March 2017 News Releases

TOPEKA—Marilyn Leith has had a wide variety of duties in her 31 years working for the Cowley County District Court, including acting as bailiff in a few trials, but she will experience a first when she serves as bailiff for a special session of the Kansas Supreme Court at Southwestern College in Winfield this week.

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TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Johnson County created by the May 2017 retirement of Judge Michael H. Farley.

A district magistrate judge must be:

• a graduate of a high school or secondary school or the equivalent;

TOPEKA—Labette County District Judge Robert J. Fleming will retire July 14, after 21 years on the bench.

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TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Robert G. Scott to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Johnson County.

The commission conducted public interviews of applicants for the position Wednesday, March 8, in Johnson County.

Scott, of Lenexa, currently is a Lenexa municipal judge. His new ...

TOPEKA—Johnson County District Magistrate Judge Michael H. Farley will retire May 12, after 18 years on the ...

TOPEKA — Chief Judge Wendel W. Wurst of the 25th judicial district has been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced the two cases it will hear in a special session Thursday, March 30, at Southwestern College, the next destination in the court's ongoing ...

TOPEKA—Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will deliver his 2017 State of the Kansas Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, ...

TOPEKA—A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments March 21 at Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene.

Chief Judge Karen Arnold-Burger will be joined by Judges Michael B. Buser and Anthony J. Powell to hear oral arguments in six cases starting with the first at 9 a.m. The remaining ...

TOPEKA— The Kansas Supreme Court today issued a unanimous decision in Gannon v. State, holding that the Kansas K-12 public education financing system does not meet the adequacy requirements of the people's constitution. The court stayed the enforcement of its decision until June 30, 2017, to give the state Legislature time to respond.< ...