April 2011 News Releases

	04/20/2011 Chief justice named Toll Fellow TOPEKA—Kansas Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss has been named one of 48 state leaders from across the nation to attend the prestigious Toll Fellowship Program sponsored by the Council of State Governments, it was announced today.The annual week-long seminar, named in honor of Henry Toll, a Colorado senator who founded CSG in 1933, seeks to ...
	04/08/2011 Court strikes down part of gaming law Re: Appeal No. 102,786: Dissmeyer et al. v. State of KansasTOPEKA—The Supreme Court today struck down a state statute making so-called "gray machines" illegal under Kansas gaming law as unconstitutionally too broad because it could include every mechanical device from spinners for children's games to a personal computer that has ...
	04/06/2011 Court of Appeals to sit in Leavenworth TOPEKA—A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will sit at the Leavenworth County Courthouse April 12 and 13 to hear oral arguments in 11 appeals arising from Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte counties, it was announced today.The court sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, and at 9:00 a.m. on ...
	04/04/2011 Local judges to sit with Supreme Court TOPEKA—Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts and Dickinson County Judge Benjamin Sexton will be sitting with the state Supreme Court in its historic session April 13 in Salina to hear an appeal in one of four matters on the Court's docket. The hearing marks the first session in which the Supreme Court is presiding at a location ...
	04/04/2011 Supreme Court to preside over historic session in Salina TOPEKA—In what is believed to be a historical first in Kansas, Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss today announced the Supreme Court will travel to Salina April 13 to hear appeals in four matters pending before the Court. The Court has never presided over cases in locations other than Topeka, historical records show.The sessions, which will be ...