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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instanceOf court of last resort
state supreme court
appliesToJurisdiction Kansas NERFINISHED
appoints members of certain Kansas judicial committees
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Kansas
building Kansas Judicial Center NERFINISHED
canExercisePower judicial review
rulemaking authority for Kansas courts
country United States of America
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
Kansas district courts NERFINISHED
Kansas municipal courts NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hearsCasesEnBanc true
highestCourtInJurisdiction Kansas NERFINISHED
interprets Kansas Constitution NERFINISHED
legalSystem common law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kansas NERFINISHED
location Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED
oversees Kansas judicial system NERFINISHED
partOf Judiciary of Kansas NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Kansas Rules of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED

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Kansas Judicial Center occupant Kansas Supreme Court