 100588 -- State v. Arrocha
• 100678 -- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Board of Commissioners of Lyon County, Ks
• 100687 -- In re Care & Treatment of Miles
• 100728 -- State v. Johnson
• 100734 -- In re B.E.Y.
• 100810 -- State, et al. v. Thorson
• 100814 -- Barbury v. Duckwall Alco Stores and Liberty Mutual Ins.
• 100823 -- In the Matter of the Adoption of B.J.M.
• 100845 -- In the Interest of M.F.
• 101050 -- Cravotta v. Deggingers' Foundry
• 101132 -- State v. Webber
• 101167 -- Forer v. Perez-Lambkins
• 101225 -- City of Salina v. Ragnoni
• 101596 -- In re S.D.
• 101614 -- Slusher v. Wonderful House Chinese Restaurant
• 101777 -- In re J.S.
• 102202 -- In re L.B.