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HOWARD SCHWARTZ 301 ~. 10t4 (913) 296~4873 Appendix 25 Judicial Administrator mllpelur~ ~tti1sus 66612 Graphics Supreme Coyrt Administrative Chart ____ ACQ·U;._';S_.. '-=lTI...,::.· 1...::::O~=--_-:...... _. __-.-!.4 Jami'ary 10, 1981 PendingSivil and Criminal Cases 10 Age of Pending Criminal Cases 11 Age of Pending Civil Cases 13 .~~~~~~~~~~------~--~~--- Traffic Cases 14 ..:...:..:::.:..:..:..:::...::::=:.::-,----~-.----,--- Formal Juvenile Proceedingi___ -'-- ______~ ______'--.-16 To the Honorable ~lfred G. Schroeder, Domestic Relations 17 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 6Qpellate Cf./urt Dispositions ~ ____~ __ .. _____ 18 and the Justices of the Supreme Court: ~:.....'--.'-' -"-- Pending Civil Cases ______. __ .___ .______19
In compliance with the provisions of Rule No. 1.03(c) of the Supreme Court, this annual report of the judicial Foreword the point that besides monthly and who are concerned about justice in business of the courts of Kansas for the fiscal year end ---- quarterly reports judges now receive Kansas, from the dedicated legisla ing June 30, 1981, is submitted. Fiscal 1981 saw sweeping and several reports that focus on specific tors Who have helped shape the sys even dramatic changes as the Kan issues involved in the efficient: ad tem to. lawyers and private citizens This executive summary may be read together with" the sas Judicial Branch ushered in the ministration of justice. who are deeply involved in it. annual statistical report. The statistical report contains 80's. The changes centered around Change also occurred in the of A complete set of the raw data on the raw data of the courts' caselo~Cl. upon which this summary the court system's goal of delivering fices of the clerks of· the district whiCh this summary is based is on is b&sed. Additional copies of the statistic~l report are quality and speedy justice to Kan courts where a patchwork quilt ac~ file in the Office of Judicial Admin on file in the Office of Judicial'Administration. sans at the lowest PQssible cost. AI- counting system used in the various istration, Kansas Judicial Center, . though this goal remains constant, judicial districts has been replaced 301 W. 10th, Topeka, Kansas The statistical report and this exem.itive summary of bold new innovations have been by a uniform procedure in which 66612; Telephone: 913 296-2256. 'the statistical report would not be possible without the undertaken this year. one entry accomplishes several The changes of 1981 resulted pri- dedication and hard work of the judges, clerks, and other Many of these changes center tasks. . marily from the unification of the employees of the Kansas Judicial Branch. around the implementation of Su As the clerks SWitched to the Judicial Branch in 1977. But we are preme Court Time Standards. for re. st,mdard one-write accounting sys constantly striving toachievethe vi Respectfully, dueing delay. As the statistical anal tem, they also. began using new ap sion ·of our citizens who mandated ysis in'eluded in this report shows, pearance dockets that have enabled. in the Kansas Constitution that "the the time standards are being met in the courts to quit using large and, judicial power of this state shall. be fJovJov..L S'<\w~--r- nearly every instance, and judges e> Overview appointed in the first instance by the Examiners, the Board of Examiners are presently 71 district judges, 67 wheel. When a jury panel is needed, program begun by the clerks and governor from a list :~f three quali of Court Reporters, and the Com associate district judges and 73 dis the wheel or computer is used to administrators of the district courts. The judicial article of the Consti fied persons submitted by the Su mission on Judicial Qualifications, trict magistrate judges. There is at select a number of names at ran Among innovations in several ju tution of Kansas, which was last re preme Court Nominating Commis which serve as separate entities as least one judge residing in each dom. Juror summonses are then sent dicial districts to improve the lot of I vised by the voters of Kansas in sion. After a justice has served a year sisting the Supreme Court. county. to those persons whose names are jurors were multiple voir dire, shar 1972, provides that the judicial in office, the appointment is subject Court officers, Who are appointed The district court is where most drawn, and they may be called to ing of panels among judges, tele power of the state shall be vested to ratification by the voters at the by the Supreme Court to assist in trials are conducted. The district serve on a, trial jury. The pay for jury phone call-in,' reduced paperwork exclusively in one court of justice, next general election. If a majority of transacting the business of the court also hears appeals from mu duty is small, but the responsibility is and the use of the state census and which shall be divided into one su the electors vote to retain the justice courts, include the Clerk of the Su nicipal courts and administrative great. drivers license lists to increase cov preme court, district courts and such in office, he or she continues in of preme Court, the Supreme Court agencies, such as the Kansas Corpo About 95 percent of all jury trials1 erage without additional clerical other courts as are provided by law. fice for a full term of six years. At the Law Librarian, the Supreme Court ration Commission and Kansas in the world take place in the United work. All courts of this state are there er,r;1 of each term thereafter, the re Rep0rter, the Disciplinary Adminis Commission on Civil Rights. States. The responsibility of deciding The intent of these programs was fore part of the "one court of jus tention of the justice in office is trator, and the Judicial Administrator Decisions of a district magistrate the fate of the accused in a criminal to encourage every c,ourt to accom tice" commonly referred to as the subject to the vote of the electors. If of the Courts. judge are subject to review within trial or resolving a dispute between plish change without significant Judicial Branch. The Kansas Su a majority of those voting on the The intermediate level of the Ju the district court" by a district judge parties in a civil trial is a difficult cost. preme Court, which is the highest question vote against retaining the dicial Branch is the Court of Ap or associate district judge if ap one, but the process of reaching a Efforts to streamline and update court of this state, has general ad justice, the position is vacant and is ,peals, consisting of seven judges. pealed. verdict is a unique lesson in democ the jury system in Kansas are con ministrative authority over all courts filled in the same manner as the Selection of the judges of the Court As authorized by the Constitution, racy. tinuing, with the aim of reducing the of the state. original appointment. of Appeals is similar to the proce the electors of 20 judicial districts Many Kansans found life was get amount of time that a citizen is Under the Constitution, the judi The Supreme Court has jurisdic dure for the Supreme Court, and the have adopted an appointment ting easier in fulfilling jury duty dur asked to contribute to jury service. ciary is a separate branch of gov tion over direct appeals from a dis same nominating commission func method for the selection of judges of ing 1981 thanks to an experimental ernment equal to, but coordinate trict court in certain criminal cases tions for both courts. The term of the district court. In nine districts, with, the legislative and executi\7e and cases in which a state statute office for a judge of the Court of the voters have voted to select branches. Courts exist for the deter has been declared unconstitutional Appeals is four years. The chief judges in partisan elections. mination of the rights of private in by a district court. It has a discre judge is appointed by the Supreme The regular term of office of a dividuals and the public in general' tionary review over decisions ren Court. He is the administrative judge judge of the district court is for four under the constitutions and the laws dered by the Court of' Appeals and of the Court of Appeals. years. Retired judges, both' district of the United States and State of may transfer cases prior to decision The Court of Appeals may sit en and appellate, are used extensively Kansas. D~termination of these by that court ,to the Supreme Court. banc (with all seven judges) or in to assist the Judicial Branch in man rights is sought by the filing of law It also has original jurisdiction in a panels of three at any suitable loca aging the cases. In 1981, retired sl!its,either civil or criminal, in the few specialized proceedings which tion in the state as determined by the judges helped in a special push to appropriate courts having jurisdic can be fiI~p directly in the Supreme chief judge in consideration of dispose of 210 Court of Appeals tion to hear arid determine' such Court. where cases arise, relative conve cases. Retired judges also are uti lawsuits. In appealed cases the Supreme nience and the expense to the par lized in districts where dockets have The courts of Kansas consist of the Court, as does the Court of Appeals, ties, court and counsel. become overloaded and in cases in Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, determines questions of law pre At the trial level are the district which district judges were required and the district courts. In addition, sented by the parties in written ar courts. There is a district court for to disqualify themselves. municipal courts exist in most cities. gumentsand based on the record of each of the state's 105 counties, Assisting the judges in the Judicial The' jurisdiction of these courts is the proceedings transcribed in the which has jurisdiction over all mat Branch are many Kansans who serve : ~ over cases brought to enforce mu trial 'Court. Written opinions pre ters, both civil and criminal, as pro on juries each working day of the' • t nicipal ordinances. part!d in cases determined by the vided by law. The state is divided year. , :1" '~ At the top of the state courtsy~tem appellate courts are published in into 29 judicial districts comprising The jury system is an importa.nt , (.,... - '-- - ',', ,'[:1 is the Supreme Court consisting of bound volumes and are entitled to from one to seven counties per dis part of the court system. Persons ac : I seven justices. The justice who is recognition as precedents for future trict. (See map at end of this section.) cused of crimes have an absolute <;1:: seriior. in continuous term of servic,e litigation. The district court is served by dis right to a jury trial, and parties to a ~ ; is chief justice and serves as presid The Supreme Court has>2xclusive trict judges and associate district civil suit may choose to have their ing officer of the court and chief jurisdiction over the admission of judges and, in some districts, by case decided by a Jury. ," executive officer of the Judicial attorneys to practice law, discipline district magistrates. The jurisdiction Jury lists are made up of names 1;.' ;1 Bra.nch. of attorneys, certification of official or authority to handle certain litiga selected from the voter registration Justices of the Supreme Court are court reporters an\,! discipline of tionis prescribed by law for each list and sometimes from the county Members of the news media gathered in the Judicial Center for 'one of several news selected by a nonpartisan method judges. Th~ court is aided in these group of judges; however, all such census list. These names are placed conferences during the year, reflecting a Judicial Branch goal of making the courts even ·first adopted in 1958. A justice is functions by the State Board of Law judges serve the district court There either into a computer or C1 jury more accessible to the citilenry. 