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Solictor General and reviser back bill to publish appellate cases delayed beyond six months
Summary
A bill to require the Clerk of the Appellate Courts to publish monthly lists of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases not decided within six months was presented to the Committee on Judiciary as a transparency measure; Solicitor General Anthony Powell said delays harm litigants and internal court tracking used to motivate judges.
Jason Thompson, office of reviser of statutes, told the Committee on Judiciary that House Bill 26 52 would amend KSA 20-33 0 1 to require the Clerk of the Appellate Courts to publish monthly lists of Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases in which a decision has not been entered and filed within six months of submission and to post cases where a petition for review has not been acted on within six months.
The bill, Thompson said, largely replaces existing statutory time‑limit provisions…
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