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The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.
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History
The Kansas Legislature crated the first Kansas Court of Appeals in 1895, to help the Kansas Supreme Court with an increasingly heavy caseload. The original statute that created the court contained a sunset provision that allowed the court to expire in 1901.[1] The Court of Appeals was reestablished permanently in 1977 as a seven member appellate court—expanded to ten judges in 1987, then later to twelve.[1]
Jurisdiction
The Court of Appeals hears all appeals from orders of the State Corporation Commission, original actions in habeas corpus, and all appeals from the state district courts in both civil and criminal cases (except those that may be appealed directly to the Kansas Supreme Court).
Procedures
Kansas Court of Appeals judges sit in panels of three at locations throughout the state, but most frequently at the primary courtroom in the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka. The court also has the power to review matters en banc. Each panel typically rules on approximately 30 appeals over a two-day period every month. Decisions of the Court of Appeals are filed weekly, usually on Friday mornings.[2]
There is no right to an appeal from the judgments of the Court of Appeals. Parties who lose their appeal in the Court of Appeals may petition the Kansas Supreme Court to review the decision, but the justices are not required to do so.[1]
Judges
Court of Appeals judges are appointed to four-year terms by the Governor of Kansas, after being selected from a list of qualified individuals submitted to him by the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. The Kansas Supreme Court is responsible for selecting the chief judge of the court.
As of 2008, the judges on the court are:
Justice Birthplace Year Service Began Appointing Governor Law School Gary Rulon (Chief Judge) Manhattan, Kansas 1988 Mike Hayden Washburn University School of Law Jerry Elliott Fort Scott, Kansas 1987 Mike Hayden University of Kansas School of Law Joseph Pierron Kansas City, Kansas 1990 Mike Hayden University of Kansas School of Law Henry W. Green Leavenworth, Kansas 1993 Joan Finney University of Kansas School of Law Christel Marquardt Chicago, Illinois 1995 Joan Finney Washburn University School of Law Tom Malone Wichita, Kansas 2003 Bill Graves Washburn University School of Law Richard Greene Hermann, Missouri 2003 Kathleen Sebelius Dedman School of Law at SMU Stephen Hill Fort Scott, Kansas 2003 Kathleen Sebelius Washburn University School of Law Patrick McAnany Sweetwater, Texas 2004 Kathleen Sebelius UM - Kansas City School of Law Nancy Caplinger Beloit, Kansas 2004 Kathleen Sebelius Washburn University School of Law Michael Buser Kansas City, Missouri 2005 Kathleen Sebelius University of Kansas School of Law Steve Leben Eureka, Kansas 2007 Kathleen Sebelius University of Kansas School of Law Melissa Standridge Kansas City, Missouri 2008 Kathleen Sebelius UM - Kansas City School of Law References
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Judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals Chief Judge: Rulon • Buser • Caplinger • Green • Greene • Hill • Leben • Malone • Marquardt • McAnany • Pierron • Standridge
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Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming do not have intermediate appellate courts.Categories:- State appellate courts
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- Government agencies established in 1977
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