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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kansas Supreme Court canonical 22
Kansas Supreme Court justices 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