Kansas Supreme Court

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The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Kansas, responsible for interpreting the state constitution and overseeing the Kansas judicial system.

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Kansas Supreme Court canonical 22
Kansas Supreme Court justices 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort
state supreme court
appliesToJurisdiction Kansas
appoints members of certain Kansas judicial committees
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Kansas
building Kansas Judicial Center
canExercisePower judicial review
rulemaking authority for Kansas courts
country United States
courtType appellate court
constitutional court
decidesOn constitutionality of Kansas statutes
interpretation of Kansas state laws
establishedInYear 1861
handles appeals involving death penalty in Kansas
appeals involving questions of great public importance in Kansas
appeals involving state revenue laws in Kansas
hasAuthorityOver Kansas Court of Appeals
Kansas district courts
Kansas municipal courts
hasChiefJudgeLabel chief justice
hasJurisdictionOver administrative law cases in Kansas
civil cases in Kansas
criminal cases in Kansas
hasNumberOfPositions 7
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPositionsLabel justices
hasWebsite https://www.kscourts.org/
headOfGovernmentBody Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
hearsCasesEnBanc true
highestCourtInJurisdiction Kansas
interprets Kansas Constitution
legalSystem common law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kansas
location Topeka, Kansas
oversees Kansas judicial system
partOf Judiciary of Kansas
regulates admission to the Kansas bar
discipline of attorneys in Kansas
discipline of judges in Kansas
practice of law in Kansas
reviews certain decisions of Kansas district courts
decisions of Kansas Court of Appeals
selectionMethod merit-based selection with retention elections
termLength six years for justices subject to retention
uses Kansas Rules of Civil Procedure
Kansas Rules of Criminal Procedure

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Kansas Judicial Center occupant Kansas Supreme Court
Government of Kansas highestCourt Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas judicial branch headOfBranch Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas judicial branch highestCourt Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas judicial branch includesCourt Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas judicial branch courtOfLastResort Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas judicial branch overseenBy Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Judicial Council collaboratesWith Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Office of Judicial Administration worksWith Kansas Supreme Court justices
linked to: Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court of Appeals highestCourtAbove Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court of Appeals appealTo Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court of Appeals decisionReviewableBy Kansas Supreme Court
Third Judicial District of Kansas overseenBy Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas 5th Judicial District isSubordinateTo Kansas Supreme Court
Finney County District Court hearsAppealsTo Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Constitution establishes Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas 8th Judicial District overseenBy Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas 8th Judicial District appealsTo Kansas Supreme Court
7th Judicial District of Kansas appealsTo Kansas Supreme Court