2006 News Releases

	11/22/2006 Nominees sought for magistrate vacancy in Clay County TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with appointing a district magistrate judge in Clay County has issued a request for assistance from the public.The nine-member commission is responsible for selecting a district magistrate judge to fill the vacancy which was created when Hon. Paul Wright was not retained for another term during the ...
	11/21/2006 Three nominated for 3rd Judicial District judge vacancy TOPEKA—The Shawnee County Third Judicial Nominating Commission Tuesday submitted the names of three attorneys to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who will name one of them to succeed Judge Terry E. Bullock, who is retiring in January after 30 years on the bench.The nominees include Ruth E. Graham, Larry E. Hendricks, and Larry G. Karns. The three were ...
	11/09/2006 Three nominated for Supreme Court vacancy TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission today submitted the names of three judges to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court that will be created by the January retirement of Justice Donald L. Allegrucci.They include Court of Appeals Judges Lee A. Johnson and Tom Malone, and Douglas County District Judge Robert W. ...
	10/27/2006 Nominees sought for judge vacancy in 8th Judicial District TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with naming candidates to fill a district judge vacancy in the 8th Judicial District has issued a request for assistance from the public.The 8th Judicial District includes the counties of Dickinson, Geary, Marion and Morris.The nine-member commission is responsible for submitting the names of two or ...
	10/16/2006 14 apply for Supreme Court vacancy TOPEKA—The names of 14 persons were submitted by the noon Monday deadline as applicants to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Donald Allegrucci, effective January 8, 2007.The Supreme Court Nominating Commission will review the applications and conduct interviews November 7-8, with the names of ...
	10/04/2006 Nominees sought for 3rd Judicial District judge vacancy TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with naming candidates to fill a district judge vacancy in the 3rd Judicial District has issued a request for assistance from the public.The 3rd Judicial District is comprised of Shawnee County.The seven-member commission is responsible for submitting the names of two or three nominees to the Governor ...
	09/29/2006 Supreme Court appoints attorney to Government Ethics Commission TOPEKA—Chief Justice Kay McFarland today named long-time Topeka attorney Gerald L. Goodell as the Supreme Court's appointee to the state Governmental Ethics Commission.He succeeds former Chief Justice Robert H. Miller, who has resigned after 15 years service on the Ethics Commission. Miller said in his letter of resignation that "it ...
	09/11/2006 Allegrucci to retire from Supreme Court in January TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission has set noon, October 16, as the deadline for persons to apply for a vacancy on the Supreme Court that will be created by the January 8, 2007, retirement of Justice Donald L. Allegrucci.Justice Allegrucci is retiring pursuant to Kansas statutes that specify members of the Supreme Court retire at ...
	06/09/2006 Washburn to honor Chief Justice McFarland TOPEKA—Chief Justice Kay McFarland is to receive the Washburn University School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award Saturday (June 10) at the law school's annual luncheon during the Kansas Bar Association meeting that is underway in Overland Park.She is the first woman in the law school's history to receive the award. It is bestowed on ...
	05/15/2006 Supreme Court certifies new judge positions TOPEKA—The Supreme Court today certified vacancies to Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh for new district court judge positions in Shawnee and Miami Counties.The 2006 Legislature authorized funding for the two new judgeships, but did not include funding for support staff. The Supreme Court is designated by statute as the entity that decides ...
	04/20/2006 Nuss recuses from Montoy proceedings TOPEKA—The Supreme Court today announced that one of its members, Hon. Lawton R. Nuss, has recused from any further proceedings in Appeal No. 92,032: Montoy et al. v. State of Kansas et al.The recusal arose following a court conference today in which it was disclosed for the first time to the members of the Supreme Court that Justice Nuss had ...
	02/03/2006 Supreme Court rules in patient records case Appeal No. 93,383: Alpha Medical Clinic and Beta Medical Clinic et al. v. Hon. Richard Anderson, Judge of the Third Judicial District, et al.TOPEKA—Saying three federal constitutional privacy interests are threatened by Attorney General Phill Kline's inquisition subpoenas for patient records from two Kansas abortion clinics, the Supreme ...