2 3 Supreme Court Administrative Chart , I I I SPECIFICATIONS If Supreme Court ** 1. General: 'I i (a) All the el { licensed e t c[ (b) All cuttin state pers (c) Concrete c District Administrative be complet Judges Jr, ( d) The corner7l be accompl Supreme Co 2. Electrical (a) The electr in color w Provide 3/ covering a nut. Furn 3. Vid.eo-Audio. (a) The multi bronze in a 3/4" con I covering a· ," nut. t 4. Speaker and (a) The speake: wi th the a: 1 5. Cable Termi: (a) The same a: ,, * The Judicial Council is independent of the Court System and con ducts specialized research. 6. Media agree: i * The Nominating Commissions are independent of the Court Sys from injuril i tem-The Clerk of the Appellate Courts provides staff support to the Media furthl i Commissions. by its empl'.l *'" Each Justice of the Supreme Court has administrative duties as Departmental Justice of one of six Judicial Departments consisting of I from four to six Judicial Districts. I * * * The Appellate Clerk is the Clerk of the Supreme Court and also Clerk ! ; of the Court of Appeals. [ *'" * * These non-judicial employees lead 29 judicial districts which serve ~ i Kansas' 105 counties. 4 l on activities of all state courts and The Office of judicial Administra ences each yfjar for judicial and cates of good standing and issues primarily with court administration. Office of Judicial preparing the annual report. tion is responsible for the adminis nonjudicial personnel. In addition, corporation certificates approving The various subjects of the col Administration Kansas judges are constantly kept tration of the budgeting, payroll and seminars on special topics are con the corporate names for law firms or Il?ction range from the administra informed of trends in their cases general accounting activities of the ducted throughout the year for juve attorneys filing articles of incorpora tion of courts and courthouse design 1981 was a busy year for the Of through the judicial Administrator's judicial Branch. Extensive liaison is nile probation staff, court transcrip tion. to selection of judges. While the fice of judicial Administration as the information management system. maintained with the executive tionists, clerks, court administrators, Members of the Kansas Board of collection is only circulated to per courts worked with-renewed vigor to Thanks to the computer-based branch agencies which cooperate in administrative judges and other Admission of Attorneys are Donald sonnel of the judicial Branch, any better accomplish the efficient ad system, judges receive monthly and these endeavors. judges of the district court. H. Corson, jr., Kansas City; Donald one may use the collection in the ministration of justice in Kansas. quarterly reports advising them of Other fiscal responsibilities in It also is responsible for the de R. Newkirk, Wichita; William Y. law library or it may,be researched The efficient administration of the number of filings, the age of the clude inventory maintenance for the velopment, production and distribu Chalfant, Hutchinson; G. Edmond by staff members. justice runs the gamut of issues that cases and the disposition rates. state office, financial record keeping tion of various monthly and quar Hayes, Wichita; Edward Larson, The law library has an ongoing face any large institution dedicated During 1981, judges also received for the appellate courts, the appel terly reports which provide Hays; Raymond L. Spring, Topeka; exchange program with other states to the best possible conduct of its many special reports on case man late clerk's office and other depart management information for the ad Deanell R. Tacha, Lawrence; john to receive their statutes, reports, ses business at the lowest cost. agement. These reports included ments within the judicial system and ministrative staff, district adminis H. johntz, jr., Olathe; and Robert L. sion laws and legislative journals. The position of judicial Adminis such issues as whether each of the financial reporting for these offices. trators, derks, judges and justices. Briley, Chanute. The library receives federal admin trator was created by the judicial district's, caseload is meeting Su The state also funds a program to The Clerk also assists the Kansas istrative decisions and regulations Department Reform Act of 1965. preme Court time standards and provide court-appointed counsel Clerk of Appellate State Board of Examiners of Court from the U.S. Government Printing The judicial Administrator is ap how fast cases involving major and other necessary legal assistance Reporters in administering two ex Office through its status as a selec pointed by and serves at the plea crimes are proceeding from filing to indigents who are charged with Cou r~_, ______,___ _ aminations each year. tive depository library. sure of the Chief justice. He is re through disposition. felonies. The judicial Administrator' Certified Shorthand Reporter cer The library'S history began in sponsible for the implementation of Besides fiscal and case manage is responsible for the administration Besides processing an increasing tificates are filed and docketed with 1855 with the establishment of a the rules and policies of the Su ment concerns, the judicial Admin of the expenditures for the program number of cases and motions, the the Clerk of the Supreme Court. Territorial Library af)d an initial ap preme Court as they apply to the istrator also is charged with super under the guidance of the Board of Clerk of the appellate courts has nu The Clerk's office maintains a propriation of $5,000. From that operation and administration of the vising and examining the Supervisors of Panels to Aid Indigent merous other responsibilities many separate file on each applicant and initial appropriation evolved the district courts. administrative practices of the dis Defendants. Included in the pro are not aware of. prepares and mails the certificates of State Library composed of the refer A recurring key function of the trict courts and providing adminis gram are three public defender of The Clerk is appointed by the jus eligibility after each examination ence department and the law de office is to follow state statutes pro trative guidance to them. During fices. The public defenders represent tices of the Supreme Court for a upon receiving a report from the partment. Managerial authority viding that all payroll for district 1981, members of the judicial Ad indigent defenda.nts accused of felo two-year term and serves in a dual board. passed from one state official to an court operations be approved by the ministrator's staff met with all law nies. role of Clerk of the Court of Appeals Besides providing staff support for othe)." until 1975 when the law de judicial Administrator. The adminis trained judges in their districts to In districts without public de and Clerk of the Supreme Court. the Kansas Commission on Judicial partrhent of the State Library became trator is required to certify all district assist them in any way they could fender offices, the indigents are rep He is responsible for the general Qualifications and the Judicial the Kansas Supreme Court Law li court wage and salary claims, which with administrative problems. resented by private attorneys on an supervision of the Board of Exami Nominating Commissions, the Clerk brary. in 1981 involved about 1,455 ern- The Office of judicial Administra assignment basis. ners of Court Reporters, the Board of is responsible for processing all mo The law library occupied the third I ' r ~J;!,oyees. ,,' tion also conducted numerous sem- Iii the area of personnel, the office Admissions, and the Supreme Court tions filed with the courts. floor of the north wing of the State %'1J5Jf Among the duties delegated to t,he , inars for leaders in the court system, has the responsibility of recom Nominating Commission. He also In fiscal 1981, there were 660 Capitol building for many years. It I, judicial Administrator by the Su- in addition to regu,{arly scheduled mending policy and procedures to serves as secretary of the judicial motions filed in Supreme Court now occupies all of the first floor ~ Qualifications Commission. cases and 3,388 filed in connection and part of the basement in the Ju \preme Court are examining district educational programs, all with a the Supreme Court and implement !( court dockets to determine the need view toward facilitating the admin ;1 The Clerk's office provides staff with cases before the Court of Ap dicial Center. ing those that are directed. Workon'"'.- ...... " t for judicial assistance. In 1981, istration of justice. a new manual detailing the judicial support for the Board for Admission peals. The library provides services to judges, both active and retired, were A major outgrowth of the semi Branch's equal employment oppor of Attorneys, which is charged with the judicial, legislative and execu ,assigned cases in other districts. nars in 1981 was the implementa tunities and affirmative action pro all responsibilities relating to the J.:~w library_.____ _ tive branches of state government. In Getting a judge in to do the job tion of a uniform accounting system gram was undertaken during the fis admission of attorneys to practice addition to these duties, the law li :1·. when needed has played an ever in all districts without computer cal year. law in Kans'as. Among the departments assisting brary serves the entire legal profes ,'" expanding role in the administration based accounting. The Office of judicial Administra In 1981, 443 persons applied to the administration of justice in Kan sion and local units of government of the judicial branch. The Office of judicial Administra tion also takes a major role in the become attorneys, and 304 passed sas during fiscal 1981 was the State throughout the state. The bedrock issues always are tion also is charged with preparing the bar examinations, which were Law Library, housed in the judicial Two copies of appellate briefs :,.,:i; development and coordination of caseload, timely dispositions of and administering the budget under training programs for court person ,~onducted in july 1980 and Febru Center. filed in cases heard by the Kansas cases and impartial judicial effort. the direction of the Supreme Court, ary 1981. Besides providing ready access to Supreme Court and Court of Appeals !~ nel. The focus of the training effort is The interdistrict assignment of training judicial and nonjudicial on improving employees' job per Besides conducting the tests, the Kansas judges a collection of are housed in the law library. One judges is based upon another major personnel and representing the court formance. Clerk dockets bar petitions and 182,000 volumes, the library began copy is maintained as a permanent function of the Office of judicial to the legislative and executive The office aids in the develop issues receipts for fees, files motions maintenance of a specialized col copy while the other is made avail Administration: compiling sta'tistics branches and to the public. ment of major statewide confer- for temporary permits, issues certifi- lection of legal materials dealing able for loan. 6 7 ------~------~\~ ~~ .. " .~.~''''''.'" .... ~. <,-''"''~_~ .•_ .... _"~~"'~_~. , ~ ~ • ~ '~I- ~ d - ~'~..-'~ •.-~~-.---.... ~""_~<~~"'''''''''T ~--.~ ..,-.,.-- '~.-.. -...-,,- -.~,,"'-"- ~-~~-,,~,,~ •• "-'~~""'-->1tr - '~"'~'-''-<-- .. ",.1t''''',~~~,",,,,,,~ '·~~-'1-·-·"""h'''r:t .. -1~'~' _, AP-ue11ate Rep-orter office make a source check on all errors are correctl~d and questions cases, statutory and other authorities about citations and language are The reporter of the Supreme Court cited, checking to see that each cleared with the .1 I I L I The Supreme Court convened to ~.i~~r several cases of monumental importance, such as this session when the justices were asked to determine the governor's authority relating to line item vlOtoes. 8 ------. . ·1 i Time Standards Pending Civil Cases (:riminal Cases At midyear, the Kansas Supreme Court adopted a statement of gen Over 2 Years Old More defendants accused of vio Age of Pending Criminal Cases eral principles and guidel ines for the lent crimes were brought to the bar FY 81 district courts which included time 2218 as of 6-30-80 of justice during the 1981 fiscal year standards for the different kinds of and their conviction rate increased. cases handled by the trial courts. An analysis of case filings and While the statement continues the dispositions for Class A, B, and C Kansas court system's traditional felonies shows 20.3 percent more emphasis on the quality of justice as cases were filed and the conviction the paramount consideration in any rate increased from 54.8 p~rcent in case, adoption of active case man 1980 to 58.9 percent this year. 4.8% agement principles and the guide The felonies in the total range 19-24 Months from first-degree murder and aggra lines provided by specific time stan 2.0% vated kidnapping to robbery, rape dards gave each trial court an OVer 24 Months and similar violent crimes against ~~====::::::::==--~~ improved capability for eliminating 2.7% unnecessary waiting time in the res persons. olution of disputes brought before Pending Criminal Cases A total of 1,970 such cases were filed in 1980, compared to 2,370 the court. Over 12 Months Old 6 Months tOr Less While the quality of justice is not filed in 1981. Guilty pleas and con 0 easily measured, all judges are acu victions were received in 1,396 74 6\ tely aware that the quality of justice 825 as of 6-30-80 cases this fiscal year, compared to begins to erode if disputes are not 1,098 during the 1980 fiscal year for resolved in a timely manner. Time A, B, and C felonies. ,I Notably, filings for Class A 1 liness can and is being measured. The office of judicial administra crimes-firsl-degree murder and ag f tion's management information ser~ gravated kidnapping-increased 45 vice sE~ction has made special re percr.Mt oVer the last fiscal year, from ports this year which are designed to 151 to 219. The conviction rate for More than 90 percent of the criminal cases filed in Kansas were disposed of within a assist administrative trial judges in the two crimes remained about the one-year period, including about 75 percent which are terminat.!d in six months or less. identifying areas which need special same at 61 percent. Both crimes attention and which are also to serve carry a mandatory life sentence with The judges terminated 12,971 Combined misdemeanor and fel as "report cards" on how well each Significant reductions in the number of older cases were made during the year as the a minimum parole eligibility date of casos during this fiscal year, com ony case filings showed an increase judicial district and the court system Judicial Branch implemented time standards for disposing of cases. 15 years. pared to the preceding yea~'s 11,310 in criminal filings of 896 cases. less meet the time standards. The total filings for all felony cases felony cases. than 3 percent of the total pending increased 10.8 percent from 10,944 A recent national media claim and the end of the case. Of the older civil cases must be periodi Filings for misdemeanors de criminal cases (5,245) are two years to 12; 121. Despite the increase, that, "the right to a speedy trial is so 2,819 cases ended during the cal/y reviewed and brought to trial. creased slightly since the last fiscal' old or older. The majority of crimi judges were able to dispose of 14.7 regularly denied that the thought period, 1,608, or 54 percent, were The report disclosed that cases year. Then 16,040 misdemeanors nal cases (3,915) are less' than six percent more felony cases-and in a seems antique" focused its attention ended within 120 days, the time pending two years or longer have were filed, compared to 13,96i this months old. These cases account for shorter period of time. year. on violent offenders. The article standard set by the Supreme Court. been reduced by 18 percent during 74.6 percent of the total. drew its facts from large metropoli A spe,cial report on civil cases fo the past year. The reduction means (Continued next page) tan areas, citing one area where the cused on cases which have been only 1,809 cases, or 5 percent of the average time from arrest to trial is pending more than two years. Sorne total 36,873 pending civil cases, are eight months. Checking A, B, and C civil cases have complex fact situa two years old or older as of June 30, felonies, and crime categories which tions and involve large number of 1981. include murder, rape, robbery, and litigants and attorneys. In such cases All but six of the 29 jUdicial dis assault for the period January 1, justice requires that all parties have tricts held their ground or gained in 1979 to June 30, 1980, our Kansas adequate preparation time but that the war on older cases. Two districts courts averaged 112 days (less than delay as a litigant strategy be dis reduced the number of cases two 4 months) between the date of a couraged. If delay reduction pro years or older to zero. They are the person's first appearance in court grams are to be successful, these 17th District made up of the top tier 10 (See Page 20) 11 ·JII ~'1' ) .I .',I (From page 11) Predictably, the largest increase in from 791 to 684, and Wyandotte's time standards midway through the criminal case filings came in the pending criminal cases dropped clerks in district courts playa vital Here is a breakdown of civil case 1981 fiscal year. state's four metropolitan counties, from 621 to 449. Sedgwick County role in the case management pro activity during fiscal 1981 by judi Although filings for all civil ac An analysis of pending cases that gram. but three of the four were able to realized a,~slight gain from 667 to cial distri.ct: tions increased by more than 3,000 were two years or older showed as reduce their pending criminal case 685 cases." Pending cases during fi~cal 1981, judges re Pending of June 30, 1980, there were 2,218 District 6-30-80 Filed ~ j loads substantially. An additional judge for Sedgwick Terminated 6-30-81 , duced the number of pending cases Civil cases. pending in district courts Shawnee ,County reduced its County is included in the budget 1 961 2,095 2,232 from 35,332 to 35,314. in that category. At the end of fiscal 824 pending criminal cases, including request for the year beginning july 1, 2 268 768 779 25)7 The total includes regular and 1981, only 1,532 cases were two both felonies and misdemeanors, 1982. 3 3,014 8,649 8,817 2,846 limited action civil cases, as well as years old or older, a 30 percent re from 761 at the end of fiscal year Here is a breakdown of the case 4 644 1,814 1,938 520 domestic relations. They are part of duction in a one-year time span. 1980 to'406 as of june 30, 1981; load activity for criminal cases by 5 680 1,437 1,663 454 305,724 cases of all kinds that were Statewide, 25 of the 29 judicial johnson County's reduction was judicial district: ,. 6 389 954, 1,015 filed in the courts during the year. districts reduced the number of 328 7 903 2,152 2,004 1,051 Pending Cases Cases Pending Actions to recover damages in pending civil cases two years old or 8 490 1,898 1,862 526 District 6-30-80 Filed Ter~irated 6-30-81 excess of $5,000 were filed in older. 9 573 958 1,008 523 1 353 955 1;115 193 18,171 cases during 1981, com As of june 30,. 1981, there was 10 4,485 9,579 9,892 4,172 2 160 936 1,002 94 pared to 17,816 the year before. 11early a 10 percent reduction in the 11 1,164 2,954 2,854 1,264 3 730 1,629 1',~53 406 Some 18,703 cases in that category number of major cases pending in 12 255 576 660 171 4 300 1,022 1,14), 181 were terminated during the year. the district courts compared to the 13 668 1,704 1,697 675 5 '101 400 4(i~j 95 That compares to 16,830 the year same time a year earlier. This re 14 538 1,667 1,666 539 6 118 532 584 66 before. \" duction in pending cases occurred 15 257 619 636 240 7 236 905 997 144 The accelerated efforts by judges de'spite an increase in case filings in 16 533 1,502 1,476 559 " 8 161 980 985 156 reduced the total number of pending 1981 over 1980. 17 234 568 566 236 9 130 353 369 114 civil cases from 14,187 to 12,727. The number and age of pending 18 7,800 20,916 19,793 8,923 10 791 2,094 2,201 684'" And of those cases still on the cases in the judicial Branch con 19 930 2,133 2,176 887 11 451 1,293 1,503 241 dockets, only 10 percent, or 1,274 tinues to be an important matter in 20 903 1,807 1,975 735 12 83 511 545 49 cases were two years old or older. our judicial system. By providing the 21 438 1,018 1,107 349 13 165 675 690 150 About 45 percent of the civil cases judicial Administrator's office with 22 238 509 520 227 14 130 368 422 76 had been pending six months or less accurate and timely case data, the 325 846 832 339 15 119 554 614 59 by the end of the year. Last year's 297 539 571 265 16 199 498 639 58 .percentage was 42.9. 508 1,485 1,539 454 17 88 464 487 65 Filings of limited action cases 607 1,154 1,092 669 18 667 2,109 2,088 685 climbed to 41,129 from the preced 1,758 2,938 3,190 1,506 19 462 1,464 1,657 ,; 269 ing year's 40,345. But terminations 640 1,742 1,855 527 20 362 1,072 1,274 160 increased to 40,419 from last year's 4,832 12,188 11,772 5,248 21 112 824 824 112 37,018. >I 35,332 87,187 22 116 540 587 69 The total pending limited action 87,169 35,314 23 108 486 508 86 cases at the end of the year was 24 86 451 476 61 reduced to 13,754, compared to 19-24 Months 25 174 880 932 122 1980's 14,645. 26 131 493 483 141 Only 1.5 percent of the limited 3.7% 27 147 250 680 783 action cases were pending longer .~~:::::l.J,;;~;.;...:,"':';---"~,lI Over 24 Months 28 324 1,607 1,818 113 than 24 months at the' end of the 4.3% 29 621 1,316 1,488 449 year. The figure' was 2.1 percent at TOTAL: 7,728 26,088 ,28,571 5,245 the end of fiscal 1980. Most of the 40,419 limited action cases terminated in fiscal 1981 wer~ settled or dismissed, but the number of trials to judges or juries increased Age of Pending Civil Cases from 1,229 to 1,409" FY 81 To provide the district courts di rection indisposing of pending civil The percentage of civil cases pending 24 months or longer was trimmed to a minute 4.3 cases, the Supreme Court adopted percent by the end of the year. Many of those in that category involve liighly complicated issues requiring expert testimony from across the country. 12 13 1 t ',1 Traffic Cases , FY 8t) Compared to FY 81 Filings Reckless Driving Traffic cases. In 1981, 279,736 cases were kinds 'of traffic offenses was up Driving Under Influence disposed of, compared to 267,562 about 2,000 over the preceding Fleeing Police More Kansas drivers were charged in 1980. with serious traffic offenses during year. Bond forfeitures increased by As with most categories of cases, fiscal 1981, but fewer defendants just less than 1O,OOO.\~~=\, trafficfilings climbed to 281,842, up Here are the statewide "totals of took their case to a jury trial. from 1980's 273,704 cases. Charges of driving while intoxi 1980 and 1981 filings and disposi The number of guilty pleas for all tions: (; cated, reckless driving and fleeing a All Other police officer totaled 5,910 during FILINGS the year. The figure compares to the 1981 1980 Reckless driving preceding year's 5,513 cases in that 1,154 875 Driving under influence category. 4,541 4,374 Fleeing police .~ Only 59 of the defendants de 215 264 All other 1980 1981 manded a jury trial during 1981, 275,932 268,191 Total compared to 119 who did so during 281,842 273,704 fiscal 1980. DISPOSITIONS , ~- 1981 1980 There also were fewer court trials Guilty pleas 220,561 218,693 during the fiscal year just ended. The Bond forfeitures 37,876 27,965 Dispositions figures are 5,575 for fiscal 1981 and Dismissals 15,665 14,805 5,980 for fiscal 1980. Trials to court 5,575 5,980 The figures show that Kansas Trials to jury /( 59 )1" 119 judges disposed of more traffic Total' .:/ Trials to Jury 279,736 267,562 luveniles The number of juveniles placed the courts each year, such as diver on probation declined proportion sionary programs in which the Although fewer juveniles were ately. This year 3,329 juveniles were charged with delinquency during charges are dismissed upon suc granted probation. The figure for the cessful ;completion. Trials to Court fiscal 1981, more were committed preceding year was 3,831. to institutions. Following is a breakdown of the The statewioe totals are in addi Year-end statistics show 3,983 ju filings and dispositions of formal ju tion to about 15,000 juvenile mat venile proceedings during 1981: veniles were charged with delin ters that are handled informally by quency this year, compared to last Dismissals year's 4,373. Of those adjudicated FILINGS delinquent, 306 were committed to 1981 1980 Delinquent Youth Center at Topeka or other ju 3,983 4,373 Miscreant venile facilities. During the 1980 5,057 5,271 Wayward fiscal year, 260 juveniles were com 1,012 1,564 Truant mitted to such facilities. 662 763 Deprived Bond Forfeitures A total of 12,805 cases were filed 1,804 2,206 Traffic against juveniles during the last fis 287 292 Total cal year, compared to 14,4'69 the 12,805 14,469 year before. DISPOSITIONS 1981 1980 Despite the decline in case filings, Jurisdiction waived 103 76 judges of the juvenile division gave Dismissed 2,298 2,328 up jurisdiction to adult courts f:10re Supervised probation 3,329 3,831 h frequently during the year, records Parental custody Guilty Pleas 2,410 3,205 'I show. In fiscal 1981, jurisdiction Institutional commitments 306 260 was waived to the adult courts 103 Traffic dispositions 240 357 times. That compares to 76 during Other 1,752 2,30-2. fiscal 1980. Total 10,438 1981 12,362 15 - --~-- _. "------,~- Formal Juvenile Proceedings FY 80 Compared to FY 81 6,000 Filings ~ 5,000 1980 1981 Domestic Relations Litigants contested 3,074 of the year were 2,643 and 2,731, respec cases during the year, but without a tively. Domestic relations cases ranging trial, and 3,175 cases actually went Here is a comparison of domestic 4,000 from child support actions to di to trial. The figures for the preceding relations cases for 1980 and 1981. vorces and annulments are on the Filings upswing in Kansas, fiscal 1981 fig Nature 1980 1981 ures show. 3,000 Divorce, annulment or separate maintenance 20,645 21.,702 Despite significantly more de Inward support actions 1,804 2,052 mands for trials, judges were able to Outward support actions 1,643 1,868 dispose of these cases at accelerated 2,000 Other 1 ,7~4 2,247 rates. Total Total domestic case filings in the 25,856 27,869 Terminations 1,000 state climbed to 27,869 during the fiscal year, compared to only 25,856 1980 1981 the year before. Total dismissals 6,591 7,586 Domestic relations case filings in Uncontested 12,366 12,556 all categories were up, including Contested, no formal trial 2,643 3,074 Delinquent Miscreant Wayward Truant Deprived Traffic actions to terminate marriage total Trials 2,731 3,175 ing 21,702. In fiscal 1980, there Other 1,273 1,674 were 20,645 such actions. Total terminations 25,604 28,065 District judges granted 16,245 di Pending 9,685 8,758 vorces, annulments and separate maintenance actions during the I'::;,;;,;("·:/·::} year, compared to 15,173 the pre 4,000 Dispositions ceding year. The parties filed no ap Comparison of Domestic Relations Cases 1980 1981 peals from the judges' decisions this 'FY 80 and FY 81 year, compared to 14 the year be 30,000 fore. Despite the increased filings, only 8,758 domestic relations cases re 25,000 3,000 mained unresolved at the end of the 1980 year, compared to 9,685 in fiscal 20,000 • ,/ 1980. 'I' Of those pending, a full 83.8 per ~t cent had been on the judges' dockets six months or less. Only 15,000 1981 2,000 six-tenths of one percent, or 53 cases, were over two years old, a dramatic reduction from 219 do 10, mestic relations cases left pending for 24 months or longer at the end of '.I fiscal 1980. 5,000 1,000 Renewed efforts by the judges speeded the dispositions of the cases despite the added filings and the fact that more divorces were brought to a Filings Terminations Pending full-blown trial in 1981. Although more of our citizens filed domestic relations cases during the year, judges also disposed of more, resulting in a lower number of pending cases by the end of the year. l' l' l' l' Jurisdiction Dismissed Supervised Parental Institutional Traffic Other Waived Probation Custody Commitments Dispositions 17 The Supreme Court also disposed Appellate Courts motions were filed relating to cases Here is a summary of appellate of 634 motions filed during fiscal in that court. The preceding year 15,000 I ncreased efforts by appell ate court caseload for the year ending 1981. 3,211 motions were filed in the judges resulted in 151 more cases june 30, 1981: Pending In the Court of Appeals, 3,388 Court of Appeals. being disposed of during 1981, but\, Cases pending july, . Civil increased filings held the reduction 1980 ...... 980 Cases in the number of pending cases to a Cases commenced .. 1,097 minimum. Appellate Court Total case load ..... 2,077 FY 80 10,000 At the end of FY 1981, 937 cases ., Cases terminated ... 1,140 and were pending before the Supreme Dispositions Cases pending june FY 81 Court and Court of Appeals. The 30, 1981 ...... 937 figure compares to 980 pending Following is a breakdown of the cases at the end of FY 1980. Supreme Court dispositions for both courts: The largest increase in disPosi'l\ SUPREME COURT 5,000 tions at the appellate level occurred Voluntary Dismissals Without opinion: in the Court of Appeals where 888 Denials 15 1980 cases were terminated, compared to Voluntary dismissals 7 682 the preceding year. Dismissals by Court Dismissals by court _7 Much of the success story of the Total without opinion Court of Appeals can be attributed to 29 Affirmed By opinion: a special push that occurred in April 1981 1981 when Supreme Court justices Dismissed 8 and retired and active district judges Affirmed 155 sat on three-member panels to dis Affirmed in part, pose of more than 200 cases. The reversed in part 18 All categories of pending civil cases were reduced during the year despite increased cases were resolved in a 30-day Reversed 12 filings in each of them. Reversed and re- period. 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 All together, there were 1,140 manded -2Q cases terminated during the year, Total by opinion 223 compared to 989 the year before. Total Dispositions 252 The increase i'n terminations of 15.3 percent includes matters that COURT OF APPEALS were disposed of with and without Court of Appeals Without opinion: formal written opinions. The Denials 17 , ,~~, , number" of cases disposed of with Voluntary Dismissals Voluntary dismissals 175 opinions increased from 694 to 827 Dismissals by court ~ cases, an increase of 19.2 percent. Total without opinion 284 Besides direct appeals from the By opinion: district courts the Supreme Court Dismissed 9 was asked to review 200 decisions Affirmed 448 of the Court of Appeals. Of those Affirmed in part, () petitions, 164 were denied, 17 were reversed in part 38 granted and 19 were pending as of Reversed 24 june 30, 1981. Reversed and re- manded 78 Remanded 7 Total by opinion 604 Total Dispositions 888 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Reversals by the appeliate courts remained traditionally low in 1981, attesting to the thoughtful and hard work of the trial courts: 18 19 .\. \ t, ! •t (Time Standards The Year inn Review 1:1 from Page 10) of counties in the northwest and the I agement information service section effort expended in reducing cases 12th District In the north central part ,is reviewing the entire year against of the state. two years or older is also a partial the guidelinesr,o that fiscal year I [ explanation for the longer than 180- Realizing the largest number of 1981 may serve as a base to mea reductions in old cases was the 29th day median times for the six districts sure improvement. The first report which did not meet the guidelines District (Wyandotte) where 115 generated in this series reviewed 'such cases were disposed ,of. The for fiscal year 1981. A dif,?ropor ; I civil cases filed under thtS code of tionalnumber of older cases cleared !, , reduction represents 25 percent of civil procedure less domestic rela from a court's calendar in anyone the total cases two years old or older tions cases. pending in that court. year tends to lengthen the median The time standard guideline for The 1st, 3rd, 10th and 27th Dis time measurement for all cases for this category 01 regular civil cases is that court. tricts reduced their older cases by that one-half of afl cases ended The first quarterly report measur 68,58,64, and 32, respectively. The should. be completed within 180 1st District (Atchison and Leaven ing pending and terminated cases days (six months) of filing. against the gUidelines for time stan worth Counties) reduction of older Twenty-three of 29 jUdicial dis cases was 61 percent. dards has been compiled for the tricts met the standards for the year The 3rd District (Shawnee quarter ended September 30, 1981. ended June 301 1981. More than County) reduced its old cases by 23 The management information ser 54% of the civil completed (10,379 vice section will issue three more percent; Jhe 10th District (Johnson of 18,957) were finished within 180 County) by 22 percent, and the 27th reports for the 1982 fiscal year, days. This report was based on the adding each quarter's cases to suc District (Reno County) by 16 per court's data base as of the end of cent. cessive reports. The pending case October so that a reporting time lag measurements are intended for use Although the largest percentage stemming from the delays encoun reductions came in the 12th and in alerting the trial courts to possible tered in filing a final entry ofjudg problem areas. Statewide totals are 17th Districts (100 percent), the 24th ment was corrected; increasing the District in west central Kansas comfortably within the time stan number of cases en.ded for the dards, but individual trial courts vary showed a huge 83 percent reduction period to 18,957 from the 18J03 in old cases when they were re widely. An inference which can be reported elsewhere in tHis summary. drawn from this observation is that duced from 67 to 11, down 56 The median time for the entire "cases. the lower the total number of cases, state court system was 146 days . , Th e com b i ned eHo rts have the greater impact a few older cases from filing to termination, 34 days or a few quickly ended case has on trimmed the statewide percentage of faster than the guideline established. two-year~,old cases to 1,809, or 5.0 the median age of the case category. Seventy-three percent of the cases Statewide pending and terminated " percent of 36,873 pending civil were completed within one year. cases. _ median age" measurements are An encouraging note is that the Although further reductions in the shown on the following table: ; number of aging cases seem possi- Median Age Median Age (.) Time of Pending ble, eliminating) them completely Case Type of Terminated Standard Cases may be difficult the complex Cases ~iven . -Felony 120 days ! ity of some cases. 66 days 44 days Misdemeanor 60 days Although the specific time stan 56 days 1 day Regular Civil 180 days ' 206 days 121 days . dards for the different kinds of cases Domestic Relations 120 days 72 days 80 days Were adopted at midyear, the man- Limited Civil 60 days 118 days 35 days i i!, . { " L ;1, l' ,l 20 ------~------ 01 :i ings of more than 3,000 over fiscal Whittington, Stanton County; Ron District Judges 1980. ald L. Call, Woodson County; and Clerks' Association Developing tools for better man Roger Yost, Lane County. The Kansas District Judges' Asso aging the cases proved a recurring The judges were welcomed to the Fiscal Year 1981 was an active ciation under leadership of Hon. J. topic of fiscal 1981 association association at the spring judges' one for the Kansas Association of Patrick Brazill Eureka, had an active meetings. meeting in Salina. Agenda items for District Court Clerks and Adminis 1980-1981 year. Also on the agendas were discus the meeting included new legisla trators. In addition to concentrated efforts sions of problems caused by a tion, the proposed new juvenile In November 1980, the organiza to acquaint members of the Legisla backlog at the Kansas Reception and code/ civil procedure in Chapter 61 tion voted to withdraw from the ture with some of the needs and Diagnostic Center where defendants cases, Supreme Court time stan Kansas Official Council which is the Despite an increased number of appeals, the Supreme Court decided more cases and problems of Kansas judges, the as were waiting in jail cells for admis dards/ criminal procedure and jury county officers' state organ ization reduced the number left pending at the end of the year. sociation ~\!(estled with changes sion and eventual diagnosis. panel procedures. and approved a new Constitution. made at the Kansas Reception and Secretary of Corrections Patrick The district magistrates also voted Officers of the new organization in no increased cost to 'government. preme Court Rule 108 concerning Diagnostic Center and improving McManus met with members of the to change affiliation from the Na cluded Bonnie Eckas, Stanton One-write accounting was imple reproduction, retention and destruc continuing legal education pro judges' executive cq,mmittee to dis tional Council of Juvenile and Fam County, president; Darlene Bartlett, ment.ed during the year by all dis tion of court records; preparing pro grams. cuss ways of working out problems ily Court Judges to the National Stafford County, vice president; trict courts not using computers. cedures manual for all district courts Officers for the year in addition to in the admissions. Judges/ Association. Betty Lamberson, Stevens County! One-write accounting resulted in and reviewing restitutio.. proce Brazil included Judges Robert G. Another committee of the associ The name of the organization was secretary; and Evelyn Bowers, Jef the standardization of bookkeeping dures. Jones, Olathe, who was named ation discussed ways of improving changed from the Kansas Special ferson County, treasurer. in all districts without computer ca Clerks' Productivity Improvement pres ident for 1981-82; Robert L. community relations to tell the Judi Jurisdiction Judges' Association to The association publishes a pabilities. It allows for the posting of Committee-Several judicial dis ! Bishop, Winfield; James W. Pad cial Branch story to the public more the Kansas District Magistrate monthly newsletter from the presi information for several accounting tricts were reviewed by this com dock, Lawrence; C. Phillip Aldrich, effectively. Judges' Association. dent to all members in addition to purposes while just writing it one mittee. Recommendations for mak Larned; John L. White, Leaven Projects of that committee in Six new magistrate judges were the newsletter published by the Of time. Training on the accounting ing improvements have been well worth; Adrian J. Allen, Topeka; Mi cluded setting up a library of certified by the Supreme Court fol fice of Judicial Administration. system was a part of the past two received and implemented. The chael Corrigan, Wichita; David P. speeches, books and other publica lowing testing in May 1981. They The association also voted to state meetings. purpose of the productivity reviews Mikesic, Kansas City; and Richard tions for use by judges across the included: Opal Burdett, Ness CIty; eliminate boundaries established by The association also introduced is to share procedures used in other W. Wahl, Concordia. state at speaking engagements. K. T. Gregg, Ulysses; John R. Jen the Kansas Official Council and to new dockets indicating court ap districts for added efficiency. The Continuing legal education pro All of the work of the association nings, Lakin; Leonard Mastroni, go to judicial departments under the pearances that replaced old heavy program is voluntary for the district grams for judges were conducted at officers and committee members LaCrosse; David Buster, Larned; and Supreme Court. The Kansas Official bound books. The new dockets have courts. the annual Judicial Conference in was accomplished despite increas Vance Whittington, johnson. Three Council geographical boundaries proven to save till'le, space and ex Planning Committee-A training October 1980 and the following ingly heavy work loads, with much law-trained judges were not re are vastly different than those of the pense. session conducted this past No spring. Topics ranged from coping of it done at night. quired to participa',e in the certifica Judicial Branch. Now the clerks' re A spring seminar was conducted vember was under the direction of with stress to implementing case tion testing. They are Don L. Alvord, gional boundaries are in keeping in Hutchinson wh~re mini-sessions this committee. Program segments delay reduction measures. District Magistrates Lawrence Litson and Claude S. with boundaries established for the for training clerks and court admin included stress, self-improvement, The Sllccess of the association's Heath. judicial districts. Annual state meet istrators with less than six months! accounting, computerization and efforts is evidenced by a reduction The Kansas District Magistrate Six district magistrates were ap ings are planned in the fall and de experience were conducted. There microfilming, communication tech in the total number of major civil Judge's Association welcomed 0 16 pointed by the Supreme Court to a partmental meetings in the spring also were general sessions on space niques, public management and cases from 14,187 as of June 30, new magistrate judges during fiscal Special Judges' Adv.isory Council to with departmental justices. management. management performance evalua 1980, to 12,727 at the end of fiscal 1981. assist the Office of Judicial Admin Plaques were presented to retiring Also during the year, judicial tions and reports from all association 1981. They include: Waine Jones, istration in looking for ways to im clerks with 10 or more years of ser caseload reporting forms were committees. An analysis of cases two years or Chautauqua County; Nancy Con prove the court system. Committee vice to the court system. changed and expanded to more ac Public Information and Education older shows cases in that category yac, Rooi,s County; Michael Free members are: Gordon Goering, The association conducted a jury curately reflect the filing and dispo Committee-Proposed legislation were reduced by 30 percent in the love, Clark County; John Murphy, Scott City; Darlene Royse, Howard; management seminar for courts! ex sition of cases in the district courts. by this committee includes clarifi one-year time span. At the end of Meade County; Mike Murphey, Co Tom Nold, Abilene; David Buster, cept metropolitan counties, in Great The reporting changes have been cation of garnishment procedures fiscal 1981, only 1,532 cases were manche County; Don L. Alvord, Larned; Dorothy Reinert, Atwood; Bend in February. The seminar was helpful in implementing new time for Chapter 61 cases; docket fees in two years old or older. Rice County; Lawrence Litson, Gove and Frederick Hammers, St. Francis. led by representatives from the Of standards for processing cases. Municipal Court appeals; modifica Statewide, 25 of the 29 judicial County; Opal Burdett, Ness County; At the end of the fiscal year, 22 fice of Judicial Administration and In addition to work by the associ tion or repeal of statutes for the pur districts reduced the number of David Buster, Pawnee County; judges met in Russell for a day of the Institute for Court Management. ation at-large, four committees took pose of streamlining the processing pending civil cases two years old or Leonard Mastroni, Rush County; workshops on traffic, criminal, small The purpose of the meeting was for on special projects, inclUding: of papers in district court offices, older. John R. Jennings, Kearny County; claims, probate, adoption and juve the exchange of ideas for using Clerks' Advisory Council-the and any legislation necessary to ef The reduction in pending cases Claude Heath, Wichita County; K. nile proceedings, as well as court jurors more productively, resulting council worked on a uniform mailer fect a positive change in the district occurred despite an increase in fil- T. Gregg, Grant County; Vance administration. in less inconvenience to citizens at for traffic tickets; rewriting of Su- courts of Kansas. 22 23 .~ J InI, :! Appendix porters attest to the high quality of reporters in this state and their will I.. .,.- Fiscal 1981 was an active year for More than 85 percent of the ingne'Ss to keep their skills shar the then Kansas Association of Pro state's shorthand reporters' com pened. bation Officers. pleted trial transcripts within the \) The group, composed of more forty-day period allotted during fis Legislative than 200 officers, changed its name cal 1981, an ex(ellent record for the tI ig.1J I ight~ ___ , ___ , "_" __ to the Kansas Associatiol1 of Court court reporters in the preparation of Services Officersafter the 1981 fis appeal transcripts. Laws enacted by the 1981 Legis cal year ended. The statistics culminate a produc lature furthered the continuing evo The theme for the 1981 adminis tive year's busy activity for members lution of the Kansas Judicial Branch. tration was "A New Beginning." of the Kansas Shorthand Reporters/ New laws and amendments of During the year. \he training Association. existing st~tutes created new crimes, .." committee presented a workshop for Toward the end of the year, the ordained new duties, and in many all court services officers and not group conducted its annual meeting ways affected judicial personnel and just members of the formal organi • in Salina. Kansas in general . zation. The training was a joint effort Officers elected at the meeting Bills of interest to the courts seem with the Supreme Court and Office include Martin Delmont, president; to center mainly around judges, of Judicial Administration. Vesta York, vice president; Lou Vin jurors and juveniles. The legislature The 1981 training attempted to opal, secretary; and Mary Wulf, 'enacted bills which affect a district establish a stabilization of a formal treasurer. " judge's life from nomination Ichrough curriculum for first-, secondo, and Besides day in and day oGt'work retirement. '. :third-Ievel officers. for Kansas Judges/ the members of Retired judges and justices who Six position papers were prepared the association conduct speed and are assigned judicial duties will find for the fall meeting on presentence accuracy tests to improve their abil that the standards for determining investigations, youth authority, pay ities in taking down the testimony of eligibility for per diem compensa and promotion, employee pay-back Kansans as they resolve their dis tion are clarified by the amendments requirement, restitution, travel and putes in court. of K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 20-2616. The ! liability. The association gained some r.a retired judges and justices are used I Fiscal 1981 officers included Eve tional recognition during the year in acute situations to help out in lyn L. Powell,' president, Kansas when three of its members placed in cases of disqualification or over City; Louis Bradbury, vice president, the national rankings in the National crowded dockets. ,- '\ Wellington; Peggy Bryan, secretary, Speed Contest conducted in Atlanta, New acts also revamped to a de- McPhersoh; William Austen, trea Ga. The test is administered at such gree the selection and empanelment surer, Dodge City; Jane Young, leg a high rate of speed, it is difficult to of jurors. Jury lists may now be pre islative chairman, Olathe; James even understand the dictators of the pared from multiple sources, such as ,~' > ;l Leiker, parliamentarian, Topeka; test, let alone write down every drivers' license lists, so long as :- ; ~ f and Sue Fehrenbach, nominating spoken word with a high degree of major sources include voter regis t ' membership chairman, Ness City; accuracy. tration or county census records , ~ Thelma Williams, public relations, In the August 1980 competition, (K.S.A. 43-162). National Guard ~ t~ ,'l, Junction City; William Smith, train David G. Holt, Wichita, placed members' exemptions from jury I ilt ing, Olathe; and Don Osenbaugh, sixth; Candace K. Braksick, Topeka, duty when at camp or during active I immediate past president, Wichita. placed 10th, and Wendy Cox,. service were clarified: \ Wichita, placed 15th nationally. Juries for misdemeanor trials are \ l All testing i!i voluntary on the part now limited to six members. The .. ',I, of the association members except option allowing a larger number has A/ '. for the Certified Shorthand Reporter been stricken from K.S.A. 1980 ~------~----~J[ examination given to qualify a re Supp. 22-3404. Appeals frommu porter to practice in Kansas. nicipal court judgments will also be :1 The number of applicants and limited to six-member juries. success rate of the voluntary tests on The enactments allow for speedier the part of Judicial Branch court re- selection of juries at reduced costs. 24 ~ .'- ) , '. \\" ;1 I . i I 2nd Judicial District (Jackson, Jef Francis D. Towle (DM)), Chase ). Stewart McWilliams (AD) I II '.? ferson, Pottawatomie, Wabaun County Sam K. Bruner (AD) I see) 6th Judicial District (Bourbon, Bill E. Haynes (ADJ) * John W. Brookens (OJ) '. Linn, ali~4~Miami counties) Robert G. Jones (ADJ) Tracy D. Klinginsmith (ADJ), * CharlesM. Warren (DJ), Bour Janette Howard (ADJ) CHEYENNE RAWLINS DECATUR NORTON PHILLIPS SMitH JEWEll. REPUBLIC WASHINGTON MARSHALL NEMAHA. aROWN ~ JackEon County bon County Gerald L. Hougland (AD)) 22 DONIPHAN 1~' Dennis Lee Reiling (DM), Jef Leighton Archer Fossey (ADJ), 11 th Judicial District (Cherokee, ~::~-T~~~~~~~ __ ~ ____ ~ ____ ~ ___1:1~·~C~LOU~O-i __ ~-1-. __ -l~~r-J~AT:CH':'ON~ ferson County Linn County Crawford! Labette, Neosho, and SHERMAN THOMAS SHERIDAN GRAHA'-' ROOl(5 0'.0,., "'TC l T~ Oliver F. Maskil (DM), Pot .. Stephen D. Hill (ADJ), Miami Wilson counties) 15 "' '''_, ·'2~~·· C ''''"_ Ij~~29 tawatomie County County * Don Musser (DJ), Crawford .J LINCOLN __... SHAWNEE I 'NYA.. Verle L. Swenson (DM)), Wa Samuel I. Mason (DM), Bour County WALLACE LOGAN oo\'[ TREGO ELLIS RUSSELL 28 3 ...... __: OOTT~ GEARY I ..,.,... ~ baunsee County ,',} 1 bon County Charles J. Sell (D)), L~bette I , 23 SALINE OICKjt.lSON l-- WABAUNSEE 7 - .1 0 3rd judicial District (Shawnee , County ELLSWORTI1 n MORRI~r--- OS.r\GE DOUClAS JOHNSON 7th Judicial District (Douglas 1":0':":":'LEY:-T"':W::'CH':ITA~~SC~OTT~r-:-LA~.,....,.J....-,ss--..J,.---I------\k L ..__ ..... ___ q.=.j \OVON FRANKLIN MIAMi County) C. Fred Lorentz (D), Wilson RUSH BARTON I ~-- County) 2 ~>~ MI;f'HE~SON MARION * William R. Carpenter (DJ) County CHASE * James W. Paddock (DJ) 25 :il RIC' I COFn.'" LINN! ' Fred S. Jackson (D)) Richard D. Loffswold (ADj), 211 9 ~ ANDERSON Ralph M. King (DJ) ~A',ULTON KEARNY FINNEY HODGEMAN PAWNEE E. Newton Vickers (DJ) Crawford County J ' I-- ~ John M. Elw~1I (ADJ) SlMFORD r-=-,--;.;!"L...-L._.J 6 ~ ~ RENO ""RVE'!' Adrian J. Allen (DJ) John C. Gariglietti (AD)), Craw bUtLER GRUNWOOD WOODSON ALUN eOURflQt, 8th Judicial D.istrict (Dickinson, GRAY .....--- .. 'OWARD' 27 James M. Macnish (DJ) ford County FORD SEDGWICK Geary, Marion, and Morris coun f'RATT Terry L. Bullock (DJ) Daniel L. Brewster (ADJ), La STANTON GRANT HASKELL KiowA KINGMAN 13 WILSON NEOSHO james P. Buchele (DJ)" ties) 18 CRAwFORD ""'~-'-""'\ bette County 16 ELK \ * William D. Clement (DJ), Geary !26 Franklin R. Theis (ADJ) p;j Richard L. Ashley (AD), Neo MEADE CLAflK COWLEY BARDER _t~ SUMNER :1 MORTON STEVENS £(WAI\O James H. Hope (AD) I; County sho County COMANCHE H"'Rf'ER MONT'" lAB£TT£ CHEMOK£[ .. ' cHAUTAUQUA GOMERV Mary Schowengerdt (ADJ) John F. Christner (DJ), Dickin B. ). LaTurner (DMJ), Cherokee 14 Bill G. Honeyman (AD)) son County County Matthew). Dowd (ADJ) George F. Scott (ADJ), Geary Dwaine Spoon (DM), Wilson County County 4th Judicial District (Allen, Ander Melvin Gradert (AD), Marion ;.» 12th Judicial District (Cloud, son, Coffey, Franklin, Osage, and County I~.~,f:'TSAS' JUDICIAL DISTRIC~-S jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Repub Woodson counties) Tom Nold (DMJ), Dickinson ,. (29) lic, and Washington counties * Floyd H. Coffman (DJ), Franklin County * Ri.chard W. Wahl (Dj), Cloud County Clarence L. Sawyer (DM)), County SUPREME COURT Department 5; The Honorable Robert H. DISTRICT COURT John W. White (DJ), Allen Morris County AND Miller County Marvin L. Stortz (DM)), Cloud !I JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS Deparimental justice DJ = District Judge Donald L. White,(ADJ), Frank 9th Judicial District (Harvey and County Districts 5: 9, 13, 18, 19 AD) = Associate District Judge McPherson counties) Jack D. Bradrick (DM), Jewell The Honorable Alfred G. Schroeder lin County DM) = District Magistrate Judge * Sam H. Sturm (D)), Harvey Chief justice Deparlment 6: The Honorable Harold S. James ). Smith (ADj), Anderson County '. t Herd County County Ardith Von Fange (DM)), lin Department 1: The Honorable Kay McFar 1st Judicial District (Atchison and t Departmental justice John Thomas Reid (ADJ), Har coln County , i land Leavenworth counties) George G. Levans (DMJ), Allen , Districts 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, vey County Bonnie J. Wilson (DM)), Mitch Departmental Justice * Kenneth Harmon (D), Leaven County 27 Carl B. Anderson, )r., (AD) ell County ,j'" Districts 12, 15, 17,23, 28 worth County Orville E. Steele (DMJ), Coffey McPherson County William E. Thompson (DMJ), Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr., (D), County Department 2:. The Honorable Alex M. Republic County Fromme Atchison County Larry L. Coursen (DMJ), Osage 10th Judicial District (Johnson County Steve Kaminski (DMJ), Wash Departmental justice COURT OF APPEALS Frederic~N. Stewart (ADJ), County) ( I" Ronald Lee Call (DM)), Wood- ington County Districts 2, 3, 8, 21 Leavenworth.'" County Herbert W. Walton (DJ) The Honorable J. Richard Foth son County \' Department 3: The Honorable Richard W. Chief judge John L. White (ADJ), Leaven James H. Bradley (D) 13th Judicial District (Butler, Holmes worth County 5th Judicial District (Cha~,g~~n~\ B. L. Shankel (D)) Chautauqua, Elk, and Green Departmer;Jtal Justice The Honorable Bob Abbott Richard A. Dempster (DM), Lyon counties) fc William G. Gray (D)) wood) I .\ Districts 1,4,7,22,29 The Honorable john E. Rees Atchison County * Gary W. Rulon (D)), Lyon Phillip L. Woodworth (DJ) * Page W. Benson (DJ), Butler The Honorable Corwin C. Spencer >I< Lewis C. Smith (D) County Department 4: The Honorable David Prager The Honorable Sherman A. Parks Dolan McKelvy (DM), Atchi County Departmental justice The Honorable joe H. Swinehart son County William J. Dick (AD)), Lyon Marion Chipman (ADJ) j. Patrick Brazil (DJ), Green Districts 6, 10, 11, 14 The Honorable Marvin W. Meyer • Administrative Judge County Earle D. Jones (AD)) wood County • Administrative Judge 26 27 ·fr I .~ ~;:' ,f~ 23rd Judicial District (Ellis, Gove, John M. Jaworsky (AD)), Butler Elmer ). Tacha (DM)), Decatur *). Stephen Nyswonger (D)), ' 27th ludicial District (Reno County Lloyd K. McDaniel (AD)), Logan, Tregd, and Wallace) Finney County c::=, County . Count~o; * ). Stanley Hill (D)) Sumner County * Steven P. Flood (D)), Ellis Harrison Smith (AD)),. Finney Waine L. Jones (DM)), Chau Wild~~e Brown (DM)), Nor Porter K. Brown (D)) Thomas H. Graber (AD)), County tauqua County ton County 'County Steven R. Becker (AD)) Sumner County Tom Scott (AD)), Ellis County Darlene P. Bradley (DM)), Elk Shirley Pfenderson (DM)), Os C. Ann Wilson (OM)), Greeley William F. Lyle (AD)) Thomas L. McGuire (DM)), Lawrence Utson (DMJ), Gove County County borne County 28th Judicial District. (Saline and Barber County County Donna L. ). Blake (OM)), Ham Harriet Shumard (DM)), Green Martha Kellogg (DMJ), Phillips Ottawa counties) John Moore (DM)), Harper Anr;labell M. Peck (DM)), Logan ilton County wood County County * Morris V. Hoobler (D)), Saline County County John Russell Jennings (OM)), Dorothy R. Reinert (DM)), County 14th Judicial District (Montgomery . Gene Shay (DM)), Kingman David L. Rhoades (DM)), Trego Kearny County County Rawlins County . David S. Knydson (D)), Saline County County Gordon Goering (OM)), Scott Kenneth D. David (D)) Betty MCDonaiU (DM)), Smith County * Walter McClauskey (DM)), Logan Dobbs (DM)), Wallace County County Gene B, Penland (AD)), Saline Richard A. Medley (AD)) Pratt County County Claude S. Heath, /II (OM)), Floyd V. Palmer (AD)) 18th Judicial District. (Sedgwick County " Wichita County .. 20th Judicial District (Barton, Ells 24th c, Judicial District (Edwards, John Weckel (AD)), Saline 15th Judicial District (Gra~amt County) worth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford) Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, 26th Judicial District (Grant, Has County Rooks, Sheridan, Sherman, and Willis W. Wall (D)) * Herb Rohleder (D)), Barton and Rush) kell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Adrian Lapka (OM)), Ottawa Thomas) Ray Hodge (D)) County * C. Phillip Aldrich (D)), Pawnee and Stevens counties) County * Keith R. Willoughby (D)), Keith Sanborn (D)) Barry A. Bennington (D)), Staf County * Keaton G. Duckworth (D)), 29th Judicial District (Wyandotte Thomas County James V. Riddel (D)) ford County Richard Miller (DM)), Edwards Morton County County) Jack L. Burr (AD)), Sherman * James ). Noone (D)) William ). Laughlin (AD)), Bar County Kim D. Ramey (AD)), Seward James ). Lysaught (D)) County' D. Keith Anderson (DJ) ton County Virginia M. Schraeder (DM)), County William M. Cook (D)) Pauline Coker (DM)), Graham Tom Raum (D)) Clarence Kahler (DM)), Ells K. T. Gregg (OM)), Grant Hodgeman County Dean ). Smith (D)) County Nicholas W. Klein (D)) worth County Roger A. Yost (DM)), Lane County John W. Mahoney (D)) Nancy Conyac (DM)), Rooks David P. Calvert (DJ) Don L. Alvord (DM)), Rice County David G. Rinehart (DM)), Has * Leo ). Moroney (D)) . County Tyler C. Lockett (D)) County Opal Burdett (DM)), Ness kell County Cordell D. Meeks, )r., (D))"\; Ward Gilliland (DM)), Sheridan Robert L. Morrison (D J) N. ). Becker (DM)), Russell County Shirley A. Davis (OM)), Morton Wayne H. Phillips (D)) I County Michael Corrigan (D)) County. David Buster (DM)), Pawnee County \1 Ralph D. Lamar (AD)) r! Nellie L. Blakely, (OM}), Owen Ballinger (DJ) Lee Nusser (DM)), Stafford Vance L.. Whittington (OM)), County David Mikesic (AD)) Thomas County Elliott Fry (AD)) County Stan tori County Leonard A. Mastroni (DM)), Matthew G. Podrebarac (AD)) 16th Judicial District (Clark, Co Robert Hornung (AD)) Verna Kay Mcqueen (DM)), 21 st Judicial District (Clay and Rush County Bill D. Robinson, )r., (AD)) manche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa and Hal Malone (AD)) Riley counties) Stevens County David W. Kennedy (AD)) 25th Judicial District (Finney, Philip L. Sieve (AD)) Meade) * Ronald D. Innes (D)), Riley James G. Beasley (ADJ) Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Lawrence G. Zukel (AD)) * Don C. Smith (D)), Ford County County Paul W. Clark (AD)) and Wichita counties) • Administrative Judge Robert ). Foster (AD)) Jay Don Reynolds (AD)), Ford Jerry L. Mershon (D)), Riley Robert C. Helsel (AD)) County County Michael A. Freelove (DM)), Ron Rogg (AD)) .' Harlan W. Graham (AD)), Riley John E. Fou/ston (Ab)) Han. Richard W. Wahl to Smith County Clar.k County County ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES 12·5·80 1 case 1-13·81 Han. Charles E. Worden to Finney County 2 cases L. E. Mike Murphey (DM)), Co (Barber, (Cases heard outside of home district dn assignment from 19th Judicial District Chester W. Kent (DM)), Clay 1-16·81 Han. Steven P. Flood to Edwards County 1 case manche County Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, Supreme Court) /.", County 2·12·81 Han. John Weckel to Reno County 2 cases Maurice L. Johnson (DM)), and Sumner counties) Han. Raymond E. Haggart to Cloud County 22nd Judicial District (Brown, 3·26·81 1 case Gray County Judicial Department No. 1 4·2·81 Han. John Weckel to)Pawnee County 2 cases Charles H. Stewart (D)), King Doniphan, Marshall, and Ne Pauline Schwarm (DM)), Kiowa Special Assignments 4·23·81 Han. Charles E. Worden to Finney County 1 case man County maha counties) 5·11·81 Han. Will!,am E. Thompson to Lyon County County 1 case Doyle 'E. White (D)), Cowley Hon. William L. Stevenson (D)), 7-9·80 Han. Morris V. Hoobler to Thomas County 3 cases 6·4-81 Han. Jack L. BUrr to Wallace County 4 cases John Murphy (DM)), Meade 7-15·80 Han. Morris V. Hoobler to Thomas County 2 cases 6·9·81 Han. Morris V. Hoobler to Mcpherson County 2 cases County o Brown County County 7·16'130 Han. Sleven P. Flood to Pawnee County 1 case 6·25·81 Han. Richard W. Wahl to Saline County David S. Lord (AD)), Cowley * Robert L. Gernon (AD)), Brown 1 case 7-23·80 Han. Jack L. Burr to Cheyenne County 1 case 6·30·81 Han. Jack L. BUrr to Wallace County 7 cases '., '.. ' 17th Judicial District Cheyenne, County County ", 7-24·80 Han. John Weckel to Riley County 1 case Decatur, Norton, Osborne, Phil Robert L. Bishop (AD)), Cowl.ey Virgil W. Begesse (DM)), D_on- ~. 10·1·80 Han. RIchard W. Wahl to Rooks County 1 case General Assignments lips, Rawlins, and Smith cOUl''lties) County . iphan County '-, 10·13·80 Han. Steven P. Flood to Ness County 1 case 7-14·80 Han. Adrian Lapka to Johnson County 10·20·80 Han. John Weckel to Reno County 2 cases 10·28·80 Han. Pauline Coker to Shawnee County * Charles E. Worden (D)), Norton Tom Pringle (AD)), Cowley Maxine Cumro (DM)), Marshall 1 HO·80 Han. RichardW. Wahl to Barton County 3 Cases 10·28·80 Han. Wilda June Brown to Shawnee County Co~nty County County 11-17·80 Han. John Weckel to Reno County 1 case 10·28·80 Han. William E. Thompson to Shawnee () Frederi<;~ ). Hammers (DM)), * Clarence E.Renner (AD)), Pratt Francis G. Holthaus (DM)), Ne 11·20·80 Han. Steven P. Flood to Pawnee County 1 case. , County Cheyenne County County maha County 11-25·80 Han. Richard W. Wahl to Osborne County 3 cases 12·2·80 Hon. Wilda June Brown to Johnson County 28 • AdministratiVe Judge 29 ." 12-2-80 Han. Henry Russell to Johnson County Assignments ti/Retired Judges Assignments to Retired Judges Assignments to Retired Judges 12-18-80 Han. Charles E. Worden 10 23rd District 2-19-81 Hon. Lewis L. McLaughlin to Shawnee Counly 12-18,80 Han. Keith R. Willoughby to 23rd District 3-10-81 Hon. B. Mack Bryant to Morris County 1 case 7-7-80 Hon. O. Q. Claflin, 111/ to Johnson County 1 case 2-12-81 Han. B. Mack Bryant to Sedgwick County 1 case .:,d: 12-18-80 Han. Jack L. Burr to 23rd District 3-19-81 Hon. J. W. Lowry to Shawnee County 10-7-80 Han. Lewis L. MCLaughlin to Johnson County 1 case 5-22-81 Han. B. Mack Bryant to Harvey County 1 case 12-18-80 Han. Steven P. Flood to 15th District 4-6-81 Hon. J. W. Lowry to Shawnee County 1 case 1-16-81 Han. Lewis L. MCLaughlin to MontgomerY 5-22-81 Han. B. Mack Bryant to Harvey County 3 cases !/ County . 12-18-80 Han. Torn Scott to 15th District 5-22-81 Han. B. M,ack Bryant to Sedgwick County 1 case 12-18-80 Han. Logan Dobbs to 15th District 2-18-81 Hon. C. E. Birney to Montgomery County 1 case 12-18-80 Han. Charles E. Worden to 15th District Judicial Department No. 3 Judicial Department No. 6 12-18-80 Han. Steven P. Flood to 17th District Special Assignments Judicial Department No. 5 12-18-80 Han. Torn Scott to 17th District Special Assignments 8-22-80 Han. Richard A. Dempster to Brown County 1 case Special Assignments 12-18-80 Han. Jack L. Burr to 17th District 7-21-80 Han. Lee NUsser to Pawnee County 1 case 9-5-80 Hon. John L. White to Brown County 1 case 12-18~80 Han. Keith R. Willoughby to 17th District 7-1-80 Hon. Jerry L. Mershon to Brown County 1 case 9-8-80 Han. Lee Nusser to Edwards County 1 caso ~ 1-30-81 Hon. John M. Elwell to Neosho County 1 case 2-20-81 Han. William E. Thompson to Douglas County 7-10-80 Han. Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Saline County 1 case 9-8-80 Hon. J. Stanley Hill to Barton County 2 cases 2-3-81 Han. John L. White to Shawnee County 1 case f 2-24-81 Han. Adrian Lapka to Johnson County 7-28-80 Hon. Clarence E. Renner to Barton County 1 case 10-16-80 Han. Herb Rohleder to Lane County 1 case 2-24-81 Hon. Dolan McKelvy to Brown County 1 case 2-24-81 Han. Wilda June Brown to Johnson County 8-15-80 Han. Page W. Benson to Lyon County 1 case 12-18-30 Han. Keaton G. Duckworth to Finney County 2 cases [ 4-16-81 Hon. Dean J. Smith to Johnson County 1 case 8-15-80 Han. Elliott Fry to Butler County 2-24-81 Han. Henry Russell to Johnson County 1 case 2-13-81 Han. C. Phillip Aldrich to Finney County 1 case " 3-26-81 Han. Wilda jUne Brown to Johpson County 8-20-80 Han. J. Patrick Brazil to Lyon County 1 case 2-25-81 Han. William J. laughlin to Reno County 1 case f General Assignments 3-27-81 Han. Sieve Kaminski to Reno County 8-21-80 Han. Thomas H. Graber to Sedgwick County 1 case 2-25-81 Han. C. Phillip Aldrich to Finney County 5 cases f' 6-18-81 Han. Charles E. Worden to 15th District 7-24-80 Han. John L. White to Shawnee County 9-15-80 Han. Robert L. Bishop to Barton County 1 case 3-3-81 Han. I)itn D Ramey to Ford County 1 case 6-18-!H:", Han. Steven P. Flood to 15th District 11-13-80 Han. Robert L. Gernon to Shawnee County 9-15-80 Han. Clarence E. Renner to Ford County 1 case 6-24-81 Han!}",!' Phillip Aldrich to Hamilton County 1 case It 6-18-81 Han. Tom Scott to 15th District 2-24-81 Hon. Maxine Cumro to Johnson County 9-16-80 Han. John Thomas Reid to Sedgwick County 1 case 6-25-81 Han. Don C. Smith to Seward County 1 case j 6-18-81 Han. Steven P. Flood to 17th District 3-26-81 Han. Dolan McKelvy to Johnson County 10-1-80 Han. J. Patrick Brazil to Lyon County 1 case 6-23-81 Han. William J. Laughlin to Shawnee County 1 case I 6-18-81 Han. Tom Scott to 17th District 4-8-8.1 Han. Virgil W. Begesse to Johnson County 10-10-80 Han. Paul L. Thomas to Butler County 1 case General Assignments 6-18-81 Han. Jack L. BUrr to 17th District 6-19-81 Han. Virgil W. Begesse to Johnson County 10-28-80 Han. David S. Lord to Montgomery County 1 case 6-18-81 Han. Keith R. Willoughby to 17th District 11-13-80 Han. Tom Pringle to Sedgwick County 1 case 8-18-80 Han. Herb Rohleder to 10th District 6-18-81 Han. Charles E. Worden to 23rd District Assignments to Retired Judges :\ 11-17-80 Han. Robert L. Bishop to McPherson County 1 case 10-2-80 Han. Clarence Kahler to 10th District 6-18-81 Han. Keith R. Willoughby to 23rd District 9-8-80 Hon. George Donaldson to Wyandotte County 1 case 12-10-80 Han. David S. Lord to Wilson County 2 cases 1-27-81 Hon. William J. Laughlin to 24th District 6-18-81 Han. Jack L. Burr to 23rd District 11-10'-80 Han. Harry G. Miller to Wyandotte County 12-11-80 Han. John Thomas Reid to Saline County 1 case 2-24-81 Han. Don L. Alvord to Johnson County 6-19-81 Han. WiliiamE. Thompson to Johnson County 11-10-80 Han. O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte County 12-12-80 Hpn. Doyle E. White to SedgWick County 1 case 2-25-8'1 Han. William J. Laughlin to Wyandotte County 6-19-81 Han. Lawrence Litson to Johnson County 1-5-81 Han. O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte County 1-9-81 Hon. Robert C, Helsel to McPherson County 1 case 3-10-81 Han. Don L. Alvord to Reno County 6-19-81 Han. Steve,Kaminski to Douglas County 2-3-81 Hon. J. W. Lowry to Douglas County 1 case 1-12-81 Hon. Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Lyon County 1 case 3-10-81 Han. A. L. Hall to Reno County 2-3-81 Han. J. W. lqwry to Leavenworth County 1 case 1-12-81 Han. Doyle E. White to Butler County 1 case 3-16-81 Han. William J. Laughlin to 24th District Assignments to Retired Judges 2-13-81 Han. J. W. Lowry to Wyandotte County 2 cases 1-14-81 Han. John Thomas Reid to Riley County 1 case 4-8-81 Hon. Pauline Schwarm to Johnson County 7-15-80 Han. Marvin O. Brummett to Smith County 1 case 3-19-81 Han. O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte County 1-26-81 Han. Doyle E. White to Sedgwick County 1 case 5-22-81 Han. Lee Nusser to Johnson County 8-6-80 Han. Marvin 0, Brummett to Cloud County 1 case 3-27-81 Hon. O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte County 1-26-81 Han. Clarence E. Renner to Ford County 1 case 5-22-81 Han. Richard Miller to Johnson County 8-22-80 Han. Marvin O. Brummett to Cloud County 4-3-81 Han. J. W. Lowry to Wyandotte County 2-10-81 Han. Cai'! B. Anderson, Jr" to Barton County 1 case 5-22-81 Han. Maurice L. Johnson to Johnson County 1-21-81 Han. Marvin O. Brummett to Washington 5-1.2-81 Han. O. Q. Claflin, III, to Wyandotte County 2-12-81 Hon. Doyle E. White to Butler County 1 case 6-11-81 Han. Don L. Alvord to Reno County County 1 case 2-12-81 Han. Doyle E. White to LYon County 1 case 6-19-81 Han. C. Ann Wilson to Johnson County 6-30-81 Han. Marvin O. Brummett to Cloud County 6-19-81 Horl. Claude S. Heath, III, to Johnson County Judicial Department No. 4 2-12-81 Han. Doyle E. White to Lyon County 1 case 2-12-81 Hon. Doyle E. White to Lyon County 1 case 6-24-81 Han. Barry A. Bennington to Sedgwick County Judicial Department ~o. 2 Special Assignments 2-12-81 Hon. Doyle E. White to lyon County 1 case 6-30-81 Han. Vance L. Whittington to Reno County 3-3-8.1 Han. Clarence E. Renner to Stevens County 1 case 8-21-80 Han. Leighton A. Fossey to Cowley County 1 case Assignments to Retired Judges Special Assignments 3-10-81 Han. William L. Stevenson to Washington 9-15-80 Han. William P. Meek to Linn County 1 case 7-16-80 Han. L. L. Morgan to Ford County 1 case 8-28-80 Han. Terry L. Bullock to Geary County 1 case 1-14-81 Han. Kenneth D. David to Labette County 1 case County 1 case 8-29-80 Han. Terry L. Bullock to Geary County 15 cases 10-7-80 Han. Benedict P. Cruise to Ellsworth County 1 case 1-29-81 Han. Leighton A. Fossey to Crawford County 1 case 3-25-81 Han. Doyle E. White to Sedgwick County 1 case 10-20-80 Han. Ronald D. Innes to Reno County 1 case 4-2-81 Han. William J. Dick to Neosho County 1 case 11-21-80 Han. Frederick Woleslagel to Ford County 1 case 3-25-81 Han. Don H. Musser to Butler County 1 case 12-15-80 11-10-80 Han. Tracy D. Klinginsmith to Shawnee 4-22-81 Han. Doyle E. White to Sedgwick County 3 cases Han. C. E. Birney to Finney County 1 case 4-1-81 Han. C. Fred Lorentz to Lyon C<~IJnty 1 case 12-15-80 County 0, 1 case 4-22-81 Han. Thomas H. Graber to Sedgwick County 1 case Hon •.L. L. Morgan to Finney County 2 cases 5-14-81 Han. Stephen D. Hill to Wyandotl~ County 1 case 12-24-80 12-2-80 Han. John W. Brookens to Shawnee County 1 case 4-28-81 Hon. Carl B. Anderson, Jr., to Saline County 1 case Hon. C. E. Birney to Finney County 1 case 6-12-81 Hon. William P. Meek to Montgomery County 1 case 12-24-80 12-10-80 Han. John F. Christner to Riley County 1 case 5-13-81 Han. J. Patrick Brazil to Lyon County 1 case Hon. C. E. Birney to Finney County 2 cases 1-13-81 Han. Frederick Woleslagel to Finney County '1 case 3-16"81 Han. John W. Brookens to Brown County 1.case General Assignments 5-22-81 Han. Robert L. Bishop to Sedgwick County 1 Case 6-24-81 Han. Ronald D. Innes to Shawnee County 1 case 2-11-81 Hon. Marvin O. Brummett to Reno County 7-14-80 Han. Brooks Hinkle to Johnson County General Assignments 5-7-81 Hon. L. L. Morgan to Finney County 2 cases General Assignments 9-15-80 Hon. B. J. LaTurner to Johnson County 7-9-80 Han. B. Mack Bryant to Harvey County 6-8-81 Han. Bert J. Vance to Finney County 1 case 7-14-80 Han. Dennis Lee Reiling to Johnson County 2-2-81 Han. Samuel I. Mason to Johnson County 7-9-80 Han. Paul L. Thomas to Harvey County 6-8-81 Han. Bert J. Vance to Finney County 2. cases 12-1~80 Han. Dennis lee Rei!ing to Johnson County 2-9-81 Han. Don H. Muss(;JJ to Montgomery County 7-9-80 Han. John E. Foulston to Harvey County 6-9-81 HC?,n. Marvin O. Brummett to Reno County 12-2-80 Han. Dennis Lee Reiling to Johnson County 2-9-81 Han. Charles J. Sell to Montgomery County 12-1-80 Han. Francis D. Towle to Douglas County 6-9-81 Hon. J. W. Lowry to Reno County 12-2-80 Han. Oliver F. Maskil to Johnson County 2-11-81 Han. Daniel L. Brewster to Montgomery 2-12-81 Han. John Thomas Reid to Sedgwick County 6-11-81 Han. Bert J. Vance to Finney County 1 case 12~2-80 Han. Chester W. Kent to Johnson County County 2-20-81 Han. Thomas H. Graber to Sedgwick County 6-19-81 Han. Bert J. Vance to Finney County 1 case 2-20-81 Han. Verle L. Swenson t~ Douglas County 2-24-81 Han. Orville E. Steele to Johnson County 2-23-81 Hon. Lloyd K. MCDaniel to Sedgwick County 4-10-81 Han. Chester W. Kent to Douglas County 4-24-81 Han. Don H. Musser to Montgomery County 2-23-81 Han. Gene Shay to Reno County 5-21-81 Han. Verle L. Swenson to Douglas County 5-22-81 Han. Samuel I. Mason to Johnson County 2-23-81 Han. John Moore to Reno County 6-19-81 Han. Oliver F. Maskll to Douglas County 6-19-81 Han. Samuel I. Mason to Johnson County 6-19-81 Hon. Verle L. Swenson to Douglas Cmmty 6-19.81 Han. B. J. LaTurner to Johnson County 30 31 :;'1 . i " , , . I I I ,I 32 >~. -'- \:;.;~::;:, ," ,r ··."··:, ··,·····.. r~ i) ", \\ " .. ' , . [j> "'. t',J: ':.7' 0' ,,d> " , .. . ..